Black woman found hanging from tree was dead before body was 'staged', police say: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 51
Black woman found hanging from tree was dead before body was 'staged', police say
Tasia Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree on the grounds of an abandoned home in Jackson in August.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
Iran proposes Hormuz plan, Trump reportedly refuses
Iran offered a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Tehran said Friday, but within hours reports indicated that US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 42
New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections - AP News
New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections AP News Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case CBS News Meta misled users about Facebook data practices, New Mexico jury finds reuters.com Facebook found…
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Investigative/Global/Signal 41
Nor’easter to lash the East Coast with strong winds, flooding and heavy rain - AP News
Nor’easter to lash the East Coast with strong winds, flooding and heavy rain AP News Nor'easter will batter Northeast, NYC, Boston through Sunday The Weather Channel Mayor Mamdani on NYC's preparedness for approaching nor'easter ABC7 New York State of Emergency for parts of New…
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Investigative/Global/Signal 41
Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters - The Guardian
Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters The Guardian CEO who posted 'Lake America' sweatshirt photos is no longer with the company CNBC CEO loses job over viral photo of family in ‘Lake America’ sweatshirts The Independent CEO…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Boker tov, Eliyahu: Israel is finally waking up to its global image crisis
The Hebrew phrase used for someone taking too long to realize the obvious is “Boker tov, Eliyahu” - now, at least, Israelis have finally woken up.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
White House bans CNN from Air Force One trip despite federal judge's decision
CNN also reported on Thursday that its journalists were still denied entry to the White House without an explanation.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
French-Lebanese man accuses Israel of war crimes over theft of uprooted olive trees
The 37-year-old entrepreneur, born in Lebanon, filed the complaint as a civil party over alleged theft, destruction, and damage to property that he says constitute war crimes or other offenses.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Businesses damaged through extortion to be assisted by NIS 35 million program backed by Smotrich
Smotrich's plan includes compensation worth tens of millions of shekels for victims of protection-money extortion, aiming to enable those the have suffered protection payments to refuse to pay.
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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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Global Affairs/Oceania/Signal 40
RNZ New Zealand Headlines
The Latest New Zealand headlines from RNZ News
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Research & Discovery/Global/Signal 36
Yellowstone ‘super-eruption’ scenario would devastate US: Scientist - NewsNation
Yellowstone ‘super-eruption’ scenario would devastate US: Scientist NewsNation What if Yellowstone ‘blows’? A look at the worst-case scenario FOX Weather End of humanity?
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