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  "id": 19555857,
  "title": "Woman admits to forcing roommate to sew lips shut during trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/woman-admits-to-forcing-roommate-to-sew-lips-shut-during-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T21:50:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Today",
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    "url": "https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-admits-to-forcing-roommate-to-sew-lips-shut-in-trial"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 50-year-old woman admitted to threatening a female roommate and forcing her to sew her own lips shut with a needle and thread during the first hearing of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "News On Japan",
        "title": "Woman Admits Forcing Housemate to Sew Lips Shut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/woman-admits-forcing-housemate-to-sew-lips-shut",
        "published": "2026-11-11T19:20:33.000Z"
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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."
}