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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original.",
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      "id": 699314,
      "title": "Nicky Jam Drops ‘La Foto’ With Cuban Newcomer El Shadow After Discovering Him on Instagram",
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      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T21:00:00.000Z",
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        "name": "Billboard",
        "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/nicky-jam-el-shadow-la-foto-music-video-1236314920/"
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      "summary": "Watch the exclusive video premiere of the song on Billboard.",
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    {
      "id": 699199,
      "title": "Trump announces White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepping down",
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      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:50:22.000Z",
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        "name": "ABC News (US)",
        "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-announces-white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt/story?id=135590424"
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      "summary": "She will leave her role at the end of the month, Trump said.",
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      "id": 699315,
      "title": "Here’s How to Watch ‘Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear’ Online for Free",
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      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:47:43.000Z",
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        "name": "Billboard",
        "url": "https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/travis-barker-louder-than-fear-documentary-stream-online-1236313707/"
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      "summary": "The new documentary about the iconic punk rock drummer is available to stream starting on Thursday (Aug. 13).",
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    {
      "id": 699202,
      "title": "2 dead in Army Apache helicopter crash in Texas: Officials",
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      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:46:11.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "ABC News (US)",
        "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/2-dead-army-apache-helicopter-crash-texas-officials/story?id=135591343"
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      "summary": "A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter has crashed in a field near Fort Hood according to two sources familiar with the incident.",
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      "id": 698860,
      "title": "3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010",
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      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:44:11.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "PBS NewsHour",
        "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/3-states-are-set-to-hold-executions-on-the-same-day-a-first-in-the-us-since-2010"
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      "summary": "Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States.",
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      "id": 698735,
      "title": "10 things that happen to your brain and body after a week without your phone",
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      "topic": "business",
      "section": "Business",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:42:36.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Quartz",
        "url": "https://qz.com/things-that-happen-week-without-your-phone"
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      "summary": "Sharper focus, disrupted sleep at first, a strange initial anxiety that fades — the documented pattern of what actually happens when the phone disappears for seven days",
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      "id": 697516,
      "title": "Lucky’s Confession In Episode 6 Breaks John’s Trust At The Worst Time",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/luckys-confession-in-episode-6-breaks-johns-trust-at-the-worst-time",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:39:09.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Forbes",
        "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/sabrinareed/2026/08/12/luckys-confession-in-episode-6-breaks-johns-trust-at-the-worst-time/"
      },
      "summary": "The stakes are fatally high as Lucky works out a deal with the FBI in episode 6 that requires she bring in Whittaker and John learns the secret she's been hiding.",
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    {
      "id": 699316,
      "title": "John Mulaney Takes Manhattan: Here’s Where to Buy Affordable Comedy Tour Tickets Online",
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      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:37:22.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Billboard",
        "url": "https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/john-mulaney-takes-manhattan-tour-tickets-buy-shop-online-1236310146/"
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      "summary": "The former SNL writer takes on a nine-show tour throughout New York City — starting in January 2027.",
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    {
      "id": 698200,
      "title": "Trump sued over service selling faster access to Truth Social posts",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-sued-over-service-selling-faster-access-to-truth-social-posts",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:33:10.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "NPR",
        "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/12/nx-s1-5929391/trump-truth-social-api-lawsuit"
      },
      "summary": "The federal lawsuit alleges that the service from the president's media company violates the Constitution. Meanwhile, Trump Media executives say they have signed up more than 10 customers.",
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      "original_language": null,
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      "id": 698736,
      "title": "10 camping skills nobody teaches you before your first trip",
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      "topic": "business",
      "section": "Business",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:32:38.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Quartz",
        "url": "https://qz.com/camping-skills-for-an-enjoyable-first-trip"
      },
      "summary": "A sleep system that actually keeps you warm, a fire that starts on the first try, food that doesn't require a full kitchen — the specific skills that separate a trip people want to repeat from one they don't",
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      "id": 699317,
      "title": "Sheryl Crow to Receive BMI’s Troubadour Award",
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      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:32:27.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Billboard",
        "url": "https://www.billboard.com/pro/sheryl-crow-honored-bmi-troubadour-award/"
      },
      "summary": "BMI's Nashville office will host performances highlighting Crow’s genre-bending career on Sept. 14.",
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    {
      "id": 696907,
      "title": "Vaping and cannabis hit record highs among young adults in 2025: Survey",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/vaping-and-cannabis-hit-record-highs-among-young-adults-in-2025-survey",
      "topic": "science",
      "section": "Science",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:30:36.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "STAT News",
        "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/vaping-cannabis-use-rates-young-adults/"
      },
      "summary": "Young adults’ use of vapes and cannabis hit all-time highs last year, according to a new survey.",
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      "original_language": null,
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      "id": 696835,
      "title": "Jesse Lee Soffer To Star In ‘Strike Force’; CBS Drama From Matt Olmstead Gets Development Room Order",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/jesse-lee-soffer-to-star-in-strike-force-cbs-drama-from-matt-olmstead",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:30:00.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Deadline",
        "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/jesse-lee-soffer-strike-force-cbs-drama-matt-olmstead-1237032272/"
      },
      "summary": "More than a year after FBI: International was canceled, the series’ star Jesse Lee Soffer and showrunner Matt Olmstead are reuniting for another crime drama project at CBS. The network continues to build out its 2027/28 development slate with a development room order to Strike Force (working title), from Jerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS Studios. […]",
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      "original_language": null,
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    {
      "id": 696908,
      "title": "STAT+: Providers notch No Surprises Act legal win that could boost their pay",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/stat-providers-notch-no-surprises-act-legal-win-that-could-boost",
      "topic": "science",
      "section": "Science",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:29:03.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "STAT News",
        "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/texas-medical-association-no-surprises-act-lawsuit-qpa/"
      },
      "summary": "The change could boost how much health insurers, and patients, pay for some care.",
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    {
      "id": 696636,
      "title": "Cerebras stock plunges 14% after second earnings report following IPO",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/cerebras-stock-plunges-14-after-second-earnings-report-following-ipo-696636",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:28:48.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CNBC",
        "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/cerebras-cbrs-q2-earnings-report-2026.html"
      },
      "summary": "Cerebras Systems reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and and raised its full-year guidance.",
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      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
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    {
      "id": 697517,
      "title": "‘Reacher’ Season 4 Lands Best Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Since Season 1",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/reacher-season-4-lands-best-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-since",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:26:08.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Forbes",
        "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2026/08/12/reacher-season-4-lands-best-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-in-franchise/"
      },
      "summary": "\"Reacher\" Season 4, starring Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher, is reflecting a level of popularity that the show hasn’t seen since Season 1.",
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    {
      "id": 695894,
      "title": "Cerebras stock plunges 14% after second earnings report following IPO",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/cerebras-stock-plunges-14-after-second-earnings-report-following-ipo",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:25:36.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CNBC",
        "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/cerebras-cbrs-q2-earnings-report-2026.html?__source=newsletter%7Cbreakingnews"
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    {
      "id": 699318,
      "title": "Kim Kardashian & Kris Jenner Clear Major Hurdle in Ray J Defamation Lawsuit",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/kim-kardashian-kris-jenner-clear-major-hurdle-in-ray-j-defamation",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:25:30.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Billboard",
        "url": "https://www.billboard.com/pro/kim-kardashian-kris-jenner-ray-j-defamation-lawsuit-2/"
      },
      "summary": "A judge denied Ray J’s motion to outright dismiss libel claims brought by the famous mother-daughter duo.",
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    {
      "id": 698737,
      "title": "The 10 most underrated destinations in Europe to visit in 2026",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-10-most-underrated-destinations-in-europe-to-visit-in-2026",
      "topic": "business",
      "section": "Business",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:24:04.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Quartz",
        "url": "https://qz.com/most-underrated-destinations-europe"
      },
      "summary": "From Terracina as an Amalfi alternative to a Balkan capital with diplomatic-era architecture, ten underrated European destinations",
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      "original_language": null,
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    {
      "id": 695895,
      "title": "Jon Favreau on His First Documentary, National Geographic’s ‘Lion’: Not Knowing Whether the Lead Character Would Survive Was ‘Harrowing’",
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      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:23:48.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Variety",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/features/jon-favreau-documentary-national-geographic-lion-1236833163/"
      },
      "summary": "When renowned wildlife producer Mike Gunton approached “The Lion King” director Jon Favreau about collaborating on a documentary, the director, who had never made a doc, immediately said yes. It was 2022, and Gunton, an executive producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit, wanted to “supersize” his “Dynasties” series about vulnerable or endangered species, and […]",
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      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696746,
      "title": "Law firm with ties to Trump administration declines offer to represent migrant children",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/law-firm-with-ties-to-trump-administration-declines-offer-to",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:23:02.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Associated Press",
        "url": "https://apnews.com/article/texas-migrant-children-deport-immigration-d070db48239d70082d22a52197e58e10"
      },
      "summary": "McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A small Texas law firm with ties to the Trump administration declined a $150 million federal contract it was offered to represent migrant children traveling alone to the U.S., authorities said Wednesday, raising long-term questions about who would…",
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      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696745,
      "title": "US government charges 11 people in scheme to obtain green cards through sham marriages",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/us-government-charges-11-people-in-scheme-to-obtain-green-cards",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:23:02.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Associated Press",
        "url": "https://apnews.com/article/green-cards-sham-marriages-chinese-nationals-indictment-74d1add684b560ee876ff9a8436e6ee4"
      },
      "summary": "WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to…",
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    {
      "id": 695632,
      "title": "Trump Wants the M.M.R. Vaccine Split Into Three Separate Shots. Doctors Say It’s a Bad Idea.",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-wants-the-m-m-r-vaccine-split-into-three-separate-shots-doctors",
      "topic": "health",
      "section": "Health & Medicine",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:20:12.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "The New York Times",
        "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/health/mmr-vaccine-combination-separate.html"
      },
      "summary": "President Trump is calling for immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella to be given in individual jabs in three different appointments instead of the standard combination shot.",
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      "original_language": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 698201,
      "title": "Controversial group wins $158M-contract to represent unaccompanied immigrant children",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/controversial-group-wins-158m-contract-to-represent-unaccompanied",
      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:19:40.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "NPR",
        "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/12/nx-s1-5929456/migrant-children-our-rescue"
      },
      "summary": "Utah-based Our Rescue was founded by activist Tim Ballard. It was previously known as Operation Underground Railroad and it says it helps law enforcement perform sting operations and rescues human trafficking survivors.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 697474,
      "title": "A Man Secured a Lost Billy Joel Interview. Then He Re-Created the Singer in AI. (Exclusive)",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/a-man-secured-a-lost-billy-joel-interview-then-he-re-created-the",
      "topic": "ai",
      "section": "AI",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:19:09.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/billy-joel-ai-documentary-watch-1236672250/"
      },
      "summary": "The strange story of an AI Billy Joel project that the icon had nothing to do with and likely is unhappy about",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696836,
      "title": "Lionsgate Stock Falls To 4-Month Low After Activist Investor Pushes AI Agenda",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lionsgate-stock-falls-to-4-month-low-after-activist-investor-pushes",
      "topic": "ai",
      "section": "AI",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:15:30.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Deadline",
        "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/lionsgate-stock-drops-activist-investor-ai-demands-1237032228/"
      },
      "summary": "Shares in Lionsgate extended their losses Wednesday after an activist investor expressed restlessness with the company’s stance on AI. On above-average trading volume, the stock ended the day at $11.73, down 1% to its lowest level since April. It fell 4% on Tuesday when news of the activist’s agenda first surfaced. The stock is up […]",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
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      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695897,
      "title": "Salli Richardson-Whitfield on Making Emmy History With ‘Task’ and ‘The Gilded Age’",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/salli-richardson-whitfield-on-making-emmy-history-with-task-and-the",
      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:15:00.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Variety",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/focus/salli-richardson-whitfield-task-gilded-age-1236831760/"
      },
      "summary": "An hour into Salli Richardson-Whitfield’s directorial debut, she was left to sink or swim. This was 2011, and Richardson-Whitefield was standing behind the camera on the set of Syfy’s quirky small-town comedy “Eureka” talking to series creator Matt Hastings. She had been asking to try her hand at directing and finally got the shot in […]",
      "outlets": 1,
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      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695905,
      "title": "The Best Way to Avoid Diarrhea Lettuce? This Indoor Garden",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-best-way-to-avoid-diarrhea-lettuce-this-indoor-garden",
      "topic": "tech",
      "section": "Tech",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:14:30.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Wired",
        "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/lettuce-grow-20-percent-off-2026/"
      },
      "summary": "Lettuce Grow, one of my favorite indoor gardens, lets you cultivate your own salad greens safely, right in your living room. And it’s 20 percent off right now.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 697476,
      "title": "Ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek Writing Tell-All Memoir",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ousted-disney-ceo-bob-chapek-writing-tell-all-memoir",
      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:13:57.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bob-chapek-releasing-disney-tell-all-memoir-ceo-iger-1236672388/"
      },
      "summary": "The exec is planning a memoir, 'Behind the Castle Walls,' which will be released in September and address his tenure at the company and Bob Iger's return.",
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      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 698738,
      "title": "10 things people get wrong about how AI chatbots actually work",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/10-things-people-get-wrong-about-how-ai-chatbots-actually-work",
      "topic": "ai",
      "section": "AI",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:12:12.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Quartz",
        "url": "https://qz.com/things-people-misunderstand-about-ai-chatbots"
      },
      "summary": "\"Thinking\" isn't reasoning the way it sounds, and memory works nothing like people assume — the specific misunderstandings that shape how people use and trust these tools",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695272,
      "title": "Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/amazon-will-train-on-twitch-streamers-content-by-default-unless-they",
      "topic": "tech",
      "section": "Tech",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:10:40.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "TechCrunch",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/amazon-will-train-on-twitch-streamers-content-by-default-unless-they-opt-out/"
      },
      "summary": "\"If this was opt-in, nobody would opt in,\" Twitch CPO Mike Minton said on a livestream responding to user feedback. \"That's honestly the answer.\"",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696568,
      "title": "Karoline Leavitt stepping down as White House press secretary",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/karoline-leavitt-stepping-down-as-white-house-press-secretary",
      "topic": "business",
      "section": "Business",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:10:29.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Axios",
        "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/12/trump-karoline-leavitt-white-house-press"
      },
      "summary": "Karoline Leavitt will be stepping down from her role as White House press secretary at the end of the month, President Trump announced Wednesday in a Truth Social post. The big picture: Leavitt is leaving to spend more time with her family, the president said. A member of Trump's team who followed him from his presidential campaign to the White House, she's been a fiercely loyal face of the White…",
      "outlets": 2,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696837,
      "title": "Apple’s Eddy Cue On ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 5 Renewal Possibility: “There’s Plenty Of Stories To Go On”",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/apples-eddy-cue-on-ted-lasso-season-5-renewal-possibility-theres",
      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:10:00.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Deadline",
        "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/eddy-cue-ted-lasso-season-5-renewal-apple-tv-1237032266/"
      },
      "summary": "The fourth season of Apple TV’s Ted Lasso just premiered, and executive Eddy Cue is hopeful that more seasons are possible. It was believed that after the first three seasons, the Jason Sudeikis-starring comedy series had naturally concluded. However, the creative team regrouped to pave a new path for the beloved character. In an interview […]",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696642,
      "title": "Trump says Karoline Leavitt resigning as White House press secretary",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-karoline-leavitt-resigning-as-white-house-press-secretary-696642",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:09:15.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CNBC",
        "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/trump-white-house-karoline-leavitt-resigning-.html"
      },
      "summary": "Leavitt, who is the youngest White House press secretary every, gave birth in May to a girl, her second child.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695638,
      "title": "As Europe Faces Heat Waves and Wildfires, Travelers Are Forced to Adapt",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/as-europe-faces-heat-waves-and-wildfires-travelers-are-forced-to-adapt",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:06:39.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "The New York Times",
        "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/travel/europe-travel-tourism-wildfires-heat-waves.html"
      },
      "summary": "Soaring temperatures, widespread wildfires and dried-up rivers are transforming tourism across the continent. Here’s how travelers are responding.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 694308,
      "title": "CoreWeave gains 19%, Nebius surges 34% in post-earnings neocloud rally",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/coreweave-gains-19-nebius-surges-34-in-post-earnings-neocloud-rally",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:06:23.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CNBC",
        "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/coreweave-q2-earnings-ai-demand.html?__source=newsletter%7Cbreakingnews"
      },
      "summary": null,
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695666,
      "title": "It May Be Time to Panic About AI",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/it-may-be-time-to-panic-about-ai",
      "topic": "ai",
      "section": "AI",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:05:28.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "The Atlantic",
        "url": "https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/openai-hacks-panic/688264/"
      },
      "summary": "Bots are starting to conspire with one another. Can they be reeled back in?",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695898,
      "title": "Paramount Has Considered Creating Oversight Body for CNN in Warner Deal",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/paramount-has-considered-creating-oversight-body-for-cnn-in-warner",
      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:05:03.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Variety",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-cnn-oversight-committee-warner-deal-1236833271/"
      },
      "summary": "Every day, governments, newsmakers and politicians scrutinize the news reporting of CNN. Paramount Skydance wants to add to the list. The media conglomerate, whose efforts to acquire CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery have stalled in federal court after a group of 12 attorneys general levied antitrust concerns against the proposed deal, has considered setting up […]",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 694005,
      "title": "S&P 500 closes higher after tame consumer inflation report, tech sector rises: Live updates",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/s-p-500-closes-higher-after-tame-consumer-inflation-report-tech",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:04:41.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CNBC",
        "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/stock-market-today-live-updates.html?__source=newsletter%7Cbreakingnews"
      },
      "summary": null,
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 694330,
      "title": "Karoline Leavitt exiting as White House press secretary",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/karoline-leavitt-exiting-as-white-house-press-secretary",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:04:26.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CBS News",
        "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karoline-leavitt-exiting-as-white-house-press-secretary-trump-adviser/"
      },
      "summary": "President Trump said Karoline Leavitt will be leaving her role to focus on her young family.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 698739,
      "title": "The 10 best European destinations for solo female travel, ranked",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-10-best-european-destinations-for-solo-female-travel-ranked",
      "topic": "business",
      "section": "Business",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:04:07.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Quartz",
        "url": "https://qz.com/best-european-destinations-solo-female-travel"
      },
      "summary": "From Iceland's crime-free hiking trails to Lisbon's solo-friendly bar culture, Europe's best destinations for solo female travelers",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 698740,
      "title": "8 signs of a toxic manager most employees miss early on",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/8-signs-of-a-toxic-manager-most-employees-miss-early-on",
      "topic": "business",
      "section": "Business",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:02:29.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Quartz",
        "url": "https://qz.com/early-signs-of-a-toxic-manager-most-people-miss"
      },
      "summary": "Taking credit for wins while distributing blame for losses, vague feedback that's impossible to act on, moving goalposts after the fact — the patterns employees consistently rationalize until they can't anymore",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696640,
      "title": "Everything is going right for the financials sector. Why that is",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/everything-is-going-right-for-the-financials-sector-why-that-is",
      "topic": "finance",
      "section": "Finance & Markets",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:01:52.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "CNBC",
        "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/everything-is-going-right-for-the-financials-sector-why-that-is.html"
      },
      "summary": "Financials are running away as a group, with just about every corner offering something compelling for investors.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696839,
      "title": "‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Spinoff Starring Cobie Smulders In Fast-Track Development At Netflix – The Dish",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-lincoln-lawyer-spinoff-starring-cobie-smulders-in-fast-track",
      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:01:15.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Deadline",
        "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/the-lincoln-lawyer-spinoff-cobie-smulders-emi-netflix-1237031468/"
      },
      "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: The Lincoln Lawyer is eying a franchise expansion at Netflix with a spinoff series headlined by Cobie Smulders, reprising her role as Mickey Haller’s half-sister Artemisia “Emi” Finch, Deadline has learned. The script is being written by The Lincoln Lawyer executive producers Ted Humphrey, Dailyn Rodriguez and Matthew J. Lieberman, with A+E Studios producing. […]",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696787,
      "title": "Inside Paramount, employees say they have bigger concerns than a reported plan to ditch California",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/inside-paramount-employees-say-they-have-bigger-concerns-than-a",
      "topic": "business",
      "section": "Business",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:00:33.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Business Insider",
        "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-skydance-employees-david-ellison-plan-leaving-california-wbd-deal-2026-8"
      },
      "summary": "Paramount staffers say they're focused on what the WBD merger might mean for their jobs rather than reports of a potential relocation.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695966,
      "title": "How an AIPAC endorsement became a liability",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/how-an-aipac-endorsement-became-a-liability",
      "topic": "culture",
      "section": "Culture",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:00:00.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Vox",
        "url": "https://www.vox.com/podcasts/499105/aipac-democratic-primaries-super-pacs-spending-israel-el-sayed"
      },
      "summary": "The American Israel Public Affairs Committee — better known by its short name, AIPAC — bills itself as a bipartisan advocate “for policies that strengthen the US-Israel partnership.” In 2026, it’s become something else: a major — and seemingly, losing — issue in Democratic politics. Progressive Democratic candidates in primaries across the country are explicitly […]",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695899,
      "title": "EA’s New ‘Star Wars’ Game Was Inspired by an AMC Revolutionary War TV Series and a Love for Turn-Based Tactics",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/eas-new-star-wars-game-was-inspired-by-an-amc-revolutionary-war-tv",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:00:00.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Variety",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/star-wars-zero-company-clone-wars-developer-lucasfilm-1236832100/"
      },
      "summary": "Electronic Arts’ “Star Wars Zero Company” will be the latest in a long, long line of video games set in Lucasfilm’s galaxy far, far away. But this upcoming single-player turn-based tactics title developed by Bit Reactor aims to be different from all the Star Wars games that have come before — and not just because […]",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 695813,
      "title": "Alzheimer's Risk Lower for Women on Estrogen-Only Menopausal Hormone Therapy",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/alzheimers-risk-lower-for-women-on-estrogen-only-menopausal-hormone",
      "topic": "health",
      "section": "Health & Medicine",
      "published": "2026-08-12T20:00:00.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "MedPage Today",
        "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/alzheimersdisease/122575"
      },
      "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Women who used estrogen-only menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) had a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a retrospective longitudinal study. Estrogen-only MHT users had lower odds of increased Alzheimer's pathology...",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 696748,
      "title": "White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, youngest person to hold role, to leave at month’s end",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-youngest-person-to-hold",
      "topic": "world",
      "section": "World",
      "published": "2026-08-12T19:53:02.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Associated Press",
        "url": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-secretary-leavitt-dc3753a957b05ef554bf277221d9cf46"
      },
      "summary": "WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month’s end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Leavitt,…",
      "outlets": 7,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
    },
    {
      "id": 699319,
      "title": "TWS’ ‘SODA SODA’ Tops Japan Hot 100 as Aimyon’s ‘Ai Wo Tsutaetaidatoka’ Returns After Nearly Four Years",
      "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/tws-soda-soda-tops-japan-hot-100-as-aimyons-ai-wo-tsutaetaidatoka",
      "topic": "ai",
      "section": "AI",
      "published": "2026-08-12T19:52:18.000Z",
      "source": {
        "name": "Billboard",
        "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tws-soda-soda-japan-hot-100-aimyon-ai-wo-tsutaetaidatoka-1236315223/"
      },
      "summary": "ME:I's “Flower Road” enters at No. 2.",
      "outlets": 1,
      "illustration": null,
      "original_language": null,
      "ai_generated": true
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