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  "id": 15566548,
  "title": "Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/amelia-earhart-researchers-leave-remote-atoll-empty-handed-after-15566548",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T04:43:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/amelia-earhart-purdue-expedition-clump-of-trees-nikumaroro-kiribati"
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  "summary": "Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island in the hope of solving the mystery of what happened to pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart has said an object they suspected to be her plane was a clump of washed-up trees. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to find that smoking…",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Expedition to find Amelia Earhart's missing plane comes up empty",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/expedition-to-find-amelia-earharts-missing-plane-comes-up-empty",
        "published": "2026-10-19T02:05:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/amelia-earhart-researchers-leave-remote-atoll-empty-handed-after",
        "published": "2026-10-19T04:43:41.000Z"
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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."
}