Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke, his office says: the hour's strongest signal
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Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke, his office says
Murphy's chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement the 53-year-old senator "started experiencing numbness in his arm while at his son's hockey game" on Saturday.
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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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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
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
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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Global Affairs/Africa/Signal 39
Nigeria: How Nigeria Inherited an Extractive Economy and Continues to Fight for Economic Freedom
[Vanguard] Colonial legacy remains central to growing calls for economic justice in Nigeria, as Pan-African scholars, politicians and human rights advocates argue that the country's present development challenges cannot be fully understood without examining the economic…
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Global Affairs/Africa/Signal 39
Nigeria: Stop Opposition Politics, Integrate With Govt, Soludo Tells South-East Leaders
[Vanguard] Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has urged South-East political leaders to abandon opposition politics and embrace greater integration with the Federal Government.
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Nigeria: NDLEA Intercepts Large Consignments of Illicit Drugs in 7 States
[Vanguard] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs in seven states across the country.
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Global Affairs/Africa/Signal 39
Nigeria: Tinubu Has Not Deviated an Inch From His Electricity Pledge, Says Alake
[This Day] Abuja -- The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) has said that President Bola Tinubu has not deviated from the 2023 campaign pledge to fix electricity.
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Nigeria: Atiku Tackles APC Over Tinubu's Power Pledge, Says Bonds Can't Light Homes
[Vanguard] ABUJA - Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, over its defence of President Bola Tinubu's electricity pledge, insisting that Nigerians cannot power their homes and businesses with…
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Investigative/Global/Signal 38
Why did Democrat Haley Stevens just endorse a Republican for US Senate? - Al Jazeera
Why did Democrat Haley Stevens just endorse a Republican for US Senate? Al Jazeera Haley Stevens faces tough questions from CNN on her endorsement flip | CNN Politics CNN How Rep.
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China’s Mbappé Blackout Continues as Real Madrid Games Dropped
Football star Kylian Mbappé’s match for Real Madrid this weekend was unavailable on both television and digital streaming platforms in China, a sign that the backlash against the French athlete over a perceived insult to Mao Zedong has yet to fully subside.
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Official alert apps in Ukraine and Russia falsely warned of nuclear attacks by the Oreshnik missile and Ukrainian P1-Sun quadcopter drones at night.
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Global AI sell-off eases after Nasdaq’s worst month in over a year
US tech stocks set to start week higher following bruising rout
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