{
  "id": 1880908,
  "title": "Harvard to pay US$53 million to settle lawsuits over theft of body parts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/harvard-to-pay-us-53-million-to-settle-lawsuits-over-theft-of-body",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T06:38:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/08/1514450/harvard-pay-us53-million-settle-lawsuits-over-theft-body-parts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BOSTON: Harvard University has agreed to pay US$53 million to resolve lawsuits by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school and whose parts were then sold on the black market by the former manager of its morgue.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}