Craig Taylor

Jean-Pierre Bemba is deemed ineligible to stand just months after being released from prison.
BBC News – Africa

Whether your team is competing for a postseason spot or looking ahead to the future, Sept. 1 is a date that has to be circled on the calendar.
OAK Homepage News

A’s slugger Khris Davis launched a solo homer off of Minnesota starter Kohl Stewart to give the A’s a 1-0 lead in their series opener. The blast traveled an estimated 396 feet, according to Statcast™.
OAK Homepage News

The number of legal cases against the firm has soared after a court ruled its products had caused cancer.
BBC News – Business

It is the first audio recording purporting to come from the IS leader since last September.
BBC News – Middle East

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s properties are being searched as part of a corruption investigation.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The UK government publishes advice on finance, medicine and farming in the event of no Brexit deal.
BBC News – Europe

The former first minister is taking the Scottish government to court to challenge how the case has been handled.
BBC News – UK

Mollie Tibbetts’ death while jogging in Iowa this month was a homicide, a medical examiner says.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Ugandan MP and pop star is charged shortly after a military court dropped weapons allegations.
BBC News – Africa

Jonathan Lucroy’s proclamation was heard in every corner of the A’s clubhouse last week: “We win two out of three the rest of the year, we’re going to win the World Series.” That was after the A’s took two of […]

US companies outline the products to be hit hardest by the President’s higher taxes on Chinese goods.
BBC News – Business

The social media giants say they have shut down hundreds of accounts linked to Russia and Iran.
BBC News – Middle East

Businesses close and streets empty as President Maduro’s new currency causes uncertainty.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A huge cocaine stash – 389kg worth £72m – had been hidden at Russia’s Buenos Aires embassy.
BBC News – Europe

Fears that everything would become more expensive by rounding up prices are unfounded, economists say.
BBC News – UK

Michael Cohen admitted violating campaign finance laws, but Mr Trump says he has “made up stories”.
BBC News – US & Canada

He said in a video that it was “heaven on earth” as there were no black people on the beach.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s will send left-hander Brett Anderson to the mound tonight for a 7:05 PT matchup with the Rangers at the Coliseum. Texas will counter with rookie right-hander Ariel Jurado (2-2, 6.41 ERA). Anderson […]