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When Nicholas de Monchaux became head of the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) in 2020, he stepped into an unusual set of leadership conditions. He had been due to start in July 2020. Instead, a springtime visit to Cambridge, Massachusetts, coincided with the first Covid-19 lockdowns,Continue Reading

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Tennessee Halts Executions as Condemned Prisoner Christa Pike Survives Lethal Injections, Hegseth Announces “AutoWarCom” to Oversee Autonomous Drones and Robots, Judge Orders Pentagon to Provide Rationale for Lethal Boat Strikes, Passengers and Crew Say Pilot Tried to Crash Airliner Bound for Israel, Palestinians Hold Mass Funeral in Gaza for 105Continue Reading

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In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to “cover up the Epstein files” and received “$3 million to her super PAC” from “Jeffrey Epstein’s business partner.” Collins supported an Epstein-files disclosure bill in November that required theContinue Reading

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The European Union (EU) has introduced some of the world’s strictest Artificial Intelligence (AI) laws., NewsFeed The European Union (EU) has introduced some of the world’s strictest Artificial Intelligence (AI) laws, with firms facing huge fines for breaches. But the US is putting pressure on the Europeans to scale backContinue Reading

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This is a MedPage Today story. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about the major health programs he’d oversee, should he be confirmed as HHS secretary. On several occasions during the 3.5-hour hearing, Kennedy seemed to conflate Medicare,Continue Reading

SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station

Astronauts, from left, Joshua Kutryk, of Canada, pilot Luke Delaney, commander Jessica Watkins and Cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, of Russia leave the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. Terry Renna/AP Photo/Terry Renna CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts pulled up at the International SpaceContinue Reading