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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 25, 2016 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Cameron Payne underwent a successful procedure today to repai
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Billy Butler’s solo home run in the eighth proved to be the difference in the A’s 3-2 win over the Rays Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum.
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The A’s scratched Coco Crisp from Sunday’s starting lineup because of neck soreness and had earlier optioned reserve infielder Arismendy Alcantara to Triple-A, leaving them shorthanded ahead of their series finale […]

US telecoms giant Verizon Communications is to buy Yahoo’s core internet business for $ 5bn (£3.8bn), according to media reports.
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So-called Islamic State says it was behind a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, that kills more than 20 people.
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Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she is not afraid of going to prison as a result of the corruption charges she faces.
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Russia will not receive a blanket ban from the Rio Games, the International Olympic Committee announces.
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Chancellor Philip Hammond insists EU is not in “punishment mode” over Brexit vote and tells the BBC he wants talks on developing a free trade relationship with China.
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The US Democratic Party chair says she will resign as a row over leaked emails threatens efforts for party unity ahead of the presidential nominating convention.
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The Kenyan authorities deport one of Africa’s biggest musicians, Koffi Olomide, after he is filmed apparently kicking a woman at Nairobi’s main airport.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 23, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed guard Alex Abrines to a multi-year contract, it was
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The A’s placed catcher Stephen Vogt on the family medical leave list on Saturday and called up Bruce Maxwell from Triple-A Nashville.
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UK economic activity in July fell at its fastest rate since the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2009, data compiled from business questionnaires shows.
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Dozens of pro-government troops were killed when rebels blew up a tunnel underneath a building in the Syrian city of Aleppo, reports say.
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A recent drought shut down the Amazon Basin’s carbon sink by killing trees and slowing trees’ growth rates, a first-of-its-kind study shows.
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The gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings and had an obvious link to Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, German police say.
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Passengers heading for the continent are facing major delays at the Port of Dover due to increased French security checks.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has selected Tim Kaine, a centrist senator from Virginia, as her running mate.
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A Nigerian Muslim group welcomes a court ruling lifting the ban on schoolgirls in Lagos state wearing the headscarf as a victory.
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Oklahoma City, Friday, July 22, 2016 – Oklahoma City Thunder radio game broadcasts will return to KYAL-
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