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The Hillsborough disaster should be a “touchstone” for everything police do, Home Secretary Theresa May tells the Police Federation’s annual conference.
BBC News – UK

OAKLAND – It was gut-check time against the Golden State Warriors.
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Some 12,000 oil sands workers are urged to leave camps near the Canadian town of Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire advances towards them.
BBC News – US & Canada

A group of 15 opposition supporters in Kenya plead guilty to taking part in an illegal protest which police are accused of breaking up violently.
BBC News – Africa

In the middle of what would turn into a 7-6 series-winning victory at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon, A’s right-hander Sonny Gray had a breakthrough on the mound. This was no small discovery, even if the […]

In between the lines of the court at the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center, the team has been laser locked on its preparation for the G
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Wage growth is likely to remain “stuck in the slow lane” until the end of the decade, according to a survey.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State militants stage a suicide attack on a gas factory near Baghdad in which 14 people are killed and 20 wounded.
BBC News – Middle East

Early results in the Dominican Republic’s presidential election give incumbent Danilo Medina a strong lead.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Andre Brahic, one of the people who discovered the rings of Neptune, has died aged 73, his publisher says.
BBC News – Europe

A suspicious item destroyed at Old Trafford on Sunday was a training device accidentally left behind by a private company.
BBC News – UK

A smartphone app released by the Canadian province of Alberta will allow people who fled the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray to see satellite images of their homes.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt sentences 51 people to two years in prison for protesting against a decision last month to cede two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
BBC News – Africa

Danny Valencia hit three home runs, including a go-ahead, two-run shot in the ninth inning, to lead the A’s to a 7-6 series-winning victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon.
OAK Homepage News

For the fourth time in the past six seasons, the Thunder has advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The A’s busted out for four home runs, including two from third baseman Danny Valencia, to secure a 6-3 series-opening victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field on Friday night, snapping a five-game losing […]

The man behind the takeover of BHS, Dominic Chappell, says his plan to revitalise the retailer “could have worked”.
BBC News – Business

Hezbollah’s top military commander in Syria, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, was killed in artillery fire by jihadists, the Lebanese group says.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s suspended President Rousseff attacks the new government for being entirely made up of white male politicians.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Domenico Scala, Fifa’s independent audit and compliance committee president, resigns in protest at reforms.
BBC News – Europe