Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 68
Trump urges calls to Arkansas senator in push for permanent daylight saving time
President appeared to share phone number of Tom Cotton for people to call to push him to support measure Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 62
Jerusalem Daily: UAE says Flydubai co-pilot attempted ‘terrorist’ attack
Jerusalem Daily: UAE says Flydubai co-pilot attempted ‘terrorist’ attack
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 57
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 52
Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike
Tennessee’s Department of Correction Commissioner is stepping down following the failed execution of Christa Pike, where execution drugs left her unconscious in a hospital. A review is underway to determine what went wrong.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 52
Inside the study for a remedy to fight Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak
The drug is targeted at Bundibugyo virus, which is responsible for the fast-moving outbreak and is without an approved vaccine or treatment. The trial began in July and is one of several studies launched to find some protection and another way of at least slowing the outbreak.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 47
Iraq says it transported 2 million barrels of crude through Strait of Hormuz
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Oil Tankers Company transported 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude aboard a very large crude carrier (VLCC) through the Strait of Hormuz, its director general said in a statement, describing it as the company’s first such operation in decades.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 41
Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses
Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting kratom product last month Federal authorities investigating the recent deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product, prosecutors…
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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
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
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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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?
The Pacific Ocean is warming unusually quickly, and this year's El Niño has already surpassed previous records. Forecasters expect it to strengthen even further before approaching its usual peak around December.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 39
‘Bordering on angry’: The state of play as US midterms enter final month - Al Jazeera
‘Bordering on angry’: The state of play as US midterms enter final month Al Jazeera The US midterm races that will decide control of Congress – mapped The Guardian What will happen in the 2026 midterms? Consider how it might be 2006 all over again.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Silicon Valley doesn't need the government to intervene.
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Trump Confirms Shocking $40 Trillion Plan That Could Be About To Explode The Bitcoin Price - Forbes
S. ' Trump Says, Yes We Will. 24/7 Wall St.
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