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An application for employment with the state of California is shown in this undated photograph.

San Diego Unemployment Falls Below 3% In September

San Diego County's unadjusted unemployment rate fell again to 2.7% in September, according to data released Friday by the California Economic Development Department.

Scripps Health president and CEO Chris Van Gorder wears a vest that says "incident commander" while standing in the Scripps corporate offices, March 12, 2020.

Hospital Exec Wants San Diegans To Remember What’s At Stake During Pandemic

The outbreak has sparked national debate over fatalities attributed to the virus, as well as public health measures, such as orders to wear facial coverings.

Bassam Ghraoui, who ran Syria's most famous chocolate factory, left for Hungary when war consumed his home country. He successfully rebuilt his business in Budapest. The company still uses ingredients from Syria.

A Syrian Chocolatier's Legend Lives On In Europe — But Stays Close To Its Roots

Ghraoui chocolate in Damascus was a place fit for queens — literally. But the family that owned it since 1805 moved from war-torn Syria to Hungary to start over, and ended up thriving.

Apartments in the San Diego neighborhood of Talmadge are shown on Jan. 2, 2019.

Tenants Prepare For Rent Strike As Landlords Urge Normal Payments

The grassroots group said it had around 100 people participating in the rent strike, and had issued a letter to members to send to landlords.

Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founding director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise.

'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America.

Asymchem Laboratories Inc., of Tianjin, China, makes drugs and ingredients that are sold by other drug companies in the U.S.

How Coronavirus Is Affecting The U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply

In China, drug manufacturers are getting back to work. But supply chain disruptions could still lead to drug shortages down the road.

Simon Cheng, a staff member of Britain's consulate in Hong Kong, who has been detained by Chinese authorities in the neighboring mainland city of Shenzhen, is seen in an unknown location in this undated photo obtained from the Facebook page "Free Simon Cheng."

China Confirms British Consulate Employee Held On 'Administrative Detention'

Hong Kong resident Simon Cheng disappeared on Aug. 8 during a business trip to neighboring Shenzhen. A Chinese official confirmed his arrest on Wednesday, saying it is an internal matter for Beijing.

In the decades before World War I, French artists began painting scenes of ordinary life — on the street, at work, at home, in the clubs and cafes. An exhibition at the Norton Simon Museum is dedicated to this <em>Belle Époque</em> or beautiful era. Above, Pierre Bonnard's 1900 oil on cardboard triptych <em>The Place Clichy, Paris.</em>

Get A Glimpse Of Labor, Leisure And Everyday Life In Paris' Belle Époque

In the decades before World War I, French artists began painting scenes of ordinary life — on the street, at work, at home, in clubs and cafes. Their work elevated common acts into fine art.

In the early 2000s, DJ Drama's mixtapes launched artists' careers and defined a new sound. But when mixtapes became a scapegoat for the music industry's collapse, Drama took the fall.

The Raid That Changed Rap

When federal agents raided DJ Drama's studio in 2007 over his Gangsta Grillz empire, he became a martyr for mixtape culture. In many ways, it never recovered.

Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann talked with reporters outside the federal courthouse in Houston in 2002. His new book reflects on the past and potential future of the Justice Department.

Andrew Weissmann, Ex-Mueller Deputy, On Pardons, Barr And Investigating Trump

A former prosecutor says the current administration's approach is "soul-crushing," and he proposes changes for how future presidents can be investigated while in office.

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