Craig Taylor

Inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings – one of the worst terrorist attacks in British history – are to be reopened.
BBC News – UK

Two men are dead, including a gunman, following a shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, police say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Two MPs are among 10 people killed as al-Shabab gunmen storm a hotel in the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu after car bomb attack.
BBC News – Africa

Once again, the Thunder showed it has one of the best rosters in the league and can compete with the best of the best.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Danny Valencia homered and drove in three runs against his former Twins club, helping the A’s secure the series victory with a 7-4 win at the Coliseum on Tuesday night.
OAK Homepage News

OAKLAND – Bleary-eyed and both physically and emotionally spent, the Thunder walked off the court on Monday night for th
Oklahoma City Thunder

Volkswagen profit tumbles 20% in the first three months of 2016 as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the diesel emissions scandal.
BBC News – Business

Militants from the so-called Islamic State launch a dawn counter-attack as Iraqi government troops push into the city of Falluja.
BBC News – Middle East

A second minister in Brazil’s new government resigns after a recording was published appearing to show him trying to derail a corruption investigation.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

President Francois Hollande of France insists that a controversial labour reform will not be withdrawn as strike action looms on the railways.
BBC News – Europe

Almost 75% of older children in England and Wales with diabetes are not getting key health checks, a study suggests.
BBC News – UK

The director of Cincinnati zoo says he would do the same again after a gorilla, into whose enclosure a child fell, was shot dead.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Senegalese court jails Chad ex-leader Hissene Habre for life for crimes against humanity, in the first African Union-backed trial of a former ruler.
BBC News – Africa

A’s outfielder Coco Crisp belted a leadoff home run in support of starter Kendall Graveman, who held the Twins to two runs across six innings to pull out a 3-2 series-opening victory at Oakland Coliseum on Monday […]

“If you ask anybody coming into the season if you want one game to go to the NBA Finals, they’ll sign up for that,” an upbeat Kevin Duran
Oklahoma City Thunder

Billy Butler hit a pinch-hit go-ahead single in the sixth before A’s starter Rich Hill departed with an apparent injury in Sunday’s 4-2 series-finale win over the Tigers at the Coliseum.
OAK Homepage News

New figures suggest 63% of shoppers who bought women’s clothes online in the last six months sent at least one item back to retailers.
BBC News – Business

The chief negotiator of Syria’s main opposition umbrella group resigns over what he called the failure of UN-brokered peace talks.
BBC News – Middle East

Olympiakos striker Alan Pulido has been kidnapped in Mexico’s northern border state of Tamaulipas, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The leaders of France and Germany mark the 100th anniversary of the WW1 battle of Verdun in northern France with a call for European unity.
BBC News – Europe