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The football team at Oklahoma City’s Heritage Hall was wrapping up the kickoff coverage portion of practice on Wednesday afternoon when s
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The postseason chances for the defending World Series champion Royals could now officially be on life support. After crushing losses in the first two games of the series, the Royals appeared zapped of energy […]

PAYNE, HUESTIS DELIVER MESSAGE OF SELF-ACCEPTANCE
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Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European copyright laws.
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Israeli ex-President Shimon Peres is responsive after suffering a serious stroke, with doctors describing his condition as critical but stable.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s new government announces a privatisation plan aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tells MEPs.
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Seventeen care workers are to bring the biggest ever legal claim in the sector over alleged non-payment of the minimum wage.
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New York’s attorney general says he is investigating alleged impropriety by Donald Trump’s foundation, an inquiry dismissed by the Trump team as politically motivated.
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Britain’s 2011 military intervention in Libya was based on “erroneous assumptions”, according to MPs who blame ex-PM David Cameron for the lack of a coherent strategy.
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With two on and two out and a one-run lead, beleaguered Royals reliever Joakim Soria surrendered a two-run double to left-handed pinch-hitter Yonder Alonso in a four-run eighth as the A’s rallied for a stunning […]

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With just 19 games remaining, the defending World Series champion Royals can’t afford many more losses. So the start of an eight-game homestand against two non-contending teams was supposed to serve as a potential […]

The richest 1% of the UK population owns more than 20 times the wealth of the poorest fifth, according to new analysis by Oxfam.
BBC News – Business

An internationally-brokered cessation of hostilities begins in Syria, but it is unclear whether rebel factions will abide by it.
BBC News – Middle East

Supporters of gay and lesbian rights march to Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral in response to protests on Saturday opposing same-sex marriage.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Three women suspected of terrorist conspiracy and ties to the so-called Islamic State group, appear in court as part of foiled Notre Dame plot.
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Jeremy Corbyn and George Osborne are among the MPs facing reselection battles as draft Parliamentary boundaries for England and Wales are published.
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Hillary Clinton says in a phone interview she plans to return to the campaign trail in a “couple of days”, after falling ill at a 9/11 commemoration.
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South Sudan’s political and military elite have made themselves rich while the country has struggled under a civil war of their making, a report says.
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