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Two couples stand on a walkway at the Bruce's Beach resort in Manhattan Beach, Calif., circa 1920. A few years later, the city condemned the property and seized it from its Black owners.

The Black family who won the return of Bruce's Beach will sell it back to LA County

The return of the property was hailed as a step toward righting the wrongs inflicted by systemic racism. Now, the parties say, the $20 million sale will help restore some of the wealth stripped away.

Christina Lusk is a transgender woman and inmate at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Moose Lake. Lusk was denied a request to be sent to a women's prison at intake and is now suing, demanding to be moved and also citing serious harassment and assault at this facility.

Minnesota recognizes she's a woman. She's locked in a men's prison anyway

When transgender people are incarcerated, they're often put in prisons that don't align with their gender identity. Some are taking legal action to try to get moved to prisons that match their gender.

15 binge-worthy podcasts to check out before 2023

Before we kick off a new year, here are some of our favorite podcasts from 2022 for your listening enjoyment!

An Israeli far-right leader's Al-Aqsa visit sparks outrage and calls for U.N. meeting

Israel is lobbying against calls for an urgent session of the U.N. Security Council, following Tuesday's visit by far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to a sensitive holy site.

Looking Back To Move Forward: Celebrating Jazz Artists We Lost in 2016

Jazz lost great players in 2016, including Paul Bley, Gato Barbieri and three musicians we're profiling — vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, harmonica player Toots Thielemans and bassist Victor Bailey.

Archbishop Georg Ganswein kneels by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is brought to St. Peter's Square for a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

Thousands mourn Benedict XVI at funeral celebrated by pope

Bells tolled Thursday for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by retiring, as thousands of mourners packed St. Peter's Square.

Gov. Kathy Hochul joined with Latino leaders to support her choice for the next chief judge of the state, Hector LaSalle, on Jan. 14, 2023.

State Senate to hold high-stakes hearing on Hochul's choice for chief judge

Hector LaSalle, if approved, would be the first Latino chief judge in New York, but he currently does not have the votes among Democrats to be confirmed.

"Right now, if you call for a police car, we send a police car. What we want to do is we want to send police cars on high priority calls, the lower priorities, the ones that have time that they can wait, we want to set expectations with the with the caller, that a police car will be there within the next couple hours." ~ Police Chief Eric Clifford

Schenectady debuting new police technology “Patrolfinder”

Schenectady officials are launching software designed to enhance communications between police officers and increase productivity.

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham, speaking to WSKG, said an investigation a police officer seen kneeling on a man's neck during an arrest on New Year's Day remains ongoing without a firm timeline to its conclusion.

Binghamton mayor: Police still reviewing footage from violent arrest, investigation ongoing

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham said an investigation into the violent arrest of Hamail Waddell on New Year’s Day remains ongoing, with no exact timeline for its conclusion.

Another North Carolina power substation was damaged by gunfire

Two power substations were damaged in early December, knocking out power for tens of thousands. The latest shooting did not cause any outages, the utility said.

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