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SEATTLE — Oakland’s medical report is a depressing affair more often than not this season. On Monday, however, the team got relatively good news about two of the 13 men crowded onto its disabled list. Josh Reddick, who’s hitting .322, does not need surgery to repair his fractured left thumb, which makes the healing time four weeks rather than six. [...] right-hander Henderson Alvarez, who had a setback in his return from shoulder surgery last week, was cleared to begin playing catch Tuesday. ... Читать дальше...

A coalition of more than 130 Asian-American organizations, including two Indian-American groups, have sought an investigation into admission practices of the prestigious Yale University and two other Ivy League institutions. They allege that these institutions discriminate against students from the community on racial grounds.

SEATTLE (AP) — Even by Rich Hill's recent successful standards, his second inning was a notch above.

SEATTLE (AP) — Even by Rich Hill's recent successful standards, his second inning was a notch above.

SEATTLE (AP) — Even by Rich Hill's recent successful standards, his second inning was a notch above.

SEATTLE (AP) — Even by Rich Hill's recent successful standards, his second inning was a notch above.

One night after her show-stealing performance of “It Ain’t Me Babe” at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas,...

De vluchtelingen in vluchtelingenkamp Idomeni in Griekenland worden dinsdag geëvacueerd. In het kamp verblijven al maanden ongeveer 8400 mensen in gedoneerde tentjes en treinstellen. De politie wil hen onderbrengen in goed ingerichte kampen.

He was roughed up for six runs and retired only eight Royals hitters as he failed for the sixth time this season to record his second victory.

The Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green will be fined $25,000 — avoiding a suspension that could have impacted the Western Conference Finals.

U.S. President Barack Obama called for the “peaceful resolution” of disputes in the South China Sea in a speech in Hanoi. “In the South China Sea, the U.S. is not a claimant in current disputes, but we will stand with our partners in upholding key principles like freedom of navigation,” Obama said Tuesday. His remarks […]

Greece has begun moving more than 8,000 desperate migrants from an overwhelmed transit camp on its border with Macedonia. George Kyritsis, a government spokesman, said in a live television interview on Greek TV station Skai, that the operation to clear the Idomeni camp began at dawn and said that “no violence would be used.” “It […]

Even after her husband began recovering from vasculitis five years ago, Lisa Wadler struggled with fear and uncertainty about the future.

Even after her husband began recovering from vasculitis five years ago, Lisa Wadler struggled with fear and uncertainty about the future.

Dementia. Memory loss. Can’t think like we used to. You know the drill. It seems like every time you read something about aging, the “A” word pops up: Alzheimer’s.And researchers are warning us over and over again we’re about to…

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss attorney general's office has opened criminal proceedings against a Swiss bank in connection with a probe into suspected embezzlement of a Malaysian state investment fund.

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss attorney general's office has opened criminal proceedings against a Swiss bank in connection with a probe into suspected embezzlement of a Malaysian state investment fund.

ALMELO – Een 27-jarige man uit Dedemsvaart is maandagavond op het Bedrijvenpark Twente in Almelo achterop een stilstaande oplegger gereden. De automobilist raakte hierbij gewond aan zijn gezicht.

The father of a County Tyrone woman jailed for failing to tell the authorities her husband had gone to join IS in Syria has said she was wrongly convicted.

Robert De Niro has announced plans to produce a new documentary exposing the dangers of vaccines and their connection to autism.  In a recent interview with entertainment website Vulture, the Goodfellas star discussed the recent decision to shelve a screening of anti-vaccine film “Vaxxed: From Catastrophe to Coverup” from his Tribeca film festival. Well, what I learned, first of all, there was a big reaction, which I didn’t see coming, and it was from filmmakers — supposedly, I have yet to find out who it was. Читать дальше...

Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday affirmed the Japanese government position on the nuclear bombing of Japanese cities by the United States during World War II, describing these as contradictory to humanism and international law.