Jerusalem Daily: UAE says Flydubai co-pilot attempted ‘terrorist’ attack: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 68
Jerusalem Daily: UAE says Flydubai co-pilot attempted ‘terrorist’ attack
Jerusalem Daily: UAE says Flydubai co-pilot attempted ‘terrorist’ attack
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Investigative/Global/Signal 54
‘Bordering on angry’: The state of play as US midterms enter final month - aljazeera.com
com What will happen in the 2026 midterms? Consider how it might be 2006 all over again.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 49
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
This year's election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 47
Tennessee prisons official resigns after Christa Pike’s failed US execution
The state's governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Tennessee's prison chief resigns after botched execution of murderer Christa Pike
Prison commissioner Frank Strada insisted his team followed protocol, even after two doses of anesthetic failed to kill convicted murderer Christa Pike.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
UAE investigators say flydubai co-pilot was planning 'terrorist act'
UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 40
Dual UK-Iranian national released on bail over suspected plot against U.S.-run military base
The 25-year-old man was arrested Thursday in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts close to the RAF Fairford air base, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israel received full flydubai crew, passenger list prior to takeoff, source tells 'Post'
Several people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that the UAE-based carrier flydubai hired the pilot despite concerns about his radicalization.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A "Mirror" Made Out of Motorized Penguins
21c Museum Hotels is a hospitality company that combines boutique hotels and restaurants with contemporary art gallery spaces free to the public.
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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
LDF 2026: Design collectives
Much has been said and written about design festivals having to bow to economic restraints and corporate rule. This year, independent collectives across London got together to shake up the establishment by just doing it themselves, together.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Meta's Radically Thinner, More Lightweight VR Glasses
There's a gigantic size gap between VR glasses and ordinary spectacles. I expected Apple to start closing that gap first, but instead it's Meta that's taking the design lead. Their forthcoming Meta VR glasses have chunky stems, but otherwise look a lot closer to regular eyewear.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Strutt's Chief Designer Covers the Development of Their Powered Wheelchair Battery
Earlier we looked at the ev¹ , a beautiful powered wheelchair by Singaporean startup Strutt . We were so taken by the form that we didn't even wonder where the battery goes, or what it looks like.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Unusual Joinery in Abuse Studio's 1000L Furniture
Furniture designers once sought to hide their joinery. But these days anything goes, with some designers turning the joinery itself into a point of visual interest.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 38
‘I want to make her proud’: My mother, a divorcée, died and I’m her executor. Do I need to file for probate?
“The only debts were utility and credit-card bills, which we will pay off.”
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 35
High mortgage rates are trapping homeowners in place, and making renovations harder to afford
Homeowners are stuck in houses they might have left by now due to the low mortgage rates of the past, and can't even remodel with HELOCs too expensive to tap.
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Trump apparently shares Tom Cotton’s phone number in push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent - Politico
Trump apparently shares Tom Cotton’s phone number in push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent Politico Trump appears to post Sen. Tom Cotton’s cell number in push to make daylight saving time permanent NBC News Trump urges calls to cellphone of Arkansas Sen.
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