{
  "id": 9003226,
  "title": "Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 Palestinian students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/jury-convicts-vermont-man-of-attempted-murder-in-shooting-of-3-9003226",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T20:37:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jury-convicts-vermont-man-of-attempted-murder-in-shooting-of-3-palestinian-students"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Vermont man has been convicted of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home. The jury rejected the defendant's insanity defense, which claimed he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad.\n\nThe defendant had argued that he was not responsible for his actions due to his claimed connections to the intelligence agencies. However, the jury found this defense unconvincing and convicted him of attempted murder.\n\nThe incident involved three Palestinian college students who were shot while walking near the defendant's home. The details of the incident and the defendant's motivations, beyond his claims of CIA and Mossad involvement, are not specified in the reports.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 Palestinian students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/jury-convicts-vermont-man-of-attempted-murder-in-shooting-of-3",
        "published": "2026-09-21T17:44:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Vermont man convicted of attempted murder of three Palestinian students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/vermont-man-convicted-of-attempted-murder-of-three-palestinian",
        "published": "2026-09-21T20:38:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of three Palestinian students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/jury-convicts-vermont-man-of-attempted-murder-in-shooting-of-three",
        "published": "2026-09-21T21:29:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}