LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 51
LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes
Pair accused of misappropriating millions in taxpayer dollars as Trump officials target alleged fraud in blue states Federal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 48
Netanyahu steps up threats against directors of Gaza documentary ‘NAZA’
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to pass a law to revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames Israel’s soldiers, his latest threat against the Israeli directors of “NAZA,” a documentary about soldiers’ killing of Gaza civilians.
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Watch: Leaked photos reveal extensive damage at US bases in Gulf
The photos, provided by active military personnel, show a severed radar jet, flattened trailers and severely damaged buildings as a result of Iranian strikes.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 43
Key House Democrat refuses to clear Trump’s $2.8bn arms sale to Israel - The Guardian
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 42
The one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, according to this poll
Americans have grown more concerned about the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence over the last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 42
House passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill honoring Lindsey Graham, sends to Trump
The Lindsey Graham Russia sanctions bill is on a path to become law after the House votes in favor.
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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
Chinese Cars are Now Achieving 5-Star Safety Ratings
When you think of Chinese automobiles, safety isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But in a relatively short amount of time, China's nascent automaking industry appears to have caught up with, and even exceeded, long-established car brands in safety ratings.
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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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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Australian politics live: Lambie welcomes Labor backdown on allied health cap for veterans after emotional speech to parliament
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce says Labor is copying and pasting One Nation’s homework because the measures we know so far around blocking the families of international students and preventing visa hopping…
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 39
Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it
Fencing went up Wednesday around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Trump blasts interest rate uptick and claims ‘hostile’ Federal Reserve board made decision ‘only for political reasons’ – live
President denied that his hand-picked Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, had not defied him by voting to raise interest rates, claiming he advised Warsh to vote as he did Sign up for the US Breaking News email US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since…
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
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OpenAI released a framework for investigating and publicly reporting model misalignment, alongside six reports detailing concerning behavior.
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says she's cancer free
Susie Wiles oversaw Trump’s winning 2024 presidential campaign and has wielded major influence in his second administration.
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