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  "id": 2039678,
  "title": "Americans fighting brutal heat coast to coast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/americans-fighting-brutal-heat-coast-to-coast",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T23:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/americans-fighting-brutal-heat-coast-to-coast/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Coast-to-coast heat is scorching the southern U.S., with the temperature in Charleston, South Carolina, with a heat index of 113 degrees, while California's Death Valley was seeing a high of 118 degrees. Jason Allen reports from Phoenix, Arizona, which is also experiencing triple-digit heat.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "More than 70 million Americans in South facing extreme heat as temperatures go above 100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/more-than-70-million-americans-in-south-facing-extreme-heat-as",
        "published": "2026-08-19T23:34:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}