Investigations

NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned that the gunman who shot and killed nine VTA co-workers before taking his own life Wednesday was under investigation for allegedly making racist remarks to coworkers.

An out-of-work electrician with a 2-month-old child has become the latest tri-state area arrest in connection to the deadly U.S. Capitol siege that took place Jan. 6, according to federal prosecutors.

Detectives have recaptured a man charged with murder who was mistakenly released from jail earlier this month.

After being charged with a serious crime, a veteran fire lieutenant in Braintree was paid nearly six figures annually to stay home on leave.

After being charged with a serious crime, a veteran fire lieutenant in Braintree was paid to stay home on leave for more than two years.

A longtime Braintree firefighter has retired after collecting more than $200,000 in salary while on paid leave. Town officials relieved Lt. Kevin MacAleese of his duties at the fire department pending an investigation in December 2018 after he was accused of threatening a woman while off-duty in Whitman. Under a plea deal, MacAleese admitted in court two months later there…

Like so many other entrepreneurs around the country, Paul McCarthy had to abruptly close his gymnastics school because of the coronavirus.   With classes canceled at the gymnastics school he runs in Leicester, McCarthy decided to touch up the paint and tackle other projects. But while traveling to and from the business, he had to rely on getting a ride from...

What would you do if your driver’s license were suspended during a pandemic? It happened to a man from Leicester.

An NBC10 Boston investigation detailed how the RMV had suspended a Lexington driver’s license from an out-of-state speeding ticket he settled in 2015.

The number of violent hate crimes reported across the country is unfortunately rising, and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker wants to make sure police are prepared to respond.

Rabbi Keith Stern still remembers his first encounter with anti-Semitism. Stern was playing on the swings at his elementary school when a classmate told him a joke about Jewish people. He never told his father, a Holocaust survivor, fearing he would be furious about what his son had experienced. “I absolutely knew if he heard about this that he would…

The nurses that spoke with NBC New York said change can’t arrive soon enough, and the help they need is an emergency — as all too often it’s them who are becoming the patients

State officials say Joseph Lewis was unfit to run a towing service, but they are now poised to reinstate his license to operate.

Massachusetts officials are poised to reinstate the license of a Weymouth tow truck driver they previously said was unfit for the job. Joseph Lewis, owner of All Over Towing, was ordered last year to stop towing vehicles from private lots after numerous drivers complained about his conduct. State officials revoked his license, saying he “habitually violated” regulations designed to protect…

Fake accounts, which claim to be of U.S. rabbis, have been posting messages seemingly geared at pitting Jews against African Americans — but why aren’t social media sites stepping in sooner to stop them?

At 26 years old, Brandon Nelson hospitalized and released to a residential mental health home in Southern California. He took his own life 24 hours after being admitted. His parents say Brandon’s death could have been prevented and that state regulators failed them.

A man was found dead outside Los Angeles City Hall early Wednesday, likely the 963rd homeless person to die on the streets of LA County in 2019, officials said. “It really hits home when one of those human beings passes away in front of our workplace,” LA City Attorney Mike Feuer told reporters. Feuer was about to discuss his concerns…

Hang out in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood and you might spot Gracie Baruzzi taking a stroll with a four-legged companion at her side. For the past six months, people have hired Baruzzi to get their pooches some exercise via the popular dog walking app, Wag!, which she describes as “Uber for dogs.” For the oncology nurse at Boston Children’s...