{
  "id": 3193741,
  "title": "YouTube game prompts 2 Meerut kids to leave home for bizarre '24-hour' challenge, go missing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/youtube-game-prompts-2-meerut-kids-to-leave-home-for-bizarre-24-hour",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T04:59:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meerut-kids-leave-home-inspired-by-youtube-video-game-24-hour-challenge-101787628559026.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lavania added that the families of the children searched the neighbourhood and relatives' homes but found no trace of them.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "In UP, 2 Children Leave Home After Watching YouTube Secret House Challenge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/in-up-2-children-leave-home-after-watching-youtube-secret-house",
        "published": "2026-08-25T01:50:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}