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Charles and Willa Bruce moved to California from New Mexico with son Harvey. In 1912 they bought land on Manhattan Beach and opened a resort . The resort was one of the first to welcome African Americans to the coast. In 1924 city officials seized two dozen properties through eminent domain. Bruces fought in court, lost, and left the area: the proposed park was never built. On Friday Los Angeles County officials announced the land was being returned. The family are yet to say what they will do with the land, worth around $72m.

President Joe Biden on Friday will order the creation of a commission to study possible reforms to the Supreme Court, including whether to expand the number of justices, which is a key goal of leftist members of the Democratic Party, or setting term limits for justices.

Robin Zander lead singer of Cheap Trick, “The Republican National Committee called our office and offered us $100,000 to play at their convention in Cleveland [this summer],” Zander says. “We turned it down. Then we had second thoughts. Maybe we should have accepted it – but we would all have got swastika guitars made.”

Princess Alice of Battenberg used to call her royal son 'Bubbikins'It wasn't until the third series of The Crown that the extraordinary story of Prince Philip's mum came to the fore. Up until that point, Prince Philip was portrayed as a confident, if not cranky, man sometimes frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him because he'd married the Queen. But in an episode called 'Bubbikins' - based on the nickname Philip's mother gave him - we learned the true extent of his turbulent childhood. His mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was a chain-smoking Orthodox nun who embarrassed her son but...

A recent Washington Post article written by Post columnist and prominent “Never Trumper” Max Boot attacks the GOP for having “shifted to kooks” and become a “cult of personality” and a bastion of “irrationality,” “conspiracy mongering,” and “racism,” while calling for those on “center-right” GOP voters to join in support of President Biden. The Wednesday article, titled “The GOP can’t be saved. Center-right voters need to become Biden Republicans,” begins with a quote from Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump earlier this year, stating that Trump is a “Republican usurper”...

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President Biden’s “border czar” is stepping down amid the surge of migrants to the US-Mexico border that the White House has refused to acknowledge as a crisis. Former US ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson will retire at the end of the month, with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan saying Friday that the move was “consistent with her commitment at the outset to serve in the Administration’s first 100 days.” President Biden’s “border czar” is stepping down amid the surge of migrants to the US-Mexico border that the White House has refused to acknowledge as a crisis.

People had previously tried to get too close to the walrus using paddleboards, canoes and dinghies, and she had disappeared for a timeTenby's famous walrus has been spotted again after fears she had been scared away. The town's newest resident, known as Wally, was spotted on Friday evening by the town's RNLI station. Thought to be a three-year-old female, the walrus's return comes after it was feared she had been disturbed by people flocking to catch a glimpse of her and "getting too close" to her usual haunt on the lifeboat station's slipway. The sight has attracted hundreds of...

A shooting near a Tallahassee McDonald’s involving Kodak Black’s entourage remained unsolved Friday, but the plot thickens. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, a security guard for the Pompano Beach rapper was shot early Monday morning outside the fast food restaurant. Tallahassee Police Department spokeswoman Alicia Turner confirmed the shooting to the Democrat but did not return the Miami Herald’s request for comment.

There is a name for this kind of illness. It’s called Dysphoria, and we’ve known about it for a long time. It has only in the last decade, however, become politically incorrect to believe in gender dysphoria. Apparently, all things human can go dysphoric, except gender. You can, in other words, be dysphoric in the belief that you are a cat when you are a clearly in a human body, yet not about the belief that you are a woman when you are clearly in a male body. Or should society just accept that anyone who believes he is a...

...Dr. Joseph Mercola, a New York Times bestselling author, wrote in a column published by NOQ Report that they [masks] are a "ticking time bomb," because of the multiple threats they pose... "When you wear a mask, tiny microfibers are released, which can cause health problems when inhaled. The risk is increased when masks are reused. This hazard was highlighted in a performance study to be published in the June 2020 issue of Journal of Hazardous Materials," Mercola wrote... "In a study of 83 adults with lung cancer, those with advanced-stage cancer had more oral commensals in their lungs than...

'To my family, no one could have had a better family than you. I was truly blessed to have such a family. I love you with all my heart, I cannot say more than that.'A moving letter written by a terminally ill man shortly before his death has been shared by his family. Liam Ashton-Hughes, who was 30, died last month after a long illness. From Harlech in Gwynedd, he had a lung transplant three years ago and contracted viral pneumonia two years later, something which caused significant damage to his lungs and led to him being diagnosed as terminally...

More migrants are coming to the United States, and the solution is more U.S. foreign aid to Central America, says Mexico’s foreign minister. “If you look at the region from different points of view, but especially demographics and economics, it is clear the flows are going to be constant and growing in coming years,” said foreign secretary Marcelo Ebrard, according to an Associated Press April 8 report. “The United States will have to allocate $2 billion per year for development in these countries, in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador,” said Ebrard, who is involved in the slow-motion negotiations with the...

As the Derek Chauvin trial continued this week, the nation began bracing for the most peaceful protests so far. "We're getting ready for some really peaceful protests," said one business owner as he boarded up his storefront. "We ain't seen nothin' yet when it comes to just how peaceful Black Lives Matter can be." While last summer, BLM unleashed their mostly peaceful brand of protests, they said at the end of this trial, they will be unleashing their most powerful weapon: entirely peaceful protests, involving even more peaceful bricks, Molotovs, and more peaceful deaths. Black Lives Matter representatives announced that...

Former 9News reporter Lori Lizarraga went on 710 KNUS with Steffan Tubbs this week to discuss her scathing editorial revealing the various forms of discrimination she experienced working at the station. Tubbs asked Lizarraga specifically about what the culture at the station was like after a contracted security guard for 9News, Matthew Dolloff, gunned down conservative activist Lee Keltner at an October rally near Civic Center Park.. “I was not alone in feeling like we had lost our integrity, or our ability to hold other people accountable,” Lizarraga replied. Lizarraga says she unsuccessfully attempted to “hold [9News] accountable from within.”...

The story seems like it came out of a movie. The Chinese authorities detected a suspicious fishing boat anchored just outside the Hong Kong International Airport. The sea smugglers were loading boxes from the fishing boat to a speedboat at 2 am. When their cover was blown, the shady men hopped on the speedboat and sped away towards mainland waters. A high-speed boat chase ensued (insert Bourne chase music), but the astute gang got away. However, the officers managed to detain the owner of the fishing boat. The confiscated goods included typical exotic foods, such as sea cucumbers and shark...

This is one of his better symphonies. Under-rated in my opinion. A lot of attention is given to the 5th and 9th but this one is pretty darn good. Written 209 years ago.

The Senate Leadership Fund, which is aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), said Murkowski has shown “conservative values” and noted that she voted for Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. The group added that Murkowski also voted for Trump’s landmark tax bill. “Alaska needs the kind of experienced representation that Lisa Murkowski provides in the United States Senate. Whether fighting for Alaskan interests like expanding energy production and protecting fisheries, or advancing conservative priorities by confirming judges and cutting taxes, her strong leadership is vitally important to Alaska’s future. Many politicians put themselves first, but...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that mandatory vaccinations are legal in a significant judgment that could have a big impact on the rollout of the COVID-19 jab.The ruling was in response to a complaint from a group of Czech families who had been fined and had their children denied nursery care over their refusal to let their kids take mandatory vaccinations against against nine diseases including diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and measles.The parents argued that the law was in violation of of Article 8 on the right to respect for private life, but the court...