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  "id": 1954626,
  "title": "Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53M",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/harvard-settling-body-part-theft-lawsuits-for-53m",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T13:54:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6037628-harvard-body-part-theft-lawsuit-settlement/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Harvard University on Monday announced it will pay $53 million to settle several lawsuits filed by relatives of people whose body parts were stolen from the medical school's morgue and sold by its former manager. Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge, along with his wife and several others, was indicted in June 2023...",
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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."
}