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  "id": 16930400,
  "title": "US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/us-civil-rights-leader-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T17:24:51.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/us-civil-rights-leader-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta has passed away at the age of 96, her family announced. Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union alongside farm workers' rights activist Cesar Chavez in the 1960s and 1970s. The UFW fought for better working conditions and rights for agricultural laborers. Huerta continued her activism through the Dolores Huerta Foundation, focusing on immigration, voting rights, and community empowerment. She alleged sexual abuse against Chavez, who died in 1993, claiming the encounters resulted in pregnancies. Chavez's family expressed devastation and praised the women's courage, while Huerta's decades-long activism made her a prominent figure in the American farm workers' rights movement.",
  "summary": "US civil rights leader and farm workers’ rights activist, Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, has died at the age of 96, her family say Read More: https://punchng.com/us-civil-rights-leader-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96/",
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    "Dolores Huerta dies at 96, family announces",
    "Co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez",
    "Activism focused on immigration, voting rights, empowerment"
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/labor-rights-leader-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T15:52:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta cause of death: All we know as co-founder of United Farm Workers dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-cause-of-death-all-we-know-as-co-founder-of-united",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:02:27.000Z"
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        "title": "Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights-16926270",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:10:43.000Z"
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      {
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        "title": "Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-influential-labor-leader-feminist-and-civil-rights",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:23:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-labor-activist-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:25:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta, labor and civil rights icon, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-labor-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:36:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais English",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta, champion of migrant workers’ rights, dead at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-champion-of-migrant-workers-rights-dead-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:43:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Labor activist Dolores Huerta dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/labor-activist-dolores-huerta-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:48:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Dolores Huerta, US labor organizer and icon of the left, dies at 96",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-us-labor-organizer-and-icon-of-the-left-dies-at-96",
        "published": "2026-10-28T18:24:35.000Z"
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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."
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