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  "title": "'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/alarm-bells-ringing-us-summer-heat-shatters-record-6470068",
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  "published": "2026-09-09T20:00:01.000Z",
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  "summary": "The contiguous United States has endured its hottest summer on record, a new peak that scientists said should send alarm bells ringing over the increasingly dire impacts of climate change.",
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        "title": "US summer heat shatters record",
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