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  "title": "Contiguous U.S. broke its record for hottest month ever in July, NOAA says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/contiguous-u-s-broke-its-record-for-hottest-month-ever-in-july-noaa",
  "topic": "science",
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  "published": "2026-08-10T23:53:13.000Z",
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  "summary": "Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most excessive heat in the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains and Southeast.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1629-russia-races-to-swamp-ukraines-air",
        "published": "2026-08-10T21:02:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/ukraine-breached-air-defenses-around-putins-gelendzhik-residence",
        "published": "2026-08-10T23:51:00.000Z"
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