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When the nonprofit group Fossil Excavators organized a dig at a world-famous dinosaur fossil site in North Dakota, they didn’t expect to find much except for some fossilized plants. What they found was a 65-million-year-old partial Triceratops skull.

A ex-con who spent more than 30 years in prison for murder is now being hailed a hero after saving someone suffering from a drug overdose at San Francisco’s Civic Center station. Laura Sambol reports.

An ex-con who spent more than 30 years in prison for murder is now being hailed a hero after saving a life.

Ivanka Trump’s brand continues to win foreign trademarks in China and the Philippines, adding to questions about conflicts of interest at the White House, The Associated Press has found. On Sunday, China granted the first daughter’s company final approval for its 13th trademark in the last three months, trademark office records show. Over the same period, the Chinese government has...

Coming soon to San Francisco is a week-long series of more than 160 events throughout the city exploring the end of life.

Fans of Emperor Joshua Norton, San Francisco’s self-proclaimed “Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico,” will mark his 200th birthday this Sunday — kicking-off a month of exhibitions, lectures and general nostalgia for the city’s most famous eccentric.

As more than two dozen men have lost media jobs or projects after sexual misconduct accusations in the last several months, their departures have opened doors for a handful of women. The wave of accusations has led to other changes as well, leading to hopes that newsroom culture is improving for women in media. Digital media company Vice says it...

It’s been done for two decades but after the release of a new report, controversy is building. Should farmers irrigate crops with waste water from oil extraction? Even with recent rains, the demand for water sources is high. About 80 percent of the water used by Californians goes to agriculture. Stephen Stock investigates as scientists call for a halt to...

Many of the whales spotted in and around the San Francisco Bay are endangered, and one of their biggest threats is the steady flow of ship traffic moving in and out of the area. Bigad Shaban reports.

A day before Brazil takes the world stage, its president is facing impeachment, some of its lawmakers are being investigated for allegations of torture and corruption, and the country is in its worst recession in decades.

A half-dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilized by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by truck and crane, to a sanctuary for the threatened species....
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As development squeezes Africa’s wildlife areas, this kind of man-made animal migration is increasingly seen as a conservation strategy in Malawi, one of...

Some of the most vulnerable children in California have been forced into living conditions that threaten their health and safety. An NBC Bay Area investigation reveals dreadful violations at some of California’s group homes, which are 24-hour child care facilities that house abused and neglected children throughout the state. California is in the midst of overhauling its child welfare system,...

When Cassandra Morphy travels to work from her home in Jersey City to her office in Keasby, it’s a 23-mile, 30-minute commute — but if she gets her dream job, her commute from work to her new home will take her 225 million miles and eight months to complete.