Craig Taylor

Six months prior to the 2016 Draft, the class is beginning to take shape. MLBPipeline.com’s Top 50 Draft Prospects list reflects what that class looks like at present, led by four pitchers — New Jersey prep lefty […]

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Rare is it that the A’s stay quiet at the Winter Meetings, what with ongoing roster reconstruction headed by a tireless front office that seemingly never stops no matter the time of year.
OAK Homepage News

US jobs growth remained solid in November as the economy added 211,000 jobs, which could now signal a December interest rate rise.
BBC News – Business

Sixteen people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebombs were thrown into a restaurant after a dispute, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Ecuador’s legislature approves several controversial constitutional amendments, including one allowing the president to be re-elected indefinitely.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Police are seeking two new suspects accused of aiding Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, the Belgian prosecutor’s office says.
BBC News – Europe

A Maoist cult leader who ran a commune is found guilty of a string of sex assaults, cruelty to a child and false imprisonment.
BBC News – UK

A mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that left 14 people dead, is being investigated as an act of terrorism, the FBI says.
BBC News – US & Canada

MIAMI – Thirty-seven times the lead changed hands on Thursday night, in addition to 11 ties.
Oklahoma City Thunder

China’s president announces $ 60bn (£40bn) of assistance and loans for Africa to help with the development of the continent at a summit in Johannesburg.
BBC News – Africa

Mark Canha and the A’s Community Fund hosted a holiday party at the Oakland Zoo on Thursday for 200 local elementary students, celebrating a season of spirit and giving.
OAK Homepage News

MIAMI – On the road, taking hold
Oklahoma City Thunder

The European Central Bank cuts its rate on bank overnight deposits, in an effort to encourage lending by banks, and extends its bond-buying stimulus programme.
BBC News – Business

Israeli authorities arrest several Israeli youths in connection with a fatal arson attack on a Palestinian family’s home in the West Bank in July.
BBC News – Middle East

Two Fifa vice-presidents are arrested at a Swiss hotel on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s President Putin castigates Turkey’s leaders, warning that they will regret shooting down a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria.
BBC News – Europe

RAF Tornado jets carried out “successful” bombing of oil fields in Syria controlled by Islamic State militants, the Ministry of Defence says, shortly after MPs voted in favour of extending air strikes.
BBC News – UK

Two heavily armed suspects – a man and a woman – are killed by police after a mass shooting in California left 14 people dead.
BBC News – US & Canada

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict.
BBC News – Africa