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CHICAGO – The Thunder ranks in the top three in the NBA in field goal percentage, 3-point shooting percentage, offensive
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Forecasts for the first change in interest rates since 2009 have been pushed further into the future following the latest reports from the Bank of England.
BBC News – Business

The Syria state is profiting from a black market in which people pay huge sums to find forcibly disappeared relatives, Amnesty International says.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s constitutional court lifts restrictions on same-sex couples adopting children.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia and Egypt urge caution over suggestions that a Russian airliner that crashed in Sinai killing 224 passengers may have been bombed.
BBC News – Europe

It could be “some time” before all British tourists stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh are home, the PM says, as he defends the suspension of air links.
BBC News – UK

Former US President George HW Bush publicly criticises Dick Cheney and Donald H Rumsfeld, in a biography due out next week.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Somali court orders the deportation of 27 Kenyans found to be in the country illegally, the first time in 25 years that such a ruling has been made.
BBC News – Africa

When Sean Manaea ultimately reaches the Major Leagues, people will point to his acquisition by the Oakland Athletics this past season as the turning point in the lefty’s promising career.
OAK Homepage News

A quick 3-0 start to the season for the Thunder was followed by a unique game and some adversity on Monday, but the team is ready to lear
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A’s catcher Stephen Vogt has been named the recipient of the 2015 Catfish Hunter Award, becoming the first player to take home the honor in consecutive years.
OAK Homepage News

VW says it has found “irregularities” in carbon dioxide emissions levels which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe.
BBC News – Business

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi defends Egypt’s sweeping security laws, insisting he is still taking the country on a path to democracy.
BBC News – Middle East

Nine of 33 miners rescued from a mine in Chile after 69 days underground in 2010 sue their lawyers for alleged fraud.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Investigators turn their attention to examining the flight recorders retrieved from the wreckage of a Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt on Saturday.
BBC News – Europe

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the government’s proposed new contract for junior doctors in England will include an 11% increase in their basic pay.
BBC News – UK

Voters in the US state of Ohio reject plans to make marijuana legal, according to local media projections.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African judges hear an appeal on whether athlete Oscar Pistorius should be convicted of murder instead of culpable homicide.
BBC News – Africa

HOUSTON – In a game of runs and
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Little went right for the A’s this year. They stumbled to an American League-worst 68-94 ledger following an offseason of questionable trades and now face another winter with plenty of work to do to get back on […]