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  "id": 14336019,
  "title": "Graduate student accused of poisoning colleague and trying to flee to China arrested at LAX",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/graduate-student-accused-of-poisoning-colleague-and-trying-to-flee-to-14336019",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T00:53:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/wyoming-student-graduate-poison-arrest"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Guardian US reports that microbiology graduate student Aili Wang, 32, has been arrested on charges of poisoning her colleague at a Wyoming university and attempting to flee the country. Prosecutors allege that Wang targeted the colleague, who had pending patents and with whom she had a contentious relationship, by contaminating their tea. After her arrest on 6 October at Los Angeles International Airport, police found laptops, electronic storage devices, and documents linked to Wang. Surveillance footage reportedly shows her searching through the victim's desk, whose research focused on disease treatment technology, similar to Wang's work in China.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "A Wyoming grad student who allegedly poisoned a colleague has been arrested fleeing to China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/a-wyoming-grad-student-who-allegedly-poisoned-a-colleague-has-been",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:40:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Wyoming grad student who allegedly poisoned colleague arrested before fleeing to China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/wyoming-grad-student-who-allegedly-poisoned-colleague-arrested-before",
        "published": "2026-10-14T00:32:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Graduate student accused of poisoning colleague and trying to flee to China arrested at LAX",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/graduate-student-accused-of-poisoning-colleague-and-trying-to-flee-to",
        "published": "2026-10-14T00:53:36.000Z"
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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."
}