Judge lifts Trump ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House: the hour's strongest signal
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 84
Judge lifts Trump ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
District Judge Tim Kelly said the three outlets should have their access immediately restored from the ban that the president had announced on Sept. 18.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 46
Moroccan centrist party tops parliament vote after boost from football chief
RABAT: A liberal-centrist party founded by an adviser to Morocco’s king came out on top in parliamentary elections after a late boost from the man credited with leading the national football team to global fame, early results showed on Thursday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 46
Netanyahu’s fleeting visit to New York mirrors strained US ties
NEW YORK: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unusually brief trip to the United States to address the UN stands in stark contrast to his week-long visit last year that included a meeting with President Donald Trump, reflecting rocky times in US-Israeli ties.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
Trump loves good ratings. He won’t find them on ‘Trump TV’
You can start a state television network, but you can't make people watch. President Donald Trump's White House this week launched Trump TV , a 24/7 YouTube livestream of new and recycled Trump speeches and other administration events—but initial viewership has been low, and the…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Massive newly-unearthed complex may shed light on how Jewish pilgrims prepared to enter the Temple
The discovery was made during five seasons of excavations, directed by Prof. Uzi Leibner and Prof. Orit Peleg-Barkat of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Iran launches attack on Kurdistan region of Iraq in latest strike on Kurdish groups
Iran has targeted the region with more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks since February. It has sought to strike at Kurdish dissident groups as well as US diplomatic facilities and other sites.
dIn the early- and mid-20th century, we saw the advent of chairs slung with leather. These were radical because they did away with supporting surfaces and upholstery, instead relying on leather suspended from a structural frame of metal tubing or wood.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
From Hexagon to Hive: Designing Play Through the Geometry of Bees
How can a natural form become a design principle capable of shaping not only the aesthetics of a game, but also its narrative and modes of interaction? When designing a children's game, the challenge is not simply to create a set of rules.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A 1973 Fiat Pickup Truck
Have you ever wondered what an Italian pickup truck would look like? Well, here's your answer: It's even got a sunroof: Apparently in the 20th century, a handful of Italian motorists with quirky tastes hired coachbuilders to convert their Fiat 500s into pickup trucks.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Minimalist Wheeled Stool That Doesn't Look Like a Wheeled Stool
This Allround stool is by industrial designer Hirotaka Tako. It comes with a little surprise: Casters hidden beneath the base. There's also a taller version with a third disc to act as a footrest.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
KAIST Develops a Way to Detect Hidden Cameras Using Your Smartphone
As a society, we've accepted that security cameras are everywhere in public. But inside hotel rooms or AirBNBs, we still have an expectation of privacy.