{
  "id": 3373142,
  "title": "Titanic artifacts auction blocked by federal judge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/titanic-artifacts-auction-blocked-by-federal-judge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T23:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6050535-titanic-artifacts-sale-federal-judge-block/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A federal judge in Virginia blocked an auction of over 100 century-old artifacts that were salvaged from the shipwrecked RMS Titanic vessel, calling their selling “an apparent threat” to the collection's integrity and preservation. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith ordered RMS Titanic (RMST) — the company with exclusive salvage rights to the wreckage —...",
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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."
}