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In 1912, a Black couple bought California beachfront land and built a resort; the city seized it in the 1920s, and a century later their heirs got it back and sold it for nearly $20 million

Charles and Willa Bruce on their wedding day (Left) and Margie Johnson and John Pettigrew in Manhattan Beach in 1927 (Right) A prime piece of Southern California oceanfront property taken from a Black couple through eminent domain a century ago was formally returned to their descendants and then sold back to Los Angeles County for […]

Russia sent explosives, drone parts to Iran via secret route to rebuild arsenal

Russia is reported to send explosives and drone parts to Iran via the Caspian Sea, report (representative photo) Reports suggest that Russia has been sending explosives, drone components and ammunition to Iran through the Caspian Sea as Tehran works to replenish military stocks depleted during its war with the US and Israel, according to a […]

‘This right here is everything that’s wrong with H-1Bs’: Trump official knocks on the door of Pakistani event manager Mohammad Abbas accused of selling visas

Sara Gonzales brought the DOL inspector general to a Texas office accused of selling H-1B visas and Green Card and showed him purported messages. Texas journalist Sara Gonzales brought Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito to the registered office of Mohammad Abbas in Texas, accusing him of selling H-1B visas and Green Cards. In […]

RANDOM MUSING | Who ‘killed’ Jason Arday? The absurd tragedy of Cambridge’s ‘youngest black professor’ | World News

There is a saying among bibliophiles: Never judge a book by its movie. For true readers, nothing any director dreams up can ever match the cinema playing inside one’s head, to borrow a line from Anurag Kashyap’s greatest villain. Two rare adaptations that arguably hold their own against their source novels are Mario Puzo’s The […]

Meet Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the Florida 10th-grader whose AI-powered cane can describe a blind user’s surroundings, work offline and make emergency calls

Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the Florida 10th-grader whose AI-powered cane can describe a blind user’s surroundings (Image Credit: LinedIn/ @InventEd) For Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the idea for an assistive device began with something she had experienced herself. The Florida student, who has worn glasses since she was two, began thinking about how difficult everyday activities could be for […]

One dead, over 200 ill in UK Salmonella outbreak: Symptoms, cause and all you need to know | World News

Health officials are investigating imported eggs following a major Salmonella outbreak across the UK/Image: Getty Images One person has died, and more than 200 people have fallen ill in a Salmonella outbreak across the UK, with health officials investigating a possible link to imported eggs.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 199 cases were recorded […]

In the 1960s, the US began displacing around 600 families for a 40-mile reservoir; in 1975 the dam was shelved and their land became a 70,000-acre national park

Origin Story: The Tocks Island Dam Controversy The US government once planned to flood a 40-mile stretch of the Delaware River valley to build a massive reservoir, only to cancel the project and turn the acquired land into a sprawling federal parkland.The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a 70,000-acre national park spanning Pennsylvania and […]

Alaska’s live bearcam has become a summer hit: 7.3 million views in six weeks as brown bears gather at Brooks Falls to catch salmon

The cameras show brown bears waiting around Brooks Falls as sockeye salmon travel upstream. (Getty images) A livestream showing brown bears catching and eating salmon at a waterfall in Alaska has become an unexpected online hit this summer. The Brooks Falls bearcam at Katmai National Park has drawn millions of views as large numbers of […]

British couple on honeymoon die in helicopter crash on Greek island; pilot also killed

Newly wed British couple on honeymoon and their pilot killed in helicopter crash in Greece A British couple were killed alongside their pilot when their private helicopter crashed on the Greek island of Sifnos on Monday, just minutes before they were due to land at a heliport.Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert were on their honeymoon […]

In 1919, German sailors secretly sank 52 warships at Scapa Flow; the wrecks later became valuable for an unexpected reason | World News

When the First World War finally ended, Germany’s powerful High Seas Fleet was not allowed to sail home. Instead, dozens of warships were sent to Scapa Flow in Scotland, where they remained under uneasy Allied supervision while the terms of peace were being decided. Then, on 21 June 1919, the German commander made a decision […]