February 21, 2025 - Brief Briefing

Day 34: Why Trump really flipped the script on Ukraine

👉 Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app 👈 As President Trump claims he is “close” to signing a mining deal with Ukraine, and...

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Day 34: Why Trump really flipped the script on Ukraine

Sports

Nebraska nixes Tennessee home-and-home plan

Adam RittenbergFeb 21, 2025, 12:08 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions The Nebraska–Tennessee...

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Nebraska nixes Tennessee home-and-home plan

Sports

Beck, Cavinder luxury cars stolen; man arrested

Andrea AdelsonFeb 21, 2025, 01:51 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions New...

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Beck, Cavinder luxury cars stolen; man arrested

Sports

Elee, Terps commit, top ’26 DE, nixes other visits

Eli LedermanFeb 21, 2025, 06:09 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering...

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Elee, Terps commit, top '26 DE, nixes other visits

Dozens turn out in support of Luigi Mangione over killing of US healthcare boss Brian Thompson

Dozens of supporters were outside court as the man accused of fatally shooting the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare made his first appearance. Luigi Mangione...

by admin February 21, 2025

Dozens turn out in support of Luigi Mangione over killing of US healthcare boss Brian Thompson

Zelenskyy not ready to sign ‘problematic’ Ukraine minerals deal with US, source tells Sky News

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not ready to accept a minerals deal with the US as Ukraine sees a “number of problematic issues” with the draft...

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Zelenskyy not ready to sign 'problematic' Ukraine minerals deal with US, source tells Sky News

Sports

Has international hockey replaced the NHL All-Star Game for good?

Greg WyshynskiFeb 21, 2025, 12:45 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The 4 Nations Face-Off...

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Has international hockey replaced the NHL All-Star Game for good?

Technology

Anne Wojcicki has a new offer to take 23andMe private, this time for $74.7 million

Anne Wojcicki attends the WSJ Magazine Style & Tech Dinner in Atherton, California, on March 15, 2023. Kelly Sullivan | Getty Images Entertainment |...

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Anne Wojcicki has a new offer to take 23andMe private, this time for .7 million

Technology

Hackers steal $1.5 billion from exchange Bybit in biggest-ever crypto heist

Ben Zhou, chief executive officer of ByBit, during the Token2049 conference in Singapore, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Joseph Nair | Bloomberg | Getty...

by admin February 21, 2025

Hackers steal .5 billion from exchange Bybit in biggest-ever crypto heist

Politics

Spiking to be made a criminal offence under new law – with up to 10 years in prison

Spiking will become a criminal offence with a possible 10-year prison sentence under a new law, the government has announced. It said in a...

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Spiking to be made a criminal offence under new law - with up to 10 years in prison

Jenny Hall: Drones deployed to look for missing runner – as police tell public not to join search

Specialist drones have been deployed to look for a missing runner as police warn volunteers not to join the search. Jenny Hall, 23, was...

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Jenny Hall: Drones deployed to look for missing runner - as police tell public not to join search

Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau hits out at Donald Trump after ice hockey win

Canada’s prime minister has hit out at Donald Trump’s comments about annexing the country, saying “you can’t take our country, and you can’t take...

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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau hits out at Donald Trump after ice hockey win

Donald Trump hits back at ‘terrible’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy and calls him a ‘dictator’ amid US-Russia talks

Donald Trump has said Volodymyr Zelenskyy “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left” as peace talks between the...

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Donald Trump hits back at 'terrible' Volodymyr Zelenskyy and calls him a 'dictator' amid US-Russia talks

World

Hamas names six Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday

Hamas has named six Israeli hostages who are set to be released on Saturday while Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian...

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Hamas names six Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday

Sports

‘It ain’t over yet’: Why Mookie Betts was dead set on returning to shortstop

Alden GonzalezFeb 21, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A....

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'It ain't over yet': Why Mookie Betts was dead set on returning to shortstop

Sports

Who are the locks, maybes and rising stars for Team USA at the 2026 Olympics?

Greg WyshynskiFeb 20, 2025, 11:35 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Like every American hockey player over...

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Who are the locks, maybes and rising stars for Team USA at the 2026 Olympics?

World

Man found guilty of attempted murder over Salman Rushdie attack

A man has been found guilty of attempted murder over an attack on author Sir Salman Rushdie. The 77-year-old British-American writer was stabbed multiple...

by admin February 21, 2025