{
  "id": 781772,
  "title": "Oklahoma man put to death in first of three US executions scheduled on same day",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/oklahoma-man-put-to-death-in-first-of-three-us-executions-scheduled",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:28:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/executions-oklahoma-alabama-tennessee"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "If all executions go ahead, it will be first time in over 15 years there have been over three judicial killings in US in one day Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez has been put to death by the state of Oklahoma, in the first of three executions scheduled for Thursday in a rare triple procedure that underlines the renewed appetite in the US for state killings. Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, was pronounced dead at…",
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Oklahoma carries out first of 3 executions scheduled for the same day in the U.S.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/oklahoma-carries-out-first-of-3-executions-scheduled-for-the-same-day",
        "published": "2026-08-13T15:51:27.000Z"
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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."
}