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Khris Davis homered for the third consecutive game Sunday, giving him 30 for the season. He became the first A’s player to hit at least 30 home runs in a season since Brandon Moss did so in 2013.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, August 14, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder signed guard Ronnie Price, it was announced today by Executiv
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A data breach at large UK software company Sage may have compromised personal information for employees at 280 UK businesses, it is understood.
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Kurdish forces battling so-called Islamic State take several villages from the militants near Mosul, the last big city the group holds in Iraq.
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President Mauricio Macri asks Brazilian and Argentine fans at the Rio Olympics to cease their hostile chants, saying rivalry is getting out of control.
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The knifeman and one of the victims from Saturday’s attack on a train in Switzerland have died of their injuries in hospital, police say.
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Gymnast Max Whitlock wins Olympic gold in the men’s floor exercise to create British gymnastics history again in Rio.
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Gold medal-winning swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others were robbed in Rio on Saturday night, the US Olympic Committee confirms.
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The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram releases a video showing some 50 of the schoolgirls seized by the group from Chibok more than two years ago.
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Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz hit home runs and the Mariners bullpen came through late in the game Saturday as Seattle edged the A’s. Khris Davis hit a home run for Oakland, his 29th of the season. Coco Crisp had […]

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Yonder Alonso, who put the A’s on top for good with a two-run single in the sixth inning Friday, has added 50 points to his batting average since May 31.
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Strikes by Eurostar workers at the RMT and TSSA unions will be suspended from midnight to allow further talks, they have said.
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Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have liberated the north Syrian town of Manbij from so-called Islamic State, cutting off its route to Europe.
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Marta misses from the spot but Brazil beat Australia to set up an Olympic women’s football semi-final with Sweden.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly dismisses his chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, part of his inner circle for many years.
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Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins becomes the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals as GB win a third gold on day seven plus three silvers.
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Singapore’s Joseph Schooling wins his nation’s first ever gold medal with victory in the 100m butterfly as Michael Phelps finishes joint second.
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Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashes the world record to win Olympic gold in the women’s 10,000m in Rio, as GB’s Jo Pavey finishes down the field.
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