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  "id": 12277788,
  "title": "Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-nidal-hasan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T01:31:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261006-trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-nidal-hasan"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Donald Trump approved a firing-squad execution on Monday for Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Hasan's execution will be the first carried out by the US military since 1961, with the date and location yet to be set by the Army.",
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Pentagon to execute convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/pentagon-to-execute-convicted-fort-hood-mass-shooter-nidal-hasan-by",
        "published": "2026-10-06T00:26:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed by firing squad, Pentagon says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/fort-hood-shooter-nidal-hasan-to-be-executed-by-firing-squad-pentagon",
        "published": "2026-10-06T01:26:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-pentagon",
        "published": "2026-10-06T01:33:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad, in first since World War Two",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/fort-hood-shooter-to-be-executed-by-firing-squad-in-first-since-world",
        "published": "2026-10-06T02:22:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Trump approves firing squad for execution of Nidal Hasan for 2009 Fort Hood massacre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/trump-approves-firing-squad-for-execution-of-nidal-hasan-for-2009",
        "published": "2026-10-06T02:34:48.000Z"
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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."
}