The average size of a new home shrank from the 2016 peak to 2,576 square feet in 2018, a National Association of Home Builders analysis of census figures show. Most buyers prefer a detached house in the suburbs. (File photo by Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Real Estate

New-Construction Home Listings Drop 4% in August, Reversing Course from July’s Rebound

In the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group, the combined unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent vs. 4.2 percent in February, the lowest in current database from the state’s Employment Development Department that dates to 1990. (File photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Money

California jobless rate falls with help of temporary jobs

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for campaign travel to Minnesota from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, September 18, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters
Politics

Trump expands ban on US money for certain diversity training

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra. | Photo: Presidencia Perú (Flickr)
Latin America

Peru president faces impeachment vote amid pandemic turmoil

Supervisor Kryztel Natividad posts a notice on the door of Zero X, a coffee and tea cafe in Riverside on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, to tell customers of a disruption in service due to the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Entrepreneurs

100,000 Restaurants Closed Six Months into Pandemic

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Money

US budget deficit hits record $3 trillion through 11 months

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 23. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)
Politics

Whistleblower’s claims on Russian interference fits pattern

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, file photo help wanted signs for servers and cooks at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and Spa are displayed along route 40 at the entrance to the resort in Farmington, Pa. U.S. employers advertised more jobs but hired fewer workers in July, sending mixed signals about a job market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
United States

U.S. job postings rise to 6.6 million in July

In this Jan. 20, 2015 photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Chambers

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Endorses Shelley Moore Capito for U.S. Senate Representing West Virginia

FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo, a homeowner tours his new home, in Washingtonville, N.Y. U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages fell this week amid signs that the halting economic recovery slowed over the summer. The key 30-year mortgage again marked an all-time low. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the average rate on the 30-year home loan declined to 2.86% from 2.93% last week. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Real Estate

US long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year at 2.86%

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about the $175.5 billion state budget during a news conference in the Red Room at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Spending cuts are compounding for schools and state programs, reserve funds are dwindling, and some governors have begun proposing new taxes and fees to shore up state finances shaken by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Politics

States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid

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