Emily Taylor

A huge blizzard has begun to hit the US east coast and is expected to dump near-record levels of snow from Washington to New York.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Tunisian interior ministry announces a nationwide curfew in response to protests over unemployment, saying national security is at stake.
BBC News – Africa

Cubs prospect Willson Contrerast, a converted catcher coming off a breakout campaign in Double-A, leads the 2016 Top 10 Catching Prospects list, while Yankees slugger Gary Sanchez re-enters at No. 2 after failing […]

Oklahoma City Thunder

Individual game tickets for A’s regular-season home games, several of which feature enticing promotions, are set to go on sale Friday, the club has announced. The club has also announced planned giveaways and […]

The help side defender had just barely started his move over to the right block when a whizzing, whirring sphere flashed through the lane
Oklahoma City Thunder

European markets open slightly higher, a day after global turmoil saw billions wiped off the value of shares.
BBC News – Business

A Syrian opposition committee has named an Islamist rebel as its chief negotiator at peace talks that the UN hopes to convene in Geneva on Monday.
BBC News – Middle East

New figures from Brazil’s Health Ministry show a further rise in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads to mothers infected with Zika.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The long-awaited findings of a public inquiry into the killing in London of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko are due to be released by a judge.
BBC News – Europe

A report into cases of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile linked to the BBC is set to criticise the corporation’s culture, according to an “early draft” leaked to a news website.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama pledges his support to the Michigan city beset by a water contamination crisis, saying people have been “short-changed”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Four terror suspects in Kenya are killed during a raid in the coastal town of Malindi, recovering maps detailing future attacks, police say.
BBC News – Africa

A swarm of A’s players and coaches, among them ace Sonny Gray and fellow fan favorites Stephen Vogt and Josh Reddick, will be on hand Sunday for the team’s annual FanFest at the Coliseum and Oracle Arena.
OAK Homepage News

DENVER– NBA teams can have a game plan coming into a contest, but on the road, it’s not always easy to execute.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Global chief executives are more pessimistic about growth than this time last year, according to a survey by PwC of more than 1,400 business leaders.
BBC News – Business

The UN says violence suffered by civilians in Iraq “remains staggering”, with at least 18,800 killed and 3.2 million displaced since 2014.
BBC News – Middle East

The Colombian government and the left-wing Farc rebel movement jointly request a UN mission to oversee the end of their decades-long conflict.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Norway sends 13 migrants back to to Russia under new rules expected to see thousands who crossed the border by bicycle deported.
BBC News – Europe

The Islamic State group’s propaganda magazine confirms the British militant known as Jihadi John died in a drone strike in November.
BBC News – UK