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  "id": 12663349,
  "title": "Study finds brighter street lighting reduces violent crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/study-finds-brighter-street-lighting-reduces-violent-crime",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T16:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-brighter-street-violent-crime.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Adding LED lights to illuminate crime hot spots throughout the city of Newark reduced violent crime by nearly 46% and burglaries by 58%, according to new research from Rutgers University–Newark published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology.",
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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."
}