Judge dismisses Trump attempt to block Alaska Senate race results if Republican loses: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 69
Judge dismisses Trump attempt to block Alaska Senate race results if Republican loses
Incumbent Dan Sullivan says he will accept election results after ‘unprecedented intervention’ by Trump’s DoJ A judge has dismissed the Donald Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 61
Israeli strikes kill nine people in Gaza
Israeli strikes kill nine people in Gaza Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least nine people, including a child on Sunday, according to Al Jazeera. Five people were killed in Khan Younis and three in Gaza City, according to a statement from the civil defence service.
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 51
Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Republican instead of Abdul El-Sayed
Unity between Democratic progressives and moderates in key Senate race collapses in war of words over Israel
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 48
Dozens injured, at least 6 dead in Halloween weekend gun violence at nightlife districts across U.S.
Police in Dallas, the site of the deadliest violence, said four people are dead and 15 others were injured following a handful of shootings in the city's Deep Ellum neighborhood, a center of music, restaurants and nightlife in the city.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 48
Thousands join Indian opposition protest
India’s opposition parties staged major protests in New Delhi on Sunday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and a nationwide voter list review that has fuelled demonstrations since the summer, led by the youth movement Cockroach Janta Party. Eliza Herbert reports.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 43
FBI says North Korea was behind $6.3 billion Binance heist, the biggest crypto hack in history
5 billion Bybit hack last year.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 43
OPEC+ holds December oil output targets unchanged
RIYADH: Seven OPEC+ countries have agreed to maintain their required oil production levels for December, reaffirming their commitment to market stability and compliance with the group’s production agreement.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israel ready to strike Iran with US, but specific joint goals remain unclear, source tells 'Post'
Trump and his non-military advisors were also worried about the impact of an additional round with Iran, which is unpopular in the US, on the Republican Party's chances in the midterm elections.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Wowhaus' Dichroic Glass "Inspire" Sculpture
" Inspire " is a public sculpture by Wowhaus , a California-based art and design studio. Commissioned by the San Ramon Public Library, the stainless steel structure mimics a book, with the pages made of dichroic glass; this is glass that has multiple coatings on it, with each…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Good Idea for a Lamp for Ferrari Fanatics
This vintage desk lamp is by VEB Zweckleuchtenbau, a state-owned East German lamp manufacturer of the 1970s. It's a pretty basic Communist-era design, with no mistaking where the switch is. You can adjust the lamp's tilt by moving the stalk in the little channel in the base.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Drawing with Absurdly Long Pencils
Scenic artist Nikolay Laukhin creates large-scale backdrops for the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. And I mean seriously large-scale: You might wonder how many levels of scaffolds he has to erect in order to paint one of those pieces.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Claire Lavabre's Industrial-Minimalist Lamp for Hay
This Posto lamp, by French industrial designer and photographer Claire Lavabre , has an industrial-minimalist aesthetic: For her first design with HAY, Lavabre asked a simple question: what is a lamp, stripped back to nothing but itself?
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Moritz Schmid's Patio Chair for Embru
Swiss furniture brand Embru is teasing this Patio Chair , by Swiss industrial designer Moritz Schmid . The form somehow manages to make a shopping-cart-like grid look both attractive and desirable.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Cardboard-Inspired Wooden Stacking Box
This Stacking Open Box is by industrial designer Yusho Nishioka . Inspired by cardboard boxes, the "flaps" serve as handles. A 45-degree bevel on the top and bottom of the boxes allows them to nest.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
This Sideways-Telescoping Camper Triples Its Footprint
In 2010, French inventor Eric Beau developed a towable caravan that could telescope sideways to expand its footprint. Sixteen years later Beau runs Beauer, a company that manufactures several iterations of his unique design.
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 39
A fully playable version of Portal prequel F-Stop leaked - The Verge
A fully playable version of Portal prequel F-Stop leaked The Verge Valve’s Cancelled Portal Prequel F-Stop Has Leaked Kotaku All The Leaks For The Portal Prequel F-Stop Have Been Compiled Into A Playable Game Engadget Maps from F-Stop, the cancelled Portal sequel, leaked from…
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 39
Apple Missed a Chance to Be Revolutionary With Touch-Screen Mac - Bloomberg.com
com Apple unveils groundbreaking MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch for the first time on Mac Apple Apple to eliminate non-touch MacBooks Pros other than core 14-inch model AppleInsider Steve Jobs Told Tim Cook Never to Ask This 1 Question.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 37
Hegseth digs in as confident Democrats plan to go on offense after midterms - The Washington Post
Hegseth digs in as confident Democrats plan to go on offense after midterms The Washington Post Massie vows ‘week one’ vote in lame duck to impeach Hegseth Roll Call Hegseth Faces Bipartisan Push for His Ouster After Midterms Bloomberg.com Blackburn’s move to governor leaves…
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