Craig Taylor

A court in Ivory Coast sentences former first lady Simone Gbagbo to 20 years in jail for her role in violence after the 2010 poll.
BBC News – Africa

On Monday, the Thunder learned the stark reality that some children in Oklahoma eat a school lunch on Friday afternoon, but go without a
Oklahoma City Thunder

British taxpayers’ stake in Lloyds Banking Group has fallen to below 23% following the latest share sales, which have netted about £500m for the Treasury.
BBC News – Business

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in five months in a solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse-2, gets under way in Abu Dhabi.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela is installing fingerprint scanners in supermarkets, in a move designed to help reduce food hoarding and panic buying.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An ally of murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov says he is deeply sceptical that the suspects charged organised the killing.
BBC News – Europe

The number of free schools in England will more than double to over 900 by 2020, if the Conservatives are re-elected, David Cameron is to say.
BBC News – UK

A baby girl is found alive in a car 14 hours after the vehicle plunged into a river in Utah, killing her mother.
BBC News – US & Canada

Niger and Chad launch an offensive against Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants, as officials dismiss the group’s pledge to IS as a sign of weakness.
BBC News – Africa

With just six seconds remaining, Serge Ibaka soared high to grab the ball off the rim, came back down to earth and nearly lost control of
Oklahoma City Thunder

The Thunder returned to work on Saturday, going through the intensity of a full practice for only the second time since the Feb.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Large companies will have to reveal differences in pay between men and women after the government agreed to implement the measure.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State militants are destroying the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra, according to Iraq’s tourism and antiquities ministry.
BBC News – Middle East

The Colombian army and Farc rebels agree to work together to remove landmines that have killed and injured thousands in five decades of conflict.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Two men have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the head of the security agency announces.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron says a post-election pact between Labour and the SNP would be the “worst outcome” if May’s election resulted in a hung Parliament.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama pays tribute to the “heroes” who took part in a landmark civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, on the 50th anniversary of the event.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boko Haram militants pledge allegiance to Islamic State, in a message apparently from the Nigerian group’s leader Abubakar Shekau.
BBC News – Africa

CHICAGO – The Thunder has faced just about every bout
Oklahoma City Thunder

The new pension freedoms will be an ‘open season’ for fraudsters trying to steal people’s savings, according to the industry.
BBC News – Business