{
  "id": 12169224,
  "title": "Supreme Court declines to hear convicted sex cult leader Keith Rainere’s appeal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-convicted-sex-cult-leader-keith",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T13:46:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6129037-nxivm-keith-raniere-supreme-court/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from Keith Raniere challenging his conviction on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges in connection with his leadership of the NXIVM sex cult. The decision leaves in place an October ruling from a federal appeals court panel that upheld the verdict and a decades-long prison sentence...",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Maharashtra SIR in Bombay HC: Hearing deferred by 3 weeks over Supreme Court proceedings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/maharashtra-sir-in-bombay-hc-hearing-deferred-by-3-weeks-over-supreme",
        "published": "2026-10-05T13:37:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Supreme Court declines to take up school ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ shirts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/supreme-court-declines-to-take-up-school-ban-on-lets-go-brandon-shirts",
        "published": "2026-10-05T13:46:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Supreme Court rejects appeal over Michigan school’s ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-over-michigan-schools-ban-on-lets-go",
        "published": "2026-10-05T14:01:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/supreme-court-rejects-roy-moores-push-to-restore-8-2-million",
        "published": "2026-10-05T14:24:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}