New York sues Kalshi, calling it an ‘illegal gambling operation’: the hour's strongest signal
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 49
New York sues Kalshi, calling it an ‘illegal gambling operation’
New York officials sued prediction market platform Kalshi for potentially billions of dollars on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that includes sports wagering as the state seeks to halt its operations and force the company to forfeit its profits.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 46
Trump appeals order that slammed his IRS lawsuit and referred his lawyer to bar
Trump had sued the IRS for $10 billion over the leak of his tax information by an agency contractor.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan
Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a deal that includes handing over its weapons to a Palestinian governing committee and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Yemen's Houthis deny plans to impose fees on ships sailing through Red Sea
"The HOCC urges shipping companies not to make any payments or provide any information to unauthorized individuals or entities," the Houthi-run Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center said.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israel urges mosquito control after West Nile virus detected in South
The Health Ministry and Environmental Protection Ministry urged the public to report mosquito hazards or sources of standing water in public areas to their local authority’s 106 hotline.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Tu B'Av love story: How two Jerusalem retirees found love after a lifetime apart
Barry Halpern, 90, and Rica Cuperman, 80, were not looking for romance when a chance dinner changed their lives and proved that love can arrive at any age.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Jewish Democrats back Michigan A-G Dana Nessel’s decision to skip state party convention
Nessel has raised the alarm about antisemitism within the party for years, alleging in 2024 that Rashida Tlaib had been antisemitic when criticizing charges filed against pro-Palestinian protesters.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israel, US consider land blockade against Iran to increase economic isolation
A land blockade would likely involve cooperation with Iran's neighbors, which include Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Luxury Furniture, or ID Student Project?
In furniture design, there's sometimes an aesthetic and conceptual overlap between high-end minimalist luxury designs and an ID student project. This Fagiolo lounge chair is one of those.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Dutch Community Where People Live on Strips of Land in a Lake
In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny islands: The unique geography is of course manmade, the result of peat mining.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Gate with an Elegant Integrated Latch
Australian fabricator Jim Semple was hired to design and build a patio railing and gate.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Combining Computational Design with Wicker
Wicker story is the name of an initiative by architect Priyanka Narula and her firm, Hyderabad-based Prelab Design Studio. "The project was a response to a prolonged quest to define the future of design in the Indian context," Narula writes.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Unitree's Impressive Off-Road Dog-Bot/Pack Mule
It might seem silly to develop a dog robot that can breakdance, as Chinese robotics brand Unitree has done. However, they've put all that agility to practical use.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Sonic's Focus on the UX of Pencil Cases
Here Japanese stationery manufacturer Sonic rethinks the humble pencil case, which is typically a form-follows-function rectangle.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Chinese Autonomous Buses are Spreading Around the World
S. was the dominant industrial power. We enjoyed conveniences and luxuries not readily available in other parts of the world, from air conditioning to appliances to cutting-edge vehicles.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 40
A new Colorado River plan requires water cuts for three states. Deeper cuts are still possible. - The Washington Post
A new Colorado River plan requires water cuts for three states. Deeper cuts are still possible. S.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Justice department admits reflecting pool damage was not caused by vandals as it moves to drop charges against Olympian – US politics live
US attorney in Washington DC moves to dismiss charges against David Hearn, telling court that documents indicated ‘damage was the result of flawed installation’ Sign up for the US Breaking News email When asked by a reporter at Camp David about negotiations with Iran, Trump said…
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 36
George Santos accused of ‘manipulative activity’ in prediction market trades - The Washington Post
George Santos accused of ‘manipulative activity’ in prediction market trades The Washington Post George Santos Fined Over Bets on State of the Union on Prediction Market The New York Times George Santos fined and banned over Kalshi prediction market trades Axios The CFTC orders…