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Flora Purim's <em>If You Will</em> is the first album by the influential jazz fusion artist in 15 years and, she says, her last.

The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it's time to give her artistic legacy its due.

In this Sept. 28, 2020 file photo, Laurie Thomas poses outside of her Rose's Cafe restaurant, Sept. 28, 2020, in San Francisco.

Effort To Revamp California Property Tax System Trails

Voters were nearly evenly split on a California ballot measure to partially dismantle the state’s 42-year-old system of tying property taxes to the last sales price, early ballot tabulations Tuesday showed.

Brexit Countdown: What To Know As Britain And The EU Fight Over Their Divorce

As the New Year's Eve deadline approaches, the two sides are still trying to negotiate a deal to avert major economic and trade disruptions. Here are some of the top issues at play.

Michael 'Polo King Roane, (center) is a master rider from Southeast Washington, D.C. He's highly respected within the bike life culture in multiple cities and countries. Roane describes the sport as a stress reliever from the realities of being Black in America.

Photos: Bike life traditions in my Washington, D.C., neighborhood

Dee Dwyer documents Washington, D.C., bike life — a culture she remembers seeing during her youth in the '90s.

Comedian Dave Chappelle at the 2018 Netflix FYSEE Kick-Off in Los Angeles.

Netflix Removes 'Chappelle's Show' At Dave Chappelle's Request

The comedian said he was snared in an unfair contract years ago, which allows Comedy Central to profit off the show without compensating him.

Inside Bubs at The Beach in Pacific Beach, Sept. 18. 2020.

COVID-19 Purple Tier Would Clamp Down On Indoor Business Operations

Some San Diego business owners are bracing for more restrictions due to increasing COVID-19 cases, while others are considering staying open if they are told to close again.

A burnt building is pictured in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on Friday. Dozens were killed and dozens more injured after a fire broke out early Thursday in a decades-old mixed commercial and residential building in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, officials said.

Taiwan officials set up commission to investigate a building fire that killed 46

An independent commission was set up Friday to investigate the conditions at the run-down building in the port city of Kaohsiung that caught fire.

Cars wait in line at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso Saturday. As El Paso reports record numbers of active coronavirus cases, the Texas attorney general sued to block local shutdown orders.

El Paso, Texas, Gets 4th Mobile Morgue As COVID-19 Deaths Rise

A spike in cases recently led El Paso's county judge to impose a shelter-in-place order closing many nonessential businesses. The Texas attorney general has sued to block that order.

A screen capture of the website established by Texas Right to Life encouraging members of the public to submit "anonymous tips" about violators of the state's new restrictive abortion law.

GoDaddy Is Booting A Site That Sought Anonymous Tips About Texas Abortions

The company will no longer host a website that promoted itself as a way to "help enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act." Online activists and boycotters inundated the site with false reports.

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Joe Musgrove, second from left, is mobbed by teammates after pitching a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game Friday, April 9, 2021, in Arlington, Texas.

Cup Of Joe: Musgrove's No-Hitter Boosts Parents' Coffee Shop

Since San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove threw the first no-hitter in franchise history, sales have increased at his parents' coffee shop.

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