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  "id": 10064584,
  "title": "Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/kennedy-center-put-off-planned-repairs-despite-known-structural-10064584",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T20:43:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kennedy-center-put-off-planned-repairs-despite-known-structural-issues-former-employees-allege"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The center's executive director and chief operating officer, Matt Floca, did not treat the roofing issues as priorities and in April halted a funded plan to address them, according to the letter Thursday signed by David Seide, a lawyer representing the anonymous whistleblowers.",
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        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/kennedy-center-put-off-planned-repairs-despite-known-structural-10052106",
        "published": "2026-09-26T17:35:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/kennedy-center-put-off-planned-repairs-despite-known-structural",
        "published": "2026-09-26T17:35:34.000Z"
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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."
}