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  "id": 452522,
  "title": "Ex-gang leader faces trial over 1996 Tupac Shakur murder",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/ex-gang-leader-faces-trial-over-1996-tupac-shakur-murder-452522",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T09:06:56.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Duane \"Keffe D\" Davis, a former gang leader, is on trial in Las Vegas for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. According to Free Malaysia Today, the trial is expected to last a month and prosecutors aim to show that Davis, the onetime leader of the South Side Compton Crips, ordered the killing.\n\nThe murder occurred on September 7, 1996, while Shakur was in Las Vegas to see a Mike Tyson boxing match.\n\nDavis's trial is a significant development in one of America's most high-profile unresolved murders.",
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Nearly 30 years after Tupac's death, the trial over his murder will finally begin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/nearly-30-years-after-tupacs-death-the-trial-over-his-murder-will",
        "published": "2026-08-09T21:27:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Who shot ya? Tupac Shakur murder trial begins in Las Vegas after 30 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/who-shot-ya-tupac-shakur-murder-trial-begins-in-las-vegas-after-30",
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        "title": "A man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing is on trial. Here’s what to know",
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        "title": "Man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing set to go on trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/man-accused-of-orchestrating-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-set-to-go-on",
        "published": "2026-08-10T06:26:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Ex-gang leader faces trial over 1996 Tupac Shakur murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/ex-gang-leader-faces-trial-over-1996-tupac-shakur-murder",
        "published": "2026-08-10T08:46:56.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Man suspected of orchestrating Tupac killing to stand trial in Las Vegas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/man-suspected-of-orchestrating-tupac-killing-to-stand-trial-in-las",
        "published": "2026-08-10T16:06:58.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "A man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing is on trial. Here's what to know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/a-man-accused-of-orchestrating-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-is-on-trial-489568",
        "published": "2026-08-10T18:12:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Tupac Shakur murder trial set to begin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-set-to-begin-504830",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:42:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Tupac Shakur murder trial set to begin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-set-to-begin",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:42:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Jury selection begins in Tupac Shakur murder trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/jury-selection-begins-in-tupac-shakur-murder-trial",
        "published": "2026-08-10T23:30:52.000Z"
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