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NYTIMES (Lynsey Chutel and Alisa Dogramadzieva) - A Drying Danube River Reveals Nazi-Era Vessels, and Hazards of Heat

The river’s water levels have fallen as extreme heat has afflicted Europe, exposing sunken German vessels from World War II that are impeding navigation.

REDSTATE (Becca Lower) - Rare Copy of 'Declaration' Doc, Discovered by Accident in the U.K., Was Seized 250 Years Ago

NYTIMES (John Yoon and Hari Kumar) - Mamdani Suggested UK Should Return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. Here’s the Back Story.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story.

NYTIMES (Jeffery C. Mays) - Mamdani’s Advice to Royals: Give That Priceless Diamond Back to India

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and King Charles did not meet privately. But if they had, the mayor said, he probably would have raised the issue of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond.

NPR (The Associated Press) - Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000

A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.

NYTIMES (Koba Ryckewaert and Niki Kitsantonis) - Nazi Execution Photos Went Up For Sale. Greece Stopped It.

The images of political prisoners, taken just before they were killed by Nazis in 1944, were put up for auction on eBay. The sale was pulled shortly thereafter.

WASHINGTONPOST (Kyle Melnick) - The chairs from that viral photo of the Bidens and Carters? They sold for $11K.

A collector just bought the chairs for her home. They became famous from a photo of former president Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden and their wives.

AI:A private collector has purchased the distinctive chairs featured in a viral photograph alongside former President Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden for $11,000 at auction. Rather than being preserved in a museum for historical significance, the furniture pieces have been sold into a personal residence following their surge in notoriety from the widely circulated image of the two political families.Open