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 […]

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 […]

Ukraine offers Black Sea shipping truce; Russia yet to respond : Report

Ukraine proposes temporary halt to Black Sea civilian attacks as grain trade hit, report (File photo) Ukraine has proposed a temporary halt to attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea as a surge in strikes on ships and ports disrupts trade and raises concerns about global food supplies, according to a source familiar with […]

Couple in black: Prince Harry and Meghan honored as ‘Humanitarians of the Year’ – What were they awarded for?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle yet again made the headlines, but this time not for the controversy but for their humanitarian work. The couple made a rare joint appearance on the red carpet, wearing semi-formal dress, opting for black suits, on Thursday night as they received ‘Humanitarians of the Year’ at the Project Healthy Minds […]

Scientists just created a Black Hole-like energy system in a lab without moving anything, recreating a 50-year-old theory that could transform future communication and quantum technology

Artistic rendering of Penrose super-radiance: electromagnetic waves with selected rotation patterns are amplified as they interact with a system that appears to rotate at superluminal speeds. (Credit: Dalila Pasotti and Hadiseh Nasari) Physicists have successfully recreated some of the extreme physics of black holes inside a laboratory by building a stationary device that can copy […]

Why Los Angeles dropped 96 million black balls into drinking water | World News

Millions of black plastic balls floating on a drinking water reservoir might sound like an environmental disaster, but for Los Angeles, they became an ingenious solution to several major challenges. The unusual sight attracted worldwide attention and left many wondering why a city would deliberately cover its water supply with 96 million plastic spheres. Far […]

‘I can’t breathe’: Why Henry Nowak’s fatal stabbing by a Sikh man could become British Right’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ | World News

People protest outside the police station in Southampton, England, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, one holding a photo of December 2025 stabbing victim Henry Nowak, 18. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP) Albert Einstein proved that time is relative and can be bent by the force of gravity or by moving at extremely high speeds approaching light. […]

Black Box rises on entering into strategic alliance with AIONOS

Mumbai, June 2 (Udaipur Kiran): Black Box is currently trading at Rs. 1058.50, up by 16.95 points or 1.63% from its previous closing of Rs. 1041.55 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 1055.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1,065.60 and Rs. 1,042.00 respectively. So far 4440 shares were traded […]

The One Accessory You Need: 5 Black Watches for Girls that Go With Every Outfit | Udaipur Kiran

Getting dressed and feeling like something’s off even after three outfit changes? Yeah, we’ve all been there. The truth is, your fit lives or dies by your accessories, and nothing pulls a look together quite like the right wristpiece. This is where black watches make sense. So why are black watches for girls having such […]

White, red and blue: Dress code for Kirk memorial strayed from the usual black – Here’s why

Hours before sunrise, tens of thousands of mourners streamed towards the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for a memorial unlike most. The death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, fatally shot in Utah at 31, has been framed as both political and spiritual. And the organisers made a striking choice: attendees were asked to arrive […]