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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-02T06:45:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "America just logged its lowest overall death rate since federal recordkeeping began, but a couple of old killers are quietly creeping back up the chart. New CDC data show the US death rate fell 4.6% in 2025, to 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people, down from 722.1...",
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