{
  "id": 241085,
  "title": "Judge formally dismisses Reflecting Pool charge against Olympian",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/judge-formally-dismisses-reflecting-pool-charge-against-olympian",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T22:09:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6015420-hearn-reflecting-pool-charges-dismissed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A local judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday formally dismissed the felony charge accusing Olympic canoeist David Hearn of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro backed away from the case. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman will decide later whether prosecutors can try to charge him again down the road. “Given...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump’s false and misleading claims about the Reflecting Pool",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/fact-focus-a-look-at-trumps-false-and-misleading-claims-about-the",
        "published": "2026-08-06T21:23:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}