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Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services vetted political views of hundreds of celebrities for a planned $250 million ad blitz aimed at portraying President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in a positive light.

The city of Fremont and the Fremont Police Association announced Tuesday that they have jointly established a new recruiting incentive program that features a $10,000 total signing bonus for newly hired entry-level, academy graduate and lateral police officers

It’s back to the moon for brands from Omega to Budweiser marking 50 years since Apollo 11

Starbucks gained an estimated $2.3 billion in free advertising over the last few days after a modern-day coffee cup was spotted during a “Game of Thrones” episode — and it turns out it wasn’t even a Starbucks cup....
On Sunday, eagle-eyed fans of HBO’s fantasy epic noticed something out of place during a feast scene. Photos and videos of the moment...

These days, being young and in love just isn’t enough....
Sky-high rents, record-breaking student loan debt and stagnant wages have caused many millennials to delay marriage, children and home buying, studies show....
“We not seeing 20-somethings getting married, we are seeing 30-somethings and it’s still just as hard to stay married,” said Peter Walzer, the president of the American Academy of Matrimonial...

A Spanish court investigating Shakira for possibly evading 14.5 million euros ($16.4 million) in taxes has called on the pop music star to testify in mid-June.

You don’t have to go to Vietnam to take in the sights, sounds, and culture of the Tet Festival: you can just go to downtown San Jose.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she’s pushed back a congressional trip to Afghanistan she was attempting to organize after the Trump administration leaked that she was trying to make the trip on a commercial airline. Pelosi called the move, which the White House denies, “very irresponsible.” Asked by reporters if she thought Trump was retaliating for her request...

She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad. The shutdown battle between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing out as a surreal game of constitutional brinkmanship, with both flexing their political powers from opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue as the negotiations to end the monthlong partial government...

The city of Oakland is one of the most miserable places in the nation to work, according to a study released Friday by a public relations firm.

San Jose police say they’re investigating whether officials at Presentation High School violated mandatory child abuse reporting laws in connection with recent allegations of sexual misconduct at the prestigious Catholic school for girls.

How do you measure a chicken’s happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? How much time it spends preening? To size up what might make chickens happy in their brief lives, researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, are putting 16 breeds through physical fitness and behavioral tests. They’re watching how well birds scramble over...

During a survey of San Francisco’s dirtiest streets, the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit discovered what appeared to be graffiti laced with feces along sidewalks on two different blocks.

Mayor London Breed says San Francisco is cleaner under her administration and, thus, believes she fulfilled a campaign promise to usher in “significant” and “noticeable” improvements within 90 days of taking office. In comparing Breed’s first three months as mayor to the three months prior, 311 data reflects a rise in complaints concerning trash, human feces, and used syringes on...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt had one of his top aides reach out to Chick-fil-A’s CEO last year to discuss a “potential business opportunity,” according to emails released by the Sierra Club and obtained by NBC News on Tuesday. That “business opportunity” was actually an effort to help Pruitt’s wife become a franchisee of the popular fast food chain,...

The journalist who created a spreadsheet where women could anonymously share stories of sexual harassment or abuse they had encountered from men in the media industry came forward Wednesday night in a first-person article published in The Cut. Moira Donegan, who has written for outlets including The New Yorker, said she started the “Sh— Media Men” list as a “first...

A Hawaii woman is waiting to hear back from Guinness World Records to find out if the massive avocado she snagged is the world’s largest. Pamela Wang of the Big Island found the 5-pound (2.3-kilogram) avocado Sunday on a walk, the West Hawaii Today newspaper reported. “I see avocados every day, and I pick up avocados every day, but this...

Bucking the trend, some millennials are seeking a nun’s life and an Order in Duarte is attracting eager, college-educated women.

Lynn Aronberg said in a press release Thursday that she is “amicably” divorcing Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, saying she is a “staunch Republican and supporter of President Trump,” while her husband is not.

A publicist read this statement on behalf of Camille Cosby outside the courthouse on June 17, 2017, after a mistrial was declared in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case.