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Ramon Laureano homered twice, Marcus Semien went deep and the A’s finally won a game when bullpenning, beating the Rangers, 8-4, on Friday night at the Coliseum. Matt Chapman had a two-run single and Semien […]

New rules mean companies cannot contact people unless they have “opted-in” to receive calls.
BBC News – Business

The air raids came as Russia’s president dismissed Turkey’s calls for a ceasefire in northern Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

Presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro is unlikely to return to campaigning after being attacked.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Selahattin Demirtas is given almost five years for “terrorist propaganda”, a charge he denies.
BBC News – Europe

The anti-Brexit backbencher claims Jeremy Corbyn is driving centre-left MPs out of the Labour Party.
BBC News – UK

Ex-Trump aide George Papadopoulos is jailed for 14 days for lying to the FBI in the Russia inquiry.
BBC News – US & Canada

Huge installations of wind turbines and solar panels would boost rainfall and vegetation in desert areas.
BBC News – Africa

The biggest question in the American League West is which of the three teams in contention will advance to the postseason. That’s always the overriding issue in September. But whether they are in contention or […]

The airline says personal and financial details of customers making online bookings were compromised.
BBC News – Business

Demonstrators are angry over government corruption and a lack of basic public services.
BBC News – Middle East

Jair Bolsonaro, the front-runner in Brazil’s presidential election, was attacked while campaigning.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Cécile Djunga’s revelations of a year of racist comments go viral after she says she has had enough.
BBC News – Europe

Russia accuses the UK of “hysteria” as Western powers say Russian state “almost certainly” behind attack.
BBC News – UK

Mr Jones is known for spreading conspiracy theories about Muslims, migrants and the Sandy Hook shooting.
BBC News – US & Canada

They received terms ranging from seven years to life for killing a journalist and raping aid workers.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s rolled over their potential Wild Card opponent Wednesday with an 8-2 win and presumably struck fear in the Yankees, who will surely have to think twice about putting Luis Severino on the mound for a […]

NFL 2018 Kicks off with Atlanta @ PhiladelphiaIts a repeat of last seasons divisional playoff to open the 2018 NFL season as the reigning SuperBowl champions the Philadelphia Eagles take […]

The opening week of the College season usually has a lot of meaningless games (by that we mean ranked teams taking on much weaker squads or FCS teams) and this one was no exception. However a few interesting games […]

Royal Bank of Scotland is halving its network of RBS branches in England and Wales.
BBC News – Business