CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue Trump administration after White House ban: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 65
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue Trump administration after White House ban
US media outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico announced Monday they were filing suit after US President Donald Trump banned their journalists from the White House last week.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 56
US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’, UN expert says
Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly…
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 55
Man shot by ICE in Austin held with a bullet still in his back, attorney says
A Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas is being held at a detention center after being released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 46
Why AI resembles a charismatic religious leader
People are turning to artificial intelligence for a seemingly unending variety of reasons. Many ask AI what to cook for dinner or how to develop a workout plan. Some even rely on AI to create school handouts or revise a work email.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Ben Gvir discusses death penalty for Neveh Tzuf terrorist hours before Yom Kippur
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir raised the possibility of applying the death penalty to the Neveh Tzuf terrorist during a security meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
At least three killed in Pakistani airstrike on Afghanistan
The incident comes two days after a police facility in Pakistan was attacked and threatens to reignite fighting between the countries, which engaged in one of their worst conflicts this year.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Rainwater Wall: A Space-Saving Water Harvesting Tank
In many parts of the world, people harvest rainwater. In rural America, where I live, you'll see people using two solutions. The first is a rain barrel.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Erina Caldeira's Steel Twist on Woven Baskets
This KŌSA container references the directionality of traditional basket weaving, but here the perpendicular elements do not actually touch. Instead the structure comes from the material: Two pieces of thin sheet steel, seamlessly joined.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Strutt's Awesome Powered Wheelchair is Not a Wheelchair (For Legal Reasons)
Let's say you've assembled a team and designed an awesome powered wheelchair. One that works better than incumbent designs and is easy on the eyes. How do you bring it to market?
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cea Design's Incredibly Modernist Hideaway Toilet
This Abaco bathroom system is by Cea Design, an Italian manufacturer of high-end bathrooms. It's designed to not look like a toilet at all, when not in use, and is made of stainless steel. It can also be customized with wood or marble.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Why Did the Aerodynamic Look Go Away, and Will It Come Back?
For automakers on the cusp of the 1990s, interest in aerodynamic efficiency was high. 32. This aerodynamic sculpting also yielded, to my eye, good-looking and well-proportioned cars.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Examples of Well-Worn Objects
Patina is often romanticized, as it (arguably) improves the look of leather and some metals. But sometimes objects just get worn out. Which they should, right?
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Pedestal's Power Strip Accessories
Over the course of the past few decades, we've come to interact with power strips more and more. Despite that the object itself hasn't evolved much, because it doesn't need to, right? Danish tech accessory brand Pedestal begs to differ, with their collection of Power products .
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
Lemur uses opera singer's trick to belt out forest songs
We are often left open-mouthed in awe as an opera singer hits a soaring top note. Now, researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the indri, the world's only known singing lemur, appears to use a strikingly similar vocal technique to hit high notes.