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US prosecutors can proceed with a sexual assault charge against comedian Bill Cosby, a judge in Pennsylvania rules.
BBC News – US & Canada

A global deal to limit emissions of carbon dioxide could make millions of forest dwellers homeless, according to a new analysis.
BBC News – Africa

Stay on top of all the A’s offseason wheelings and dealings with the MLB.com Hot Stove Tracker, which will keep you up to date on the latest free-agent signings and player trades.
OAK Homepage News

There’s no one who follows the NBA who doesn’t understand the dynamic prowess and playmaking that Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook prov
Oklahoma City Thunder

The internet company Yahoo is cutting its workforce by about 15% in an attempt to improve its profitability.
BBC News – Business

UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura says that “concrete” changes are needed in Syria in order for the peace talks in Geneva to succeed.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil says there is no risk to the Rio Olympics because of Zika, amid warnings a disease linked to the virus poses a global health emergency.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU unveils a draft deal on UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s demands – potentially paving the way for a UK referendum in June.
BBC News – Europe

A man’s body is discovered in North Wales after a woman and two children are found dead at a house in Leeds.
BBC News – UK

A rare case of the Zika virus – linked to thousands of brain defects in babies in the Americas – being sexually transmitted has been reported in Texas.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zimbabwe’s chief prosecutor is charged with obstructing the course of justice, accused of dropping a case involving an alleged plot to bomb the president’s dairy.
BBC News – Africa

The multipart Around the Horn series, which features a position-by-position look at Oakland’s projected starters and backup options heading into the season, continues in left field.
OAK Homepage News

With the Washington Wizards pressing in on the Thunder’s lead in the third quarter, veteran playmakers Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook
Oklahoma City Thunder

Dodgers’ Corey Seager impressed during a September callup last year and tops the 2016 Shortstops Prospects list. The Phillies’ J.P. Crawford and Milwaukee’s Orlando Arcia follow Seager on the list.
OAK Homepage News

Barclays and Credit Suisse are fined a total of $ 154m (£108m) by US regulators for their US “dark pool” trading operations.
BBC News – Business

At least 71 people are reported killed in blasts near the Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus, claimed by Islamic State.
BBC News – Middle East

Unknown gunmen kill at least 11 people at a girl’s 15th birthday party in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov posts an Instagram video showing Russian opposition politician Mikhail Kasyanov in a sniper’s crosshairs.
BBC News – Europe

UK scientists win permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time.
BBC News – UK

US presidential candidates make a final pitch to people in Iowa, where the first votes for party nominations will be cast on Monday.
BBC News – US & Canada