My heartbeat quickens just a little as the cab approaches. It's a bizarre sight, one that I thought I wouldn't see in my lifetime. The cab has no driver. It stops in front of me and invites me to unlock its door with my phone - before whi...
San Francisco was a booming city for businesses, and then the Covid-19 pandemic happened, switching many employees from the office to working from home. Now, the city is dealing with large vacancy rates. NBC News' Jacob Ward has more....
Westfield, which owns the city’s largest mall, stopped paying its $558 million mortgage and is surrendering property to lenders, citing declining sales and foot traffic for the decision....
San Francisco's ruling Board of Supervisors has voted to let the city's police use robots that can kill. The measure permits police to deploy robots equipped with explosives in extreme circumstances. Dr Catherine Connolly, from t...
Driverless taxis, or “robotaxis”, have been rolled out on the streets of San Francisco, and BBC technology show Click has been to see how they work. The vehicles are capable of getting passengers from A to B across the city, but there is...
A big burst of exercise at the weekend is as good as spreading activity out across the week, according to a study. US researchers tracked 350,000 people over 10 years to see how well so-called weekend warriors fared. The findings,...
Exercise is good for you whenever you do it, but the time of day to achieve the best result may be different for women and men, according to a US study. It found women burned more body fat during morning exercise, whereas evenings count...
Exercise is good for people with wear-and-tear joint arthritis and should be a "core treatment", new draft guidelines for the NHS advise. It may hurt to begin with, but can then ease pain and help individuals with osteo...
For most people, including fitness fans, the thought of having to watch yourself work out is not an appealing one. We don't look our best while sweating on a treadmill or grimacing on a weights machine. Yet as any gym-go...
Shell has defended its decision to purchase Russian crude oil despite the invasion and bombardment of Ukraine. The oil giant said in a statement that the decision to purchase the fuel at a discounted price was "difficult&quo...
US Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee has said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist drive-by attack in Los Angeles. In an interview with Pop Sugar, the gold winner and first US-Hmong Olympian said she and a group of Asian friends were...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Greg Ryken showed up to his favorite lunch spot in San Francisco on Friday with an appetite and his vaccination record in hand. A manager at Sam's Grill and Seafood restaurant verified he was fully vaccinated against COVID-1...
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A woman's racist rant at a Lower East Side market was captured on video over the weekend....
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey has aired in the US - with the couple sharing their side of the story about life in the Royal Family. The couple spoke about their relationships w...
US President Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden clashed over Covid and race while trading corruption charges, in their final live TV debate. On the pandemic, Mr Biden would not rule out more lockdowns, while Mr...
Barbie is using her YouTube channel to send a powerful message to young girls on the importance of taking a stand against racism. In the latest episode of her vlog, the iconic doll-turned-influencer and her friend Nikki speak directly to kid...
Have you noticed that traffic levels in the Bay Area are getting closer to pre-shutdown levels? New data confirms that it is, but traffic patterns are changing. We break down the data here....
A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert negotiation witnessed by BBC News. The Netwalker criminal gang attacked University of Californ...
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