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  "id": 16135937,
  "title": "IV team warned Christa Pike's vein might have 'blown' during failed execution, court filing says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/iv-team-warned-christa-pikes-vein-might-have-blown-during-failed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T00:35:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/iv-team-warned-christa-pikes-vein-might-have-blown-during-failed-execution-court-filing-says"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or \"blown,\" before she was injected with the lethal drug, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Christa Pike’s IV team warned vein might be ‘blowing’ before failed execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/christa-pikes-iv-team-warned-vein-might-be-blowing-before-failed",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:42:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Execution staff warned IV site might have ‘blown’ during Christa Pike’s execution attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/execution-staff-warned-iv-site-might-have-blown-during-christa-pikes",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:56:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Execution staff warned of possibility some of Christa Pike's veins had 'blown': attorney",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/execution-staff-warned-of-possibility-some-of-christa-pikes-veins-had",
        "published": "2026-10-23T00:50:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}