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  "id": 5172230,
  "title": "Tiger Woods gets five-year driving ban after plea deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tiger-woods-gets-five-year-driving-ban-after-plea-deal-5172230",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T21:14:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/tiger-woods-gets-five-year-driving-ban-after-plea-deal/"
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  "summary": "Tiger Woods has received a five-year driving ban in Florida after entering a plea deal related to a March car crash. The ban was handed down during a livestreamed hearing at the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Florida. According to Yahoo Sports, Judge Darren Steele told Woods that if he were to drive during the ban, he would immediately go back to jail.\n\nThe plea deal allowed Woods to avoid DUI charges, instead pleading no contest to lesser charges of careless and reckless driving. The incident occurred on March 27, when Woods' SUV clipped a truck pulling a trailer and flipped on its side while attempting to pass on a residential road near his Jupiter Island home.\n\nAuthorities found two pain pills containing the opioid hydrocodone in Woods' pocket during the arrest. According to PBS NewsHour and Yahoo Sports, deputies also noted that Woods showed signs of impairment, although a sheriff's report did not specify the nature of these signs.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Tiger Woods loses driving licence for five years after plea deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tiger-woods-loses-driving-licence-for-five-years-after-plea-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-02T15:46:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Tiger Woods enters plea deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tiger-woods-enters-plea-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-02T20:34:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Tiger Woods enters plea deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tiger-woods-enters-plea-deal-5169730",
        "published": "2026-09-02T20:34:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Tiger Woods gets five-year driving ban after plea deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tiger-woods-gets-five-year-driving-ban-after-plea-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-02T21:06:29.000Z"
      }
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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."
}