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  "id": 600622,
  "title": "Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado sirens blare",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/severe-weather-pounds-illinois-and-indiana-knocking-out-power-as-600622",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T20:31:04.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/severe-weather-pounds-illinois-and-indiana-knocking-out-power-as-tornado-sirens-blare"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Severe weather cut power to over half a million people in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region on Tuesday.",
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        "title": "Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado sirens blare",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/severe-weather-pounds-illinois-and-indiana-knocking-out-power-as",
        "published": "2026-08-11T20:31:04.000Z"
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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."
}