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Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy

Keeping all that unused personal data lying around the internet could put your digital privacy and security at risk. Now Consumer Reports reveals some tips and tricks to help you say goodbye to unwanted accounts once and for all.

Would you be willing to give up social media? Imagine doing it as a teenager. It’s been one week since a group of high school students accepted NBC 7’s challenge to log off social media.

Three teens volunteered to stay off social media for a whole seven days and documented their experience for NBC 7. Lauren Coronado has the story.

Independent retailers are gearing up for Small Business Saturday, a day used to promote mom-and-pop retailers, and many towns are doing their best to support the effort. In 2018, an estimated 104 million consumers shopped at independent retailers and restaurants on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. They spent $17.8 billion, the most since the shopping event was created by American Express...

Ford Motor is expanding its iconic Mustang franchise to include the automaker’s first-ever, all-electric SUV: the Mustang Mach-E. The vehicle, which will make its global debut Sunday in Los Angeles, marks the first time the Mustang name and badge have been used on a vehicle other than the two-door pony car since it debuted in 1964. Ford, prior to announcing...

Earlier this week, the entirety of Fortnite went dark. On Sunday evening, a record-breaking 6 million viewers leapt online via streaming platforms such as Twitch and YouTube to witness the end of a virtual world in which many had spent countless hours. No one saw it coming, despite the aptly titled in-game event “The End” that the Fortnite social media...

Five stories you may have missed this week include an investigation into alleged child abuse at an Alpine daycare and a man pleading not guilty in a Ramona hit-and-run that left a cyclist in a coma.

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities denied permission for a major march as they took what appears to be a harder line on this summer’s protests. The organizers of Saturday’s march, the fifth anniversary of...

BMX racing is a sport that’s about to make history with its Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020. Many of the riders are from Southern California like Angie Marino who is on track to send a very big message to the sports world. She is one of 10 women BMX athletes invited to the X Games who will be a no-show...

The U.S. Women’s soccer team were greeted by thousands of adoring fans as they made their way down the Canyon of Heroes in New York Wednesday for the ticker-tape parade celebrating their win at the 2019 Women’s World Cup.

The parents of one of the victims of the Parkland mass shooting are suing the United States, alleging that the FBI failed to prevent the deadly attack, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.

When it came to their kissing scenes in Netflix’s “Murder Mystery,” Jennifer Aniston had one requirement of co-star Adam Sandler. “I did have him learn to oil the beard up a little bit,” the actress said in a joint interview this week. “Conditioned.” Sandler said kissing his longtime friend on camera isn’t all that awkward, except when his wife Jackie...

The City Council nominated and unanimously approved Phil Ortiz to fill the seat that has been vacant since Ben Kalasho announced his resignation in late March.

Ariana Grande is being sued for copyright infringement by a New York-based photographer who claims the pop star posted two of his pictures on her Instagram account without permission.

Ben Kalasho announced his resignation from the El Cajon City Council effective immediately.

There is new information regarding the missing Polish tourist that went missing nearly two weeks ago in La Jolla.

A tourist on vacation in the United States from Poland is now considered a missing person in San Diego County after a week of having no contact at all with his family back home.

A tourist on vacation in the United States from Poland is now considered a missing person in San Diego County after a week of having no contact at all with his family back home.

A recent advertisement for a product called Liva Derma Serum claimed TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie was leaving the show to start her own skincare line. It’s bogus — and just one of many “free trial” offers with fake celebrity endorsements for beauty or weight-loss pills aimed at people’s wallets, an NBC News investigation by Gadi Schwartz found. Savannah alerted people...