October 15, 2025 - Brief Briefing

Chancellor admits tax rises and spending cuts considered for budget

Rachel Reeves has told Sky News she is looking at both tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, in her first interview since...

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Chancellor admits tax rises and spending cuts considered for budget

Sports

NLCS Game 2 takeaways: Top moments, the deciding factor and the hero of Dodgers’ victory

Oct 14, 2025, 11:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For the second straight night, the Los Angeles Dodgers rode a dominant performance from their...

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NLCS Game 2 takeaways: Top moments, the deciding factor and the hero of Dodgers' victory

Sports

Yamamoto’s complete-game gem puts L.A. up 2-0

Associated Press Oct 14, 2025, 11:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a three-hitter for the first postseason complete game...

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Yamamoto's complete-game gem puts L.A. up 2-0

Sports

Reports: Bregman set to opt out of Red Sox deal

Oct 14, 2025, 09:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions 1 Related He got off to a fast start in Boston, hitting .299 with 11...

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Reports: Bregman set to opt out of Red Sox deal

Sports

CFP Bubble Watch: Who’s in, who’s out, who has work to do at midseason

Open Extended Reactions Week 7 shook up the College Football Playoff picture. No team earned a more impactful result than Indiana, whose win at...

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CFP Bubble Watch: Who's in, who's out, who has work to do at midseason

Sports

Hutson agrees to 8-year, $70.8M deal with Habs

Open Extended Reactions Reigning Calder Trophy winner The 21-year-old is coming off a historic season for the Canadiens. He recorded six goals and 60...

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Hutson agrees to 8-year, .8M deal with Habs

Sports

Senators’ Tkachuk (hand) to miss at least month

ESPN News Services Oct 14, 2025, 04:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk is expected to miss at least a...

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Senators' Tkachuk (hand) to miss at least month

Sports

Confident Couturier helps Tocchet win home debut

Associated Press Oct 13, 2025, 11:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Sean Couturier wrestled with a bad back and slogged through a...

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Confident Couturier helps Tocchet win home debut

Politics

We don’t have control of our borders, admits home secretary

The government does not currently have control of Britain’s borders, the home secretary will admit in a speech today. Shabana Mahmood is hosting counterparts...

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We don't have control of our borders, admits home secretary

‘I don’t remember feeling this unsafe’: Frightened worshippers too scared to walk the streets

“I don’t remember feeling this unsafe ever before,” says 76-year-old devout Sikh Resham Kaur who moved to the UK from India when she was...

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'I don't remember feeling this unsafe': Frightened worshippers too scared to walk the streets

Science

Earth May Have Crossed Its First Climate Tipping Point as Coral Reefs Collapse

Global coral reefs have reached a tipping point due to surging temperatures, warning of irreversible climate impacts on ecosystems and humans alike.

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Technology

CNBC Daily Open: Trump has the last word on U.S. stocks

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to posthumously award the Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, in the Rose Garden patio at...

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CNBC Daily Open: Trump has the last word on U.S. stocks

Science

Physicists Recreate Einstein’s Near-Light-Speed Illusion Predicted 70 Years Ago

Physicists have recreated the long-predicted Terrell-Penrose effect using ultra-fast lasers, showing how objects at near-light speed appear rotated rather than flattened. The experiment offers...

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Science

Uranus and Neptune May Be More Rock Than Ice, New Research Suggests

A new pre-print study proposes that Uranus and Neptune might not be “ice giants” after all. Using assumption-free models, scientists found their interiors could...

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Sports

Sources: USC, U-M question Big Ten capital deal

Dan WetzelOct 14, 2025, 07:11 PM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. Open...

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