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Researchers who found that obesity dipped for the first time in more than a decade suggested that weight loss drugs like Ozempic might play a role.

With the addition of Yun Chuan and Xin Bao at the San Diego Zoo, take a look back at the long history of the giant pandas and San Diego.

“Yeah, it’s overwhelming,” Evan Gershkovich said as he spoke to reporters amid cheers.

Tariffs or customs duties are a tax on products purchased from abroad, and they are used by practically all countries

The number of U.S. births fell last year. It was the lowest count in more than 40 years.

No matter where you live in California, there is a risk of considerable damage due to an earthquake. Here is what you need to know before during and after the rumbling.

Sergio Flores with NBC 7 and Telemundo 20 Responds has strategy information that can save our lives.

The U.S. Postal Service filed a notice with regulators on Tuesday to raise the price on First-Class “Forever.” If approved, it would mark the seventh price hike in the last three years.

The Atlanta shipping company said Monday that it had received an air cargo contract from the U.S. Postal Service that significantly expands an existing partnership between the two.

The Mira Mesa community is rallying behind a high school wrestler whose journey has not been the easiest.

The fight to keep music and the arts funded throughout local schools will be on the national stage. Educators and organizations are headed to Capitol Hill to ask for more money.

FEMA and the FCC will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Oct. 4. Here’s what you need to know.

American prisoners freed from Iran arrive in the US

The Americans include Siamek Namazi, imprisoned for nearly eight years, and Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz. The two other Americans haven’t been identified.

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of incarcerated Mexican kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman, is set to be released from prison in California, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

The firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia helped push the U.S. to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion, with four months still left in 2023.

North Korea says it has christened a purported nuclear attack submarine it has been developing for years, a step leader Kim Jong Un described as crucial in his efforts to build a nuclear-armed navy to counter the United States and its Asian allies.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Oct. 4.

While the holiday has become a day to celebrate the end of the summer, there’s more to the holiday. Here are the origins, history and significance of why we celebrate Labor Day.

Ted Kaye, secretary of the North American Vexillological Association, explains why so many country flags in the world are red, white and blue, including the United States flag.