{
  "id": 18332346,
  "title": "US court drops criminal case against Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova, accused of smuggling frog embryos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/us-court-drops-criminal-case-against-russian-scientist-kseniia",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-05T15:39:21.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/11/05/us-court-drops-criminal-case-against-russian-scientist-kseniia-petrova-accused-of-smuggling-frog-embryos"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A federal judge in the United States has dismissed the criminal case against Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist who worked at Harvard Medical School.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Prosecutors Seek to Drop Charges Against Russian Scientist Accused of Smuggling Frog Embryos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/prosecutors-seek-to-drop-charges-against-russian-scientist-accused-of",
        "published": "2026-11-04T03:44:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Moscow Times",
        "title": "U.S. Will Drop Smuggling Charges Against Russian-Born Harvard Medical School Scientist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/u-s-will-drop-smuggling-charges-against-russian-born-harvard-medical",
        "published": "2026-11-04T08:22:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Prosecutors move to drop charges against scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/prosecutors-move-to-drop-charges-against-scientist-accused-of",
        "published": "2026-11-04T15:16:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Science",
        "title": "US prosecutors drop criminal charges against scientist detained over frog embryos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-prosecutors-drop-criminal-charges-against-scientist-detained-over",
        "published": "2026-11-04T21:31:35.000Z"
      }
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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."
}