Big news out of Michigan: Abdul El-Sayed clinched the Democratic Senate nomination. Follow the reactions and reporting on Surf, pulling in posts, articles and videos from across the social web.

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Michigan voters decided a lot tonight. Keep up with @cbsdetroit.bsky.social's live coverage of the primary, from the governor's race to key House and Senate contests. 🗳️ flip.it/tUx890 Explore more of today's news in Flipboard's Daily Edition: flipboard.com/@news/the-da...

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CBS News - CBS News Detroit is following multiple local, state and federal races in Michigan's primary election, including the gubernatorial and U.S. House and …

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A drought in Europe has caused the continent’s second-longest river, the Danube, to sink so low that ships are having trouble navigating it. But the receding waters have also revealed abandoned Nazi war ships — and remains of a wooly mammoth. Read more from @CBSNews https://flip.it/8mXfKc […]

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A Salvadoran man being held at a controversial immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died, federal officials said, marking the latest death of an immigrant in ICE custody. https://cnn.it/451FSoj

U.S. FCC Commissioners face ethics complaints for taking luxury gifts from Paramount, @ProPublica reports. The FCC members allegedly accepted "luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery." […]

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/38U5eI #Eclipse #Astronomy #Science

August’s total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer.

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Uhoh! Free open-weight Chinese AI models are undercutting American model makers as roughly 80% of U.S. AI startups opt for Chinese models. https://flip.it/pjjvw5 #AI #DeepSeek #ChatGPT

The ‘death zone’: how free Chinese models are hollowing out US AI

Bloomberg calls it a ‘death zone’: China’s free, capable open-source AI models are squeezing the middle of the market where US model makers live.

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Since July, Ukraine has carried out dozens of strikes on warehouses for the Amazon-like Russian company Wildberries, which supplies the Russian military with a range of equipment. But that’s not the sole reason Ukraine has its sights on the e-commerce business. Read more from @euronews […]

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

In an already broiling summer, El Niño is about to turn up the heat. @YaleE360 reports: "On Sunday, South Korea saw the mercury reach 108.5 degrees F (42.5 degrees C), its highest temperature on record." https://flip.it/wZ1fUN #ElNino #ClimateChange #Climate

In an Already Broiling Summer, El Niño Is About to Turn Up the Heat

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Cuba’s electricity grid collapsed over the weekend, sending the nation into darkness again as it faces continuous blackouts. A U.S.-imposed oil blockade earlier this year has strained the country’s energy infrastructure. Read more from @NBCNews https://flip.it/RU1ra_ #Trump #Cuba #Blackout

Cuba plunges into darkness as electric grid collapses

The power crisis is driven ​by ⁠fuel shortages and severe U.S. sanctions.

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What's happening in the news? - Acting AG Blanche scraps $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund - 4M+ lose food assistance in sweeping SNAP changes - FBI data: Flock cameras are bad at fighting crime Read today's Daily Edition: flipboard.com/@news/the-da...

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Why the small Town of Jay, Maine, with a population of 4,620, is embracing the idea of a data center despite the significant backlash against their construction seen in states across America. https://flip.it/e1VXo3 #AI #DataCenter

The One Town That Wants a Data Center

The YIMBYism of Jay, Maine

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Open AI CEO Sam Altman shared a “cool use case” with his post describing how parents could prompt ChatGPT for ways to connect with their kids. One response: “Why don’t you just talk to your children?” @Techcrunch has more: https://flip.it/qaV2Ms #AI #Tech #Parenting

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U.S. President Donald Trump says American forces will pause on new strikes against Iran, claiming the parameters of a peace deal are set. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/rqSL3- #Iran #US #Trump

Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war

U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll order American forces to hold off on strikes he had threatened against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the war.

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Italy’s Interior Ministry is temporarily suspending the Schengen free movement regime the country shares with Spain, closing their sea and land borders. The move comes after the rush of migrants who surged into Ceuta yesterday. Read more from @euronews https://flip.it/E2oYIH #Spain #Italy #Cueta

Italy suspends Schengen with Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis

The temporary suspension of the Schengen agreement was prompted by concerns over the migrant crisis in Ceuta. #EuropeNews

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“The verdict is clear: the climate crisis is in overdrive,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says, describing a summer of heat domes and wildfires that have made for an apocalyptic summer in Europe. Read more from @france24 about how climate change is amplifying the El Nino weather pattern […]

Flipboard's editors curate the day's top stories from trusted publishers in Daily Edition. Today's stories include: - 60,000 migrants cross into Spain - Revolt over FIFA World Cup plan - MLB trade deadline preview See the full edition: flipboard.com/@news/the-da... #News #FIFA #MLB

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What is “mirror life?” And why are scientists begging each other not to build it? @sciencefocus has more: https://flip.it/K5HPTn #Science #Biology #Humans

'Mirror life is a very, very bad idea': The strange new organisms scientists are begging each other not to build – before it's too late | BBC Science Focus Magazine

As messing with mirror molecules could threaten all life, scientists must reflect on where to draw the line

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says a Russian missile landed in Polish territory overnight, prompting fighter jets to secure its airspace. Russia carried out a missile barrage on neighbor Ukraine, and Tusk says there’s no reason to believe that Poland was targeted. Read more from @USAToday […]

Hugging Face, an AI dataset platform, was hacked earlier this month by a fully autonomous AI-powered cyberattack. The perpetrator? One of the firm’s own AI models that broke out of a testing environment. @Techcrunch has more on this apparent act of “friendly fire” from the cyberworld […]

Dinosaurs died out within hours, new study suggests. From @popsci: "The Chicxulub asteroid impact may have set our whole planet on fire." https://flip.it/Md8DQP #Dinosaurs #Science #Paleontology

Dinosaurs died out within hours, new study suggests

The Chicxulub asteroid impact may have set our whole planet on fire.

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Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new @AssociatedPress poll. https://flip.it/l1E-0U #Iran #Trump #News

How views on Trump’s handling of Iran have shifted, according to a new AP-NORC poll

A new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting. President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month.

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"Nonprofits representing more than 24,000 unaccompanied migrant kids said they’re at risk of shuttering their programs once a federal government contract ends Friday... Immigration judges issued removal orders for more than 18,000 kids in June, a 73% increase from January"

Egypt has tried to stay on good terms with all parties involved in the Iran conflict, but threats from the Houthi rebel group in Yemen is likely to upend their efforts. Read more from @france24 https://flip.it/FnnrXT #Egypt #Iran #US

US-Iran war: Egypt's difficult balancing act

The US-Iran war has already had a negative economic impact on Egypt. Now new threats from the Houthi group in Yemen are likely to worsen that. At the same time, Egypt is trying to stay on good terms with all parties.

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Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble. @AssociatedPress reports: "Katalyst Space Technologies said that its Link satellite is experiencing thruster problems and has gone into an uncontrollable spin that is disrupting communication." https://flip.it/tPbmsk […]

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Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, claiming the popular messaging app had been used by Ukrainian spies to organise attacks. If convicted, the billionaire could face up to life in prison. https://flip.it/q-sN4F #Russia #Telegram #SocialMedia

Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, seeks his arrest

Soon after the charges were announced, Telegram's official account on X posted an image of Durov making an obscene gesture.

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Glen Hansard, the Frames frontman and 'Once' star who won an Oscar for Best Original Song, has died at 56 following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Glen Hansard, Oscar-Winning 'Once' Musician, Dead at 56

Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who achieved international fame in the 2007 drama 'Once,' has died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56.

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