Progressives and moderate Democrats both see wins in primary races while Trump flexes power over GOP: the hour's strongest signal
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Archived hourly edition · scores reflect information available at publication
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Progressives and moderate Democrats both see wins in primary races while Trump flexes power over GOP
Everyone got a little bit of what they wanted in Tuesday's primary elections. It was a good night for the Democratic establishment, the progressives and Republican candidates endorsed by President Trump.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 44
Turkey unveils draft law to re-integrate PKK militants
The bill, which is expected to pass the assembly later this week, aims to end a decades-old conflict between Turkey and the PKK.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 43
Butterflies are on the move as the planet warms: New research
Imagine spotting a butterfly species in your garden that you have never seen before. You might take a photo and upload it to a citizen science app or tell a local nature group about your new encounter. It feels like a small moment of joy.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 43
Nicotine pouches can be marketed as 'lower risk' than cigarettes. Is that dangerous?
The FDA allowed some Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as "lower risk" than cigarettes. Public health experts agree they can help current smokers, but worry young people may become addicted.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Fuego volcano in Guatemala spews more ash and mud, 1,700 evacuated
Officials warn the next three days are critical, as forecast rain threatens to trigger more mudflows from the volcano.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
US primary shakeups and Netanyahu’s Gaza red line
The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs - the top stories, clear and concise.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
WATCH: IDF paratroopers and K9 unit discover, destroy rocket-filled tunnel in southern Gaza
A video released by the IDF shows footage from a body camera on a military dog of the IDF's K9 unit, Oketz, exploring the cave and finding dozens of munitions.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
British Conservative Party defends inclusion of former neo-Nazi as local election candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine in 2015 was convicted of racially aggravated harassment of a Labour member of parliament, and had also been imprisoned for stirring up hatred against a London Jewish community.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Meet Fusion Forward Competition Juror Michelle Lee, Partner at IDEO San Francisco
As a Partner and Executive Managing Director at IDEO San Francisco , Michelle Lee leads multidisciplinary teams of researchers, designers, and engineers across sectors ranging from healthcare and workplace culture to responsible digital design and the circular economy.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Roof Racks That Automatically Lift and Lower the Load For You
These powered arms eliminate the single biggest hassle of a roof rack: The loading and unloading. They're made by multiple Chinese manufacturers you've never heard of, like Sionto and Kayjay.
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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
Improvised Transport on Abandoned Infrastructure: Colombia's Ingenious Motorcycle-Railroad Adapters
Colombia started building railroads in the mid-19th century, and they boomed up until the mid-20th. But by the 1990s, as roads and cars proliferated, the national rail company was liquidated. Rural communities lost service.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Oil prices move higher after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike
Crude prices rose Wednesday after Yemen's Houthis claimed they had struck a Saudi Arabian oil tanker in the Red Sea.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
LinkedIn’s new anti-slop button is coming to every platform
LinkedIn knows it has a slop problem. It has a button for that. ” Essentially, LinkedIn is using an AI-versus-AI approach by training its own detection models to distinguish between content that contains original thinking and content that’s just regurgitating existing thinking.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
The S&P 500 just hit a new high. ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry thinks it could bring a 1987-style fall.
The famed investor says watch out after that S&P 500 surge on Tuesday. He’s not budging from some bearish tech views.