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At this stage of the season, every NBA team is trying to lock into playing its best possible brand of basketball.
Oklahoma City Thunder

From the day after his 18th birthday, when he signed as a first-round pick until a rather sudden departure last November, Trevor Plouffe’s professional life was spent in a Minnesota Twins uniform, and his Spring […]

Glut of properties behind slide in average monthly rent for newly let properties, says Countrywide.
BBC News – Business

Brett McGurk said the last road out of Mosul had been cut off, trapping so-called Islamic State.
BBC News – Middle East

A runaway bus veers into a crowd in Haiti, killing at least 34 people in Gonaives, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would “return to its senses”.
BBC News – Europe

Northern, Southern rail and Merseyrail staff are taking action over plans for driver-only trains.
BBC News – UK

Iowa congressman Steve King is blasted after praising the Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders.
BBC News – US & Canada

Police allege the car-jacking was invented after the baby is found with the mother’s boyfriend.
BBC News – Africa

Serving up cold favorites like Bordeaux Cherry Amaretto and Strawberry Banana, Thunder teammates Steven Adams and Andre Roberson spent Su
Oklahoma City Thunder

Max Schrock’s RBI double in the ninth inning gave the A’s a 8-7 victory over the Rangers. Ryon Healy added a home run for Oakland. Ryan Rua had a two-run single for the Rangers.
OAK Homepage News

In each of the previous two fourth quarters against the Utah Jazz, Russell Westbrook scored 14 points in the final frame to seal the vict
Oklahoma City Thunder

Markets which track US interest rate expectations give a near 100% likelihood of a rise next week.
BBC News – Business

The attack targeted buses carrying Shia pilgrims to the Bab al-Saghir cemetery site.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico’s foreign minister skips over the US secretary of state for a meeting with White House aides.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey’s president brands the Dutch government “Nazi remnants” as a diplomatic row escalates.
BBC News – Europe

A warning that drunk women put themselves in danger of rape will deter people from reporting attacks, it is claimed.
BBC News – UK

Preet Bharara refused to stand down when 46 federal prosecutors were asked to by the Trump administration.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN humanitarian chief pleads for help to avoid “a catastrophe” in four countries.
BBC News – Africa

It began with a strange twinge during Sonny Gray’s second start of Spring Training, and it still didn’t seem like a big deal when he went to the doctor to get it checked. But now, that twinge has developed into […]