Whats New?

Issues surrounding the supply of leading brands including Marmite to Tesco have now been resolved, says Unilever.
BBC News – UK

A judge signs a criminal summons accusing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of misconduct for his alleged role in the 2013 closure of a bridge.
BBC News – US & Canada

Twenty-one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram Islamist militants have been freed, the president’s spokesman confirms.
BBC News – Africa

The spotlight may shine on the Arizona Fall League more than ever in the prospect circuit’s 25th season. Usually packed with phenoms, the league has even more blue-chip prospects than usual. And, as you may have […]

Middle of floor, on the side, in the slot, on the wing and down low on the block.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Samsung Electronics cuts its quarterly profit forecast by a third due to the scrapping of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.
BBC News – Business

Russian planes resume bombing of rebel-held districts of Aleppo after a temporary lull, with reports of at least 25 people killed.
BBC News – Middle East

The head of security for the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Beltrame, stands down after a surge in drug-related violence since the end of the Olympics.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Lawyers for the main suspect in last year’s Islamist attacks in Paris, Salah Abdeslam, say they will no longer defend him.
BBC News – Europe

Labour challenges the government to provide more Brexit detail as it renews calls for a Commons vote before formal negotiations begin.
BBC News – UK

President Obama blasts Donald Trump’s recent remarks about women, saying they would be intolerable even if applying for a job at a 7-Eleven store.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Democratic Republic of Congo is at “extreme risk” of descending into widespread violence, the UN Security Council is warned.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s have lost Ron Washington to the Braves, who hired the esteemed infield instructor as their third base coach under newly appointed manager Brian Snitker on Tuesday.
OAK Homepage News

Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Oct.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Ryon Healy was named one of Oakland’s Prospects of the Year and Daniel Gossett was selected as MLBPipeline’s Athletics Pitcher of the Year.
OAK Homepage News

Samsung stops all sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and tells owners to power down the device, after reports of replaced devices catching fire.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia has privately accepted it was one of its coalition planes that bombed a funeral in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, the BBC learns.
BBC News – Middle East

A “massive response” is required to help Haiti recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, the UN secretary general says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Three Syrian refugees in Germany overpowered a bomb suspect who gave elite commandos the slip and sparked a two-day manhunt, police reveal.
BBC News – Europe

A mother and daughter were stabbed to death in their beds by two teenagers in a “cold, calculated and callous” killing, a court hears.
BBC News – UK