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An extra £1.3bn is to be spent on improving roads, the chancellor will say in the Autumn Statement.
BBC News – Business

Days of strikes on Aleppo leave rebel areas virtually without a functioning hospital, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

Video footage suggests a Rio de Janeiro police helicopter was shot down by a favela gang.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France’s Republican Party holds a primary to pick a candidate in next year’s presidential election.
BBC News – Europe

Storm Angus – the first named storm of winter – lashes southern England with high winds and heavy rain.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump meets his fierce critic and fellow Republican Mitt Romney as he builds his team.
BBC News – US & Canada

The head of the journalists’ union in Egypt gets a two-year prison term for “harbouring fugitives”.
BBC News – Africa

Oakland’s No. 20 prospect Dylan Covey was perfect through four innings and Frankie Montas, the Athletics’ No. 10 prospect, struck out five in three innings of relief, with the duo limiting Surprise to one run on […]

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Oklahoma City Thunder

The A’s added five players to their 40-man roster on Friday, protecting them from next month’s Rule 5 Draft.
OAK Homepage News

It wasn’t about the defensive scheme. It was just about doing it harder, better and more crisply.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Some experts see a “quiet” Autumn Statement – but significant changes for family finances are ahead.
BBC News – Business

Rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo are heavily bombed as the UN warns of a bleak winter.
BBC News – Middle East

The World Health Organization says the Zika virus needs “enduring action” not emergency status now.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Outgoing US President Obama and EU leaders agree in Berlin to keep up sanctions pressure on Russia.
BBC News – Europe

Buckingham Palace is to undergo a 10-year refurbishment costing the taxpayer £369m, the Treasury announces.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump settles three fraud lawsuits relating to Trump University for $ 25m, an official says.
BBC News – US & Canada

An HIV-positive Malawian man is found guilty for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows as part of an outlawed cultural practice.
BBC News – Africa

Lew Wolff is stepping down as managing partner of the A’s, handing the reins to majority owner John Fisher.
OAK Homepage News

In formal gowns and sharp tuxedos, hundreds of Oklahomans clamored about the ballroom at the Cox Convention Center.
Oklahoma City Thunder