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Teen pleads guilty to murder in a 2024 shooting that left 4 dead at Georgia's Apalachee High School - AP News

Teen pleads guilty to murder in a 2024 shooting that left 4 dead at Georgia's Apalachee High School AP News Live updates: Colt Gray, Georgia school shooter, pleads guilty and victims deliver emotional statements in court CNN Teenager pleads guilty to all 55 counts in 2024 fatal…

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Will Netanyahu step down quietly like Hungary's Orbán? Hard to imagine

I write this knowing I’ll be accused of hysteria, but it would take only a wink for organized crime groups in Arab society to carry out terrorist attacks capable of igniting the streets.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Yair Golan's Democrats list for the Knesset cements Labor's shift to the far Left

To Yair Golan’s credit, he inherited a political party on the verge of collapse after his predecessor, Merav Michaeli, had led Labor to an electoral disaster in the 2022 election, securing four seats

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

From soldiering to start-ups: Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem

“Our young people are our future,” says Koftan Halabi, Druze hi-tech entrepreneur and founder of the Druze tech center in Isfiya.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Bahrain, Kuwait secretly sent fighter jets to strike Iran earlier this month

Bahrain and Kuwait secretly carried out airstrikes on Iranian drone and missile sites earlier this month, marking their first direct retaliation against Tehran, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Clever Design for a Stud Finder Combines Low and Hi Tech

H. Hanson Magnetic Stud Finder is a simple, low-tech piece of kit. It has two powerful magnets on the back, and you wave it around a wall until it snaps to a screw behind the paint.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Wooden Rings, as Jewelry—and Hinges

German craftsman Tobias Rudolph runs WerksAtelier , a Berlin-based wooden goods fabrication shop. One of the products they make are Holzringe , rings made out of tiny laminated veneers: As if that wasn't impressive enough, Rudolph experimented with his ring-making prowess to…

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

The Cordalock: A Four-Way Bike Lock

A group of metal fabricators were visiting a trade show in Germany, when they noticed something disturbing: "Hundreds of bicycles parked outside – many secured with two or three different locks, while others were missing a wheel or saddle," according to German bike magazine Velo…

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

John Meng's Found-Object Cigar Ashtray

This Achille cigar ashtray is by Zhangzhou-based designer John Meng. "A cigar ashtray constructed from espresso portafilter component, a filter basket, and a blind bowl. Stainless steel and Beech wood.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

An Apple Vision Pro Seating Station at a Parisian Opera House

Typically at an opera house, the only thing patrons are looking through are opera glasses. But at Paris' historic Palais Garnier, they've got Apple Vision Pro headsets on offer.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Announcing <i>Fusion Forward: Design for Home</i>, a New Competition from Core77 and Autodesk Fusion

Core77 and Autodesk Fusion have teamed up to launch Fusion Forward: Design for Home , a competition inviting designers to reconsider the products that shape everyday domestic life.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Humanscale Revives a Niels Diffrient Design for a Hybrid Work/Lounge Chair

The Diffrient Lounge is a new type of chair that's been decades in the making. As the name suggests, it was conceived of by industrial designer Niels Diffrient, who passed away in 2013; more recently Humanscale decided to advance the design and put it into production, as the…

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 40

Strait of Hormuz traffic may not return to normal for 12 months or more, according to prediction markets

Kalshi traders give less than 50% odds that the key maritime passageway will fully reopen by July 2027.

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Global AffairsEuropeSignal 40

ICC top prosecutor removed over sexual misconduct allegations

Karim Khan denies allegations of engaging in an improper sexual relationship with a junior ICC staff member and seeking to stop her pursuing her complaint.

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 39

CDC says massive cyclospora outbreak is now in nine states

The four newly linked states — Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania — join Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and hard-hit Michigan.