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Caerphilly by-election: Will Plaid or Reform have last laugh in Tommy Cooper’s birthplace?

Caerphilly is famous for three Cs: coal, cheese and its mighty castle. It’s also the birthplace of the legendary comedian Tommy Cooper. And after...

Elon Musk launches personal attack on NASA boss – and says he isn’t smart enough for the job

Elon Musk has attacked NASA’s administrator – and claimed he isn’t smart enough to hold the top job. The billionaire’s criticism of Sean Duffy...

Sports

Briscoe secures spot in NASCAR playoff finale

Associated Press Oct 19, 2025, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLADEGA, Ala. — Chase Briscoe gave Joe Gibbs Racing its second spot in...

Sports

Bruins show love to emotional Marchand in return

ESPN News Services Oct 21, 2025, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Little Ball of Hate still has a lot of...

Sports

Back from IR, Oilers D Walman nets winner in OT

ESPN News Services Oct 21, 2025, 10:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA — Defenseman Jake Walman, activated from injured reserve on Monday after...

Sports

Hughes’ 3rd career hat trick lifts surging Devils

ESPN News Services Oct 21, 2025, 10:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Jack Hughes registered the third hat trick of his NHL...

Sports

Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series preview: Which team has the edge?

Oct 20, 2025, 11:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2025 World Series is set, and it will be a matchup between the Bundle...

Sports

CFP Bubble Watch: Who’s in, who’s out, who has work to do after Week 8

Open Extended Reactions Last year, in the inaugural season of the 12-team College Football Playoff, eight of the teams that qualified had two losses....

Sports

Projecting the CFP top 12 after Week 8: Big move for Bama

Open Extended Reactions On Sunday, the 13 members of the College Football Playoff selection committee will do something they’ve never done before — they’re...

Business

Shrinking herds and rising costs: The beef market is in turmoil – and inflation is spiralling

If you eat beef, and ever stop to wonder where and how it’s produced, Jonathan Chapman’s farm in the Chiltern Hills west of London...

Sports

Dodgers to call on Snell in G1, Yamamoto in G2

Associated Press Oct 21, 2025, 08:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Blake Snell will start Game 1 of the World Series...

Sports

Angels hire former catcher Suzuki as manager

Alden GonzalezOct 21, 2025, 01:16 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A....

Technology

CNBC Daily Open: Netflix shows how it’s done despite earnings miss

Audrey Nuna, EJAE and Rei Ami attend the KPop Demon Hunters Special Screening at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 16, 2025 in Los Angeles,...

‘Don’t tell anyone’: Manager at UK’s largest housing association told staff to fake fire safety files

“No one can listen to our calls?” a manager from Clarion, the UK’s largest housing association, asks one of her team on a recording...

Business

Chancellor looking at cutting energy bills in budget

Rachel Reeves will tell Cabinet colleagues she is considering measures to reduce household energy bills as part of her budget response to rising inflation,...

World

Bricks and bottles thrown at officers – and police helicopter targeted with lasers – as protests turn violent in Dublin

A police officer has been injured after a night of violent protests outside an asylum hotel in Dublin – with six arrests made. Bricks...

Sports

Saban: High-profile firings product of pay-for-play

Mark SchlabachOct 21, 2025, 01:28 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of...

Technology

Meta partners with Blue Owl Capital on $27 billion AI data center project

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025....

Meta partners with Blue Owl Capital on billion AI data center project

Technology

CNBC exclusive: First look at Shield AI’s new AI-piloted military fighter drone

Shield AI is trying to shake up the defense industry. The company, which is valued at $5.3 billion after securing $240 million in its...

Technology

Are we in an AI bubble? Here’s what analysts and experts are saying

Nicoletaionescu | Istock | Getty Images It is tech’s biggest question, and there is a wide range of takes on every side. With artificial...