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A power barrage last week led to American League Player of the Week honors for Hanley Ramirez and Khris Davis.
OAK Homepage News

A financial scam was committed, on average, once every 15 seconds in the first half of the year, prompting a new campaign highlighting the risks.
BBC News – Business

Aid trucks are hit by an air strike near the Syrian city of Aleppo, reports say, hours after the army declared the current cessation of violence was over.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian actress, Camila Pitanga, describes the events leading up to the drowning of soap opera star, Domingos Montagner, last week.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Thousands of migrants flee as a fire sweeps through the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, police say.
BBC News – Europe

Smoking rates in England fall to the lowest on record at 16.9%, says Public Health England, with experts saying e-cigarettes may be behind the decline.
BBC News – UK

The suspect in the weekend’s bombings in New York and New Jersey is undergoing surgery after he was injured in a shootout with police.
BBC News – US & Canada

Three police officers and 14 civilians die in Kinshasa, capital of DR Congo, during protests calling for President Joseph Kabila to step down.
BBC News – Africa

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The Athletics, trying to avoid a second straight last-place finish, are making it tough on the first-place Rangers in the final month of the season. Khris Davis, who has been pummeling the Rangers all season, hit […]

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Older and younger people are being driven apart by the rocketing cost of housing, leaving young families in inner city ‘ghettos’, a think tank says.
BBC News – Business

A US-led air attack that reportedly killed dozens of Syrian government soldiers endangers the already shaky ceasefire, Russia says.
BBC News – Middle East

Thousands of fans pay their last respects to Brazilian actor Domingos Montagner, who drowned in a river where he had been recording scenes for a soap opera.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Tens of thousands of people protest across Germany against proposed transatlantic trade deals between the EU and the US and Canada.
BBC News – Europe

The number of so-called “air rage” incidents on UK airlines quadruple over a three-year period, according to figures seen by the BBC.
BBC News – UK

A bomb that exploded in New York City was a terrorist act, Governor Andrew Cuomo says, but no link to global groups has yet been found.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel groups in the Central African Republic, the UN mission in the country says.
BBC News – Africa

Raul Alcantara, given a 7-0 lead after five innings, outpitched Rangers starter Yu Darvish, and the Athletics held on for an 11-2 victory at Globe Life Park on Saturday night.
OAK Homepage News

Thunder newcomer Ersan Ilyasova understands five languages and speaks four.
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