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In a touching moment on Friday, the Athletics helped replace memorabilia for a 9-year-old fan whose house was destroyed by Northern California wildfires.
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In the leadup to the 2017-18 season opener, there was a refrain from Thunder players – how they start against the New York Knicks should
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The Oakland A’s named Ryan Christenson as bench coach on Bob Melvin’s coaching staff for the 2018 season, the club announced Thursday. Chip Hale, who moved from third base to bench coach in mid-June, will return […]

Lloyd Blankfein tweets he intends to spend more time in Frankfurt, a hint of a post-Brexit move.
BBC News – Business

Hamas denounces the “blatant interference” in a Palestinian reconciliation deal signed last week.
BBC News – Middle East

Eighteen socialist governors are sworn in but five opposition governors boycott the event.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Spain is to begin the process of imposing direct rule on Catalonia after a disputed independence vote.
BBC News – Europe

Leaders gather for a crunch summit as the UK faces EU calls to do more to break the deadlock.
BBC News – UK

Thousands of people have said they will attend a campus protest rally called “No Nazis at UF”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Jennifer Ferguson says the #MeToo campaign convinced her to break her silence after nearly 24 years.
BBC News – Africa

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The A’s continued their recent mastery against the Rangers with a 4-1 victory in the opener of a four-game, season-ending series at Globe Life Park on Thursday night. Texas lost its seventh game in a row.
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Thunder Honors First Responders, Celebrates Upcoming Season
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The number of people out of work is still at lowest level since 1975, figures indicate.
BBC News – Business

The BBC’s Feras Kilani was with Syrian Democratic Forces as they took control of the centre of Raqqa, Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

Joesley and Wesley Batista are accused of using insider information to sell shares at top prices.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Malta’s Daphne Caruana Galizia was “assassinated” for standing up to corruption, her son says.
BBC News – Europe

Hospital performance slumps across UK with staff warning hitting key targets now an ‘impossible’ job.
BBC News – UK

A judge says the policy “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Roselyn Akombe says she fears for her life ahead of next week’s presidential election re-run.
BBC News – Africa