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    "headline": "Evacuees Do Not Simply Choose the Nearest Safe Place",
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    "dek": "Marshall Fire mobility data found people moving toward socially familiar communities, with unequal access.",
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    "body_text": "NYU Tandon analyzed more than 200,000 anonymized devices. Evacuees often traveled 20 to 60 kilometers toward demographically familiar communities rather than simply the nearest safe place. Wealthier and whiter residents had wider access. One fire and incomplete device coverage limit generalization.",
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      "title": "NYU Tandon via Newswise: Familiar evacuation destinations",
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