Trump launches racist diatribe against Abdul El-Sayed at Iowa rally: the hour's strongest signal
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Trump launches racist diatribe against Abdul El-Sayed at Iowa rally
President again took aim at progressive Senate candidate and lauded Haley Stevens for endorsing Mike Rogers Donald Trump railed against Democratic US senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event in Iowa Sunday, repeatedly referring to the Michigan progressive as a…
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Investigative/Global/Signal 49
Connecticut senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke - The Guardian
Connecticut senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke The Guardian Senator Chris Murphy Is ‘Awake and Alert’ After Suffering a Stroke The New York Times Sen. Chris Murphy's stroke puts spotlight on warning signs, prevention NBC Connecticut Sen.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 47
Democrats have high hopes for midterms, but polls have let them down before
Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 45
Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least six dead, dozens wounded
A spate of shootings in nightlife districts and near university campuses across the United States over Halloween weekend left at least six people dead and dozens wounded, with Dallas recording the highest toll.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
IDF opens haredi winter recruitment as coalition talks tackle conscription
Dozens of haredi men began recruitment for IDF combat support roles as coalition talks continued amid disputes over the conscription bill.
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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
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculpture of Ducks in Flight
This "Flock of Ducks" motorized sculpture is by German artist Felix Scharstein . "Three spirals are interlocked and rotate synchronously," Scharstein writes. " The sculpture is made of aluminum and gold-plated brass.
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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
An Italian Folding Bicycle Design that Fits Into a Suitcase
This T C Pocket Bici is a folding bicycle made by Tresoldi Casiraghi, an Italian metalworking firm, in 1963. Unlike the folding bicycles of today that split in half, the components here all fold into the racetrack-shaped frame. The whole thing then fits within its own suitcase.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Sam Altman makes surprise South Korea visit as OpenAI builds on chip partnerships
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made an unannounced visit to South Korea over the weekend, meeting with Samsung executives and reportedly SK Group executives.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
China Should Take ‘Much Bolder Actions,’ Says Primavera’s Hu
China’s policy makers should focus on improving the country’s fundamentals instead of worrying about short term volatility and have room to take “much bolder” steps, according to Primavera Capital chief executive officer Fred Hu.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Nine killed as business jet crashes into South Florida neighbourhood
A business jet plunged into a South Florida neighbourhood on Sunday, killing all nine people aboard and exploding into a fireball near homes and a busy road.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 39
Iran warns new war could last longer after Trump threatens strikes
Iran warned on Sunday that any renewed war with the United States could last longer than the previous round of fighting, after President Donald Trump said he still had to "take care" of more targets.
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Global Affairs/Oceania/Signal 38
RNZ New Zealand Headlines
The Latest New Zealand headlines from RNZ News
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
Global AI Selloff, Small-Cap Pain Push Investors Toward India Large Caps
Software services exporters claim all five top spots in the large-cap index in October.
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