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  "id": 1659886,
  "title": "Tupac Shakur murder trial opens as prosecutors say 'Keffe D' ordered 1996 killing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-opens-as-prosecutors-say-keffe-d-ordered-1659886",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-08-18T06:55:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "A trial is finally underway 30 years after rap artist Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting. The case was long regarded as one of the nation's most prominent cold cases.",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
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        "title": "Gang revenge and a white Cadillac: Tupac Shakur murder trial begins",
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        "title": "What to know about the Tupac Shakur murder trial now underway",
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing",
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        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Tupac Shakur murder trial opens as prosecutors say 'Keffe D' ordered 1996 killing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-opens-as-prosecutors-say-keffe-d-ordered",
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