Morning Brief: October 22
The Mets are headed to the World Series! After sweeping the NL championship series against the Cubs, in spectacular fashion, they're the toast of the town. Looks like Back to the Future II was wrong--this won't be the year the Cubs finally break their hundred-plus-year streak of not winning the World Series.
NEED TO KNOW
US Investigates Venezuelan Oil Giant [Wall Street Journal]
Hard-Line Conservatives Give Paul Ryan Much-Needed Support in Speaker Bid [Washington Post]
New Revelations about Cop-Killing Suspect [New York Times]
De Blasio Calls for Solidarity with Police After Killing [New York Times]
Housing Project Where Police Shooting Occurred Had Recent Spike in Crime [NY Daily News]
WEATHER
Partly Cloudy and 77 degrees
SPORTS
Yesterday
The Mets beat the Cubs 8-3
Today
Rangers play the Coyotes at 7
Devils play Ottowa at 7:30
ON STAGE TONIGHT
• WFUV Presents: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin w/ The Guilty Ones @ The Boulton Center for the Arts
• Israel Nash @ Mercury Lounge
• The Mavericks @ The State Theatre
• X Ambassadors @ The Bowery Ballroom
• Modest Mouse @ The Space At Westbury
• Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band w/ Bhi Bhiman @ Rough Trade NYC
• Huey Lewis and the News @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
• American Aquarium @ Gramercy Theatre
• Halsey @ Webster Hall
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1962, President Kennedy announces to the nation that Soviet nuclear missiles are stationed in Cuba, beginning the Cuban Missile Crisis.
