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According to a new report, the number of people subject to forced labor or marriage or trafficking has increased substantially since 2016, with the majority of forced labor cases in rich countries.

According to the EDD, between April and May, nonfarm employment grew by 8,400 jobs, from 1,507,400 to 1,515,800. Agricultural jobs grew by 400 month-over-month.

Officials say the fugitive Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” was trying to head to Russia before Venezuelan authorities captured him.

Big on ideas but short on policy specifics, the agenda keeps with a tradition established with 1994's "Contract with America" where the minority party releases their priorities ahead of Election Day.

First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn't pay. Here are 15 stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt.

It would also allow researchers to study cannabis products that are available in California dispensaries.

NOTE: Extended through Jan. 8, 2022. The 2021 San Diego Art Prize recipients are Beliz Iristay, Panca, Hugo Crosthwaite and Perry Vasquez. To commemorate the prize, the recipients will show new work together in a group exhibition at Bread and salt gallery, opening Oct. 9 with a reception from 5-8 p.m. RELATED: Artist Beliz Iristay's 'Movable' Sense Of Home RELATED: Hugo Crosthwaite: A Life In (Stop) Motion RELATED: Panca's 'El Más Allá' Opens At The New Children's Museum RELATED: The California myth of artist Perry Vasquez Opening reception: Saturday, Oct. 9, 5-8 p.m. Bread and Salt gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. From the KPBS/Arts newsletter, Oct. 7, 2021: This weekend, the 2021 San Diego Art Prize exhibition opens at Bread and Salt in Logan Heights, with work from prize winners Panca, Hugo Crosthwaite, Perry Vásquez and Beliz Iristay. The prize has been around since 2006, dreamed up by the San Diego Visual Arts Network, primarily using a mentorship model with two outstanding emerging artists linked with two established artists to create work together. In 2020, the split between emerging and established was set aside, and the four finalists that year (Melissa Walter, Kaori Fukuyama, Alanna Airitam and Griselda Rosas) all agreed to share the honor rather than wait for one winner to be announced, setting the new precedent. I've been following each of the four 2021 artists, and my most recent feature is on Beliz Iristay, who calls Mexico, San Diego and Turkey home — read it here. You can also learn about the way Panca draws on myth and her Tijuana street art roots to invent her own disruptive, vivid and weird narratives. Or read about the way Crosthwaite plays with folklore in his murals and how he uses stop-motion animation to bring portraits, drawings — and his process — to life in my feature here. Artist Perry Vásquez is also having a big month — in addition to showing works in the Art Prize exhibition, he will also open a solo show at Sparks Gallery, "Oasis." All told, he'll be throwing some 75 to 80 works into the world this month alone. I'm especially fond of Vásquez's massive palm tree paintings, including some of them on fire (timely!). He told me that in painting these trees, they become almost sentient. "The format suggests a kind of human-type scale, the anthropomorphic quality. So I feel like I'm painting portraits. I feel like they're very individual," Vásquez said. Watch for my feature on his work next week. Each artist has been busy installing works at the gallery, including a mixture of new works and murals plus older faves we may have seen before. At Saturday's opening reception, stick around for a performance by The Color Forty Nine. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Sign up for the KPBS/Arts newsletter here.

As members of the middle class have fallen into poverty in the wake of the Taliban takeover, families are no longer able to serve sumptuous repasts on their traditional dining rugs.

This is an event that gives back to our hometown and surrounding areas who have given us so much. After opening mid-2019 and being shut down in under a year due to COVID-19, we would not have our doors open today if it wasn't for the support we received from our amazing community. It's our turn to give back! Our MOOSE TRACKS 5K will be held on Nov. 13, 2021 (check in at Alce101 at 8:30am, race starts at 9am), and benefits the San Diego Food Bank. Of San Diego County’s 3.2 million residents, 450,000 people face food insecurity every day — of this number, 177,000 are children. (source: sandiegofoodbank.org ) ALCE 101 has partnered with Vizer, an exercise rewards app which allows you to donate meals and earn points towards rewards at local businesses, in order to maximize our efforts in ending hunger in San Diego. 5K Participants will get 10% off their brunch bill and a free mimosa! Below are a few of the ways we are raising donations: — Proceeds from the 5K will be donated to the SD Food Bank — Proceeds from custom-made sticker sales (in store & online) — Staff Vizer Contest (who can donate the most meals) — Food drive at ALCE leading up to 5K We, at Alce 101, take great pride in our work, both in the restaurant and in our communities, and we would love for you to be a part of what we do. We hope to see you there, joining us on our quest to end hunger in our community! Tickets for the race are purchased online through this link: https://alce101.ticketleap.com/moose-tracks-5k/dates/Nov-13-2021_at_0830AM / For those unable to join us on 11/13: custom-made stickers are offered for purchase (1 for $4, or 3 for $10) through that link as well. The proceeds from sticker sales will be added toward our donation to the San Diego Food Bank. Event Date: Nov. 13, 2021 (8:30am-11:00am) Event Location: Alce 101

Some people note the enslavement, violence and theft that defined British rule, and they find it difficult to distinguish the individual of Queen Elizabeth II from the institution of monarchy.