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Some 8,000 people are being airlifted to safety after they fled the city of Fort McMurray, which has been devastated by a massive wildfire.
BBC News – US & Canada

Controversial and wealthy businessman Jacob Juma is shot dead in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, by unknown gunmen who escaped on motorbikes.
BBC News – Africa

Sean Manaea received an advanced baseball education through his first two Major League starts. What he needs now is a victory.
OAK Homepage News

In the Playoffs, everyone is playing as hard as possible. The difference between wins and losses, however, is which team plays smartest.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The European Central Bank says it will no longer produce the €500 note because of concerns that it could help facilitate illegal activities.
BBC News – Business

A partial, shaky truce between Syria and non-jihadist rebels is extended to embattled Aleppo, after US and Russian pressure.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has dismissed allegations she obstructed a corruption investigation as “lies”.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Reforms to EU asylum rules planned by the European Commission would see financial penalties for countries refusing to take in asylum seekers.
BBC News – Europe

Eight men are jailed over a £1m pensioner fraud that police say helped fund people travelling from the UK to Syria.
BBC News – UK

A “catastrophic” wildfire that has forced the evacuation of all 88,000 people from Fort McMurray could destroy much of the Canadian city, officials warn.
BBC News – US & Canada

The mother of a baby girl who was miraculously rescued from a collapsed building in Nairobi is found dead in the rubble.
BBC News – Africa

His final pitching line was ugly, leaving his ERA higher than it’s been at any point in his career, but there were plenty reasons to look past Sonny Gray’s numbers Tuesday night.
OAK Homepage News

SAN ANTONIO – Energized and ready to go, the Thunder realizes the opportunity in front of its eyes – a chance to win Gam
Oklahoma City Thunder

Activity in the UK’s manufacturing sector contracted in April for the first time in three years, a survey indicates.
BBC News – Business

Russia’s foreign minister says a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to the city of Aleppo within hours.
BBC News – Middle East

The Olympic flame arrives in Brazil three months ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as the country faces a deepening political crisis.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A couple in north-western Germany used dating adverts to lure two women to their home then tortured them to death, police say.
BBC News – Europe

Premier League chief Richard Scudamore says Leicester’s title triumph “made mugs of all of us” and is a “fantastic feeling”.
BBC News – UK

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is poised to deliver a crushing blow to rival Ted Cruz as voters in Indiana head to the polls.
BBC News – US & Canada

A six-month-old girl is rescued from the debris of a building that collapsed four days ago in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
BBC News – Africa