Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 55
Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 55
UN expands list of companies linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank
The UN human rights office added 61 companies to its database of businesses tied to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, bringing the total to 214 and drawing sharp Israeli criticism.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 50
Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes supreme court’s handling of emergency docket - The Guardian
Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes supreme court’s handling of emergency docket The Guardian Justice Jackson Calls Emergency Docket ‘Potentially Corrosive’ The New York Times Jackson skewers Supreme Court over emergency docket Politico Justice Jackson is still skeptical of…
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 47
U.S. appeals court upholds Pentagon designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court upheld the Department of Defense's blacklisting of Anthropic.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 46
Bill Gates warns AI is 'powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths'
The cofounder of Microsoft made grave predictions about AI and voiced support for government regulation of the sector.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 46
South Lebanon children return to school destroyed by Israel
Dozens of children are returning to a primary school in Burj Qalaway that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in May.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 45
Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial database to check voter citizenship
Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned escalating attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemeni Houthi fighters in a rare show of unity from the UN's top body.
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 43
Leaks reveal a new Apple HomePod mini, iPad mini, and Apple TV 4K - The Verge
Leaks reveal a new Apple HomePod mini, iPad mini, and Apple TV 4K The Verge New Apple TV 4K Leaked MacRumors New Apple TV 4K leak confirms a very familiar form factor AppleInsider Apple has big October coming for new hardware and software, here’s the lineup 9to5Mac Apple said to…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 43
Trump says he talked to Xi about the Iran war
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he discussed the Iran war with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the US ambassador to China said Trump in White House talks made clear that Chinese help for Iran is unacceptable.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Details on US, China trade talks to come on Monday, says Greer
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The United States is expected to release details on the outcome of trade negotiations with China on Monday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Alberto Essesi's Pen for Precision Sketching
This beautiful Exclamation Pen is by industrial designer Alberto Essesi . Both the pen and the rest are made of aluminum with a satin finish. With the pieces paired, it's easy to see where the name came from.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Celluveyor: A Next-Generation Omnidirectional Modular Conveyor Belt
Factories, warehouses and distribution centers all use conveyor belts. These are great for moving objects along a single route.
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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.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Motomorphosis: MSCHF's Radically Modified Lexuses
Art collective MSCHF is at it again, this time with Lexus . For their Motomorphosis exhibit, which opens tomorrow at NYC's Armory Week art fair, they've stretched two real cars into unlikely forms.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cory Johnson's Infinite Pocket Jeans
Remember these ridiculous jeans created by Werther's Originals? They had 30 coin pockets up and down the legs, intended to provide stash space for the candy company's treats.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Early Transforming Furniture: Richard Neutra's Camel Table
In the 1930s Richard Neutra , the Austrian architect who'd made his home in California, designed an early example of flexible-use furniture.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
What an Anodized Aluminum Baseball Cap Holder Says About Our Product Landscape
You have to wonder what the pioneers of industrial design would make of this day and age. The original promise of ID was to harness the power of mass production to create useful objects for the masses.
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