Emily Taylor

US President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 28 people, including six Canadians, are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in Burkina Faso, in West Africa.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s avoided arbitration by agreeing to terms with right-handed pitcher Fernando Rodriguez and outfielder Josh Reddick on one-year contracts for the 2016 season, the club announced on Friday.
OAK Homepage News

Ten times over the first four and a half minutes of the game, the Minnesota Timberwolves got a shot off at the rim.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Wall Street tumbles as the FTSE 100 closes down almost 2%, with mining stock again leading the decline.
BBC News – Business

At least five people have been arrested in Egypt, including two accused of running Islamist Facebook pages, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the revolution.
BBC News – Middle East

A chemical explosion at a cargo warehouse in Brazil spreads a plume of toxic gas over the country’s biggest port, Santos.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ninety people took the drug in a clinical trial in France that has left one person brain-dead and another five in hospital, it is revealed.
BBC News – Europe

Nasa has ended the spacewalk involving British astronaut Tim Peake after his US colleague reported water in his helmet.
BBC News – UK

Two US Marine helicopters collide near the Hawaiian island of Oahu, each with six people on board.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN says it has evidence Burundi’s security forces gang-raped women, as the country’s Supreme Court sentences four coup plotters to life in prison.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s on Thursday avoided arbitration with Danny Valencia — one of the club’s three arbitration-eligible players — by agreeing to a one-year deal for the 2016 season.
OAK Homepage News

Inside the basket was a collection of fresh baby carrots, baby turnips, baby radishes and microgreens with a neatly placed thank-you card
Oklahoma City Thunder

Tesco shares jump more than 7% after the UK’s largest supermarket says Christmas trading was “strong”.
BBC News – Business

A second convoy of aid lorries in a week sets off for the besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya from Damascus, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

Three opposition politicians in Venezuela agree to give up their seats in the National Assembly to break a political deadlock.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A car-bomb attack on a police HQ in Turkey’s majority-Kurdish province of Diyarbakir kills six people and wounds dozens, local media say.
BBC News – Europe

An extra 600 armed officers are to be trained to help counter the threat of a Paris-style terror attack in London, the Metropolitan Police says.
BBC News – UK

The US wants United Nations help in dealing with thousands of migrants fleeing to the US to escape violence in Central America.
BBC News – US & Canada

Liberia is declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization, effectively putting an end to the world’s worst outbreak of the deadly disease.
BBC News – Africa