US moves to drop smuggling charges against Harvard scientist
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 4.
BOSTON, Nov 3 - US prosecutors moved on Tuesday to drop criminal charges against a Russian-born scientist at Harvard University accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States after she argued the Trump administration had singled her out for prosecution.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same event, U.S. prosecutors dropping smuggling charges against Kseniia Petrova, with no conflicting facts; it reports the motion to drop while Report 1 reports the dropped charges
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