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Los Angeles Returns $20 Million Beachfront Property To Black Family — Almost 100 Years After The County Seized It

Bruce's Beach was originally owned by Willa and Charles Bruce, who made the property into an oasis for Black residents, but local officials used a loophole to wrest the land away from them in 1924.

By Kaleena Fraga Jun 30, 2022
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Los Angeles Returns $20 Million Beachfront Property To Black Family — Almost 100 Years After The County Seized It

Bruce's Beach was originally owned by Willa and Charles Bruce, who made the property into an oasis for Black residents, but local officials used a loophole to wrest the land away from them in 1924.

By Kaleena Fraga June 30, 2022

This 17th-Century Painting Stolen By The Nazis During World War II Has Been Returned To Its 101-Year-Old Owner

Charlotte Bischoff van Heemskerck spent years looking for the painting because it held special significance for her, having once hung in her family's dining room right behind her chair.

By Kaleena Fraga Jun 29, 2022
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This 17th-Century Painting Stolen By The Nazis During World War II Has Been Returned To Its 101-Year-Old Owner

Charlotte Bischoff van Heemskerck spent years looking for the painting because it held special significance for her, having once hung in her family's dining room right behind her chair.

By Kaleena Fraga June 29, 2022

Have Scientists Just Uncovered Patient Zero For The Black Plague?

Using DNA and following a hunch, researchers have identified the earliest-known victims of the Black Death in a 14th-century graveyard in Kyrgyzstan.

By Kaleena Fraga Jun 28, 2022
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Have Scientists Just Uncovered Patient Zero For The Black Plague?

Using DNA and following a hunch, researchers have identified the earliest-known victims of the Black Death in a 14th-century graveyard in Kyrgyzstan.

By Kaleena Fraga June 28, 2022

Archaeologists Just Discovered The 2,000-Year-Old Remains Of A Tortoise And Her Egg Beneath A Destroyed Shop In Pompeii

The tortoise likely sought refuge beneath the shop to lay her eggs and probably perished before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

By Kaleena Fraga Jun 27, 2022
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Archaeologists Just Discovered The 2,000-Year-Old Remains Of A Tortoise And Her Egg Beneath A Destroyed Shop In Pompeii

The tortoise likely sought refuge beneath the shop to lay her eggs and probably perished before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

By Kaleena Fraga June 27, 2022

Gold Miners In Canada Just Unearthed The Most Well-Preserved Woolly Mammoth Ever Found In North America

The baby mammoth, dubbed Nun cho ga, likely died more than 35,000 years ago, but she's so well-preserved that scientists can see what she ate for her last meal.

By Cara Johnson Jun 27, 2022

Gold Miners In Canada Just Unearthed The Most Well-Preserved Woolly Mammoth Ever Found In North America

The baby mammoth, dubbed Nun cho ga, likely died more than 35,000 years ago, but she's so well-preserved that scientists can see what she ate for her last meal.

By Cara Johnson June 27, 2022

Inside The Chilling Murder Of Pregnant 19-Year-Old Erin Corwin

Erin Corwin thought her lover Christopher Lee was going to propose to her on June 28, 2014 — but instead, he strangled her and threw her down a mine shaft near Joshua Tree National Park.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo Jun 26, 2022

Inside The Chilling Murder Of Pregnant 19-Year-Old Erin Corwin

Erin Corwin thought her lover Christopher Lee was going to propose to her on June 28, 2014 — but instead, he strangled her and threw her down a mine shaft near Joshua Tree National Park.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo June 26, 2022

This Week In History News, Jun. 19 – 25

Head from a 2,000-year-old Hercules statue found in a Greek shipwreck, submerged WWII barge reappears in Italy, ancient Roman temples unearthed in the Netherlands.

By All That's Interesting Jun 24, 2022

This Week In History News, Jun. 19 – 25

Head from a 2,000-year-old Hercules statue found in a Greek shipwreck, submerged WWII barge reappears in Italy, ancient Roman temples unearthed in the Netherlands.

By All That's Interesting June 24, 2022
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