National Investigations

About 80 endangered whales are killed off the west coast each year by a phenomenon known as ‘ship strikes,’ which is when vessels unintentionally, and sometimes unknowingly, hit and kill whales.

There is a dire shortage of psychiatric care for adolescents that has led to conflict and crime in a Westchester County town. And while residents demand a solution, the teens meanwhile are being denied the help they so desperately need, putting them at risk of hurting themselves — or others.

More than six decades since an unidentified boy was found dead and abandoned in Philadelphia, police identified the child and revealed his name on Thursday.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday it arrested three people in connection to an 11-year-old girl’s murder– her adoptive mother and her two parents.

Detectives looking into the unsolved killing of Ruth Marie Terry, known for years only as “The Lady of the Dunes,” are focusing on the woman’s relationships — including her last husband, a man who had once drawn FBI scrutiny in another killing, sources told the NBC10 Boston Investigators.

A former owner of the $15 million Atherton estate where a buried car was discovered Thursday had reported the vehicle stolen NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned. He also had a decades long history of arrests for fraud and even homicide.

When a pet owner takes their dog on a walk the last thing they are worried about is their dog ingesting drugs. The NBC4 I-Team has learned that it is actually more common than we think.

New York City is reportedly close to reaching a deal with Norwegian Cruise Line to house migrants on one of its luxury vessels upon arrival in the Big Apple. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has been under pressure to provide shelter to the thousands of incoming migrants arriving in New York City, and the city’s shelter system has strug...

The allegations come at a time when Catholic dioceses across California are being hit with a wave of new child sex abuse lawsuits enabled by a recent state law.

If you ever “Google” a company, any company, on your smartphone, beware of tapping the “call” button.

A young woman seeking asylum killed herself in an NYC shelter amid an ongoing political battle between Texas and the Biden administration, Mayor Eric Adams says.

Startling new allegations are emerging in the death investigation of an elderly man living at Atria Walnut Creek. The facility is owned by Atria Senior Living, which operates the San Mateo location where the company says staff accidentally poisoned a 93-year-old resident with cleaning fluid that they thought was juice over the weekend.

If you’re thinking of adopting a pet, it’s important to know how much it’ll cost you in the years ahead. Here’s how to plan.