Photos show widespread damage at US sites from Iranian attacks: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 56
Photos show widespread damage at US sites from Iranian attacks
A wrecked air force plane and destroyed buildings are among the images obtained by the BBC's partner CBS News.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 55
American Airlines says 30% of seats drive half of revenue as premium cabin rush heats up
American says a minority of its seats now accounts for half of its revenue.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 53
US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders - The Guardian
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 53
Thanks, Trump: Why Canada may become the European Union’s first ever ‘associate member’
Canada has spent the last century defending European democracies. Now it’s asking them to return the favour.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 52
French ex-minister Dati goes on trial in Renault-Nissan corruption case
Former French culture minister Rachida Dati stands trial over corruption allegations related to Renault-Nissan. Dati has denied all charges.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 52
Gaza building collapse kills 21, including five children
Gaza building collapse kills 21, including five children Twenty-one people, including five children, have been killed after an apartment building collapsed from damage sustained in earlier Israeli strikes, Gaza authorities reported on Wednesday.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 49
Iowa Republicans in battleground House races join vote to halt the Iran war
Two House Republicans in battleground Iowa districts changed their position on an Iran war powers resolution, joining with Democrats and a few other dissident members of their party in an attempt to halt President Donald Trump's ability to continue military action without…
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 48
J.B. Hunt stock plunges 10% after company warns third-quarter earnings will fall
B. Hunt plunged more than 10% Wednesday after the company warned of an earnings drop between 5% and 10%.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 46
3 people killed when a news helicopter crashes while covering LA bus collision
A helicopter used by NBC and Telemundo crashed in Los Angeles, killing three people, while it was covering a vehicular collision. The incident also resulted in a ground casualty.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 45
Hyperscaler debt signals warning sign, Apollo cautions
Credit default swaps for companies building data centers are getting pricier, and it's not because banks are hedging more of their bets.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 44
Charlie Kirk's family alleges 'stunning failures' by Utah officials led to his shooting
The conservative activist was speaking to a crowd of thousands on the university campus when he was shot and killed by a gunman positioned on a roof.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 44
Malaysia offers to invite Myanmar leader in Rohingya repatriation push
Malaysia has invited Myanmar’s military ruler for a visit to the country in a bid to expedite Rohingya repatriation.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Autodesk's Aishwarya Balamukundan on Judging Core77's Fusion Forward Competition
Ask Aishwarya Balamukundan what excites her most in design right now, and she'll point to something almost invisible: the shrinking gap between having an idea and holding the finished thing.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Americans Invent Yet Another Crazy-Ass Racing Style: "King of the Hill"
I'm sure our overseas readers are shaking their heads. Yes, we Americans have done it again, inventing a new bat-shit style of racing. It was going to be hard to top the Rockford Speedway Figure 8 Trailer Race , where all participants had to drag a trailer.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Oilstainlab's Automotive-Inspired Maniac Chair
Out of the corner of your eye, this might appear to be a midcentury chair. But look closer, and you see a material no 1950s Scandinavian designer got to play around with: Carbon fiber. The piece is in fact current.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Ice Cube Alternative: Frozen Titanium Spheres
This is another of those products that archaeologists will wonder about, when they dig them up in the distant future. Chinese company Xuzhou Herui Outdoor Products Co. sells these Frost Titan Core Balls , an ice cube alternative made out of titanium.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Great Design in Need of Basic Improvement: This Clamp-Based Tape Dispenser
Here's a clever product idea from industrial designers David Suhami Nitzan Shafat, a/k/a Scratch Design. ClampTape is essentially an A-clamp with a tape dispenser centered on the clamp's pivot point.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Skil's Powered Hex Key Set
Lots of us have something like this in the toolbox or junk drawer: Now Skil has designed a powered hex key set , the world's first. The head can lock at 90°, 135° and 180° positions, then your thumb does all the work. The push-button has both forward and reverse.
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