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  "id": 479455,
  "title": "Trial opens for ex-gang leader charged with Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trial-opens-for-ex-gang-leader-charged-with-tupac-shakurs-1996-murder",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T15:15:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260810-trial-opens-for-ex-gang-leader-charged-with-tupac-shakur-s-1996-murder"
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  "summary": "Jury selection is due to begin on Monday in the murder trial of an ex-street gang leader accused of masterminding the drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three decades ago in Las Vegas, a long-unsolved crime that became a seminal moment in rap music history.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Thirty years after Tupac Shakur's murder, a trial seeks to resolve a never-closed case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/thirty-years-after-tupac-shakurs-murder-a-trial-seeks-to-resolve-a",
        "published": "2026-08-10T12:39:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Trial begins for man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's killing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trial-begins-for-man-accused-of-orchestrating-tupac-shakurs-killing",
        "published": "2026-08-10T17:19:23.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "30 Years On, Man Accused Of Orchestrating Tupac Shakur's Murder Faces Trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/30-years-on-man-accused-of-orchestrating-tupac-shakurs-murder-faces",
        "published": "2026-08-10T18:56:49.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Tupac Shakur murder trial begins 30 years after rapper’s death",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-begins-30-years-after-rappers-death",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:56:59.000Z"
      }
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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."
}