California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 68
California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
Gov Gavin Newsom called it a "long overdue measure to protect young Californians".
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 52
US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead
The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before a lower court paused the execution.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 45
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem files for divorce from her husband of 34 years - apnews.com
com Kristi Noem Files for Divorce From Bryon Noem After 34 Years of Marriage The New York Times Kristi Noem, former Trump homeland security chief, files for divorce The Guardian Former DHS secretary Kristi L.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 44
Inside Zuckerberg, Huang’s push for White House AI pact
The tech leaders helped build support for the “morally binding” accords signed by President Trump and AI leaders at a White House lunch.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 43
Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 41
UK PM says 'strong indications' Iran involved in airbase incident
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday said there were "strong indications" Iran was involved in suspicious activity at a UK airbase that triggered a major security incident this weekend.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Ex-hostage Omri Miran to lead Salon Otef gathering to share his story with public
Miran, who was released from Gaza after 738 days in captivity, said that he views telling the stories of what happened as "an immensely important national mission, a life mission."
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli tourists rescued amid renewed fighting in Tigray, Ethiopia, FM says
After days trapped amid renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, 45 Israeli tourists were rescued in a coordinated operation involving military helicopters and overland escorts to safe areas.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Mafell's Beefy Portable Drilling Station for Timber Framers
Traditional timber framing is still very much a thing in Europe. Timber framers often need to drill accurate holes for the pegs that will fasten two timbers, and these holes occasionally need to be drilled at angles.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
London Design Fair 2026: The Victoria & Albert Museum
The best place to start at LDF , and arguably the heart of the festival, is the Victoria Albert Museum in South Kensington.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
How Navy SEAL Design Input Accidentally Created a New Knife-Drawing Mechanism
A. Emerson was also an accomplished martial artist, having trained since childhood; the reason he moved from his native Wisconsin to California was not to work at Hughes, but to train at the Filipino Kali Academy run by the legendary Dan Inosanto.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Utility Trailer that Folds Up for Storage
You might see this as a lame Autobot, but it's the only Transformer I'd have any actual use for: Adapt-X is the name of a utility trailer, that transforms into…a compact box. This allows you to store it in a space much smaller than its in-use footprint.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Saudi Arabia is Making…EVs?!?
For a while now, Saudi Arabia has been seeking to pivot away from fossil fuels as their main source of revenue. Even so, I did not see this coming. Ceer is a new Saudi Arabian auto manufacturer, the country's first.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer
For most of my nearly three decades teaching design at Parsons School of Design , there was a relatively straightforward answer to the question of what made a young designer valuable: technical proficiency.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Titan Straps: Fast, Tough Tie-Down Straps Invented for a Bikerafting Trip
Here's a fascinating way to travel: Bikerafting. First popularized in Alaska in the 1980s, you ride through the wilderness on your bike, carrying a packraft (an inflatable raft).
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 40
Micron earnings are out. Here's everything investors need to know. - MarketWatch
Micron earnings are out. Here's everything investors need to know.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
David Ellison names Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount CEO David Ellison announced outgoing Mattel chief Ynon Kreiz will serve as the co-CEO of the anticipated combination of Paramount and WBD.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
India Inc. Faces Higher Borrowing Costs as Short-Term Yields Surge
Rate-hike bets and RBI’s liquidity withdrawal are driving up funding costs.
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