Emily Taylor

HOUSTON – All season long, Thunder Head Coach Billy Donovan has utilized all the avenues at his disposal to develop the
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Many people are still confused about changes to the state pension which come into force next week, the consumer group Which? warns.
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Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing about 40 bodies in the city of Palmyra following its recapture from IS group, state news agency Sana reports.
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The Colombian government says it does not know how many kidnap victims ELN rebels are still holding as the two sides agree to formal peace talks.
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There is growing concern over a lack of preparation for the plan to send migrants back from Greece to Turkey, two days before it goes into effect.
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The UK government says China’s decision to impose new tariffs on some imports from the EU will not have much impact on the British steel industry.
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President Barack Obama tells a nuclear summit in the US that the threat of a nuclear terrorist attack persists and the world must be resolute in foiling it.
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South African anti-apartheid activist calls on President Zuma to resign following scandal over improper spending at his private home.
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In a game that bore an uncanny resemblance to Thursday’s, the San Francisco Giants outlasted the Oakland A’s, 3-0, on Friday as the exhibition Bay Bridge Series continued.
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On the backside of the Boys & Girls Club in Oklahoma City sits a concrete playground for four square, wall ball and all types of game
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Rare is the day that Sonny Gray is off his game, and even when he is, he’s usually still on. That’s because Oakland’s ace has a knack for making up pitches, the unique ability to make a baseball do whatever he so […]

Oil prices are back under $ 40 a barrel after Saudi Arabia says it will freeze production only if Iran and other major producers do the same.
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Turkey has forced thousands of refugees to return to Syria in breach of international law, a new report by Amnesty International says.
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Brazil’s sports minister and another senior official resign in the latest blow to the government of President Dilma Rousseff, as calls for her impeachment mount.
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Plans to partially reopen Brussels airport on Friday are halted amid a strike by airport police over security concerns.
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A delivery driver from Luton is convicted of plotting to kill an American airman outside a base in East Anglia.
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The US state is set to be the first to raise its minimum wage $ 15 per hour after a proposal passed both houses of the state legislature.
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A Zimbabwe deadline for all firms to transfer most of their shares to black Zimbabweans has passed, but it is not clear how many have complied.
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Tonight at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Thunder fans will bustle into the building with the realization that after a whirlwind of a season –
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Billy Butler’s first season with Oakland was largely a bust, as he hit a career-low .251 and drove in just 65 runs, but adjustments at the plate have the slugger optimistic that he can turn it around.
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