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Oakland begins a six-game homestand against the Angels tonight at 7:05 p.m. PT. The team will use Liam Hendriks (0-1, 5.60 ERA) as the opener on a designated bullpen day, with Daniel Mengden tentatively scheduled […]

The store’s new owners told customers to send in gift cards, but a month later they’ve heard nothing.
BBC News – Business

Russia’s defence minister says the buffer zone means there will be no military offensive on Idlib.
BBC News – Middle East

The refrigerated container holds at least 100 corpses – because the local mortuaries are all full.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Billionaire Hélène Pastor was shot outside a hospital in 2014 in a crime that stunned France.
BBC News – Europe

Theresa May knows Brexit is a bad idea and should admit it, the Lib Dem leader will tell his party conference.
BBC News – UK

The higher taxes will apply to almost 6,000 items, and mark the biggest round of US tariffs so far.
BBC News – US & Canada

Not all girls who underwent the circumcision have been traced, a government official says.
BBC News – Africa

Khris Davis’ grand slam made things interesting, but it wasn’t enough as the Athletics fell, 5-4, to the Rays in the series finale on Sunday at Tropicana Field.
OAK Homepage News

Oakland ran out of ammunition against Tampa Bay during a 7-5 loss in a battle of the bullpens on Saturday night at Tropicana Field.
OAK Homepage News

The Amazon founder has pledged to donate $ 2bn, but critics say he should pay Amazon workers more instead.
BBC News – Business

Alaa and Gamal Mubarak are accused of manipulating the stock market in a case that began in 2012.
BBC News – Middle East

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez inflicts Gennady Golovkin’s first ever defeat to win the WBA and WBC world middleweight titles.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Sadiq Khan said he has become “increasingly alarmed” at the government’s “chaotic” negotiations.
BBC News – Europe

Environment Secretary Michael Gove says Theresa May’s Brexit strategy is the right plan “for now”.
BBC News – UK

Warnings of “catastrophic” floods remain from Storm Florence, which has already killed 14.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge takes more than a minute off the marathon world record with a time of two hours one minute 39 seconds in Berlin.
BBC News – Africa

Khris Davis slugged his Major League-leading 42nd homer to lead off the 10th, giving Oakland a win over Tampa Bay on Friday at Tropicana Field. The A’s won their 12th extra-inning game of the season, tied for […]

Money lenders say people will borrow even more from families as firms cut lending after Wonga’s collapse.
BBC News – Business

Several women have accused David Keyes, a spokesman for the Israeli PM, of inappropriate behaviour.
BBC News – Middle East