Undercover investigations are taking guns off the street, but agents can’t keep up with the flow of illegal firearms. Data shows where gun homicides and gun crimes are happening most.
Some Pennsylvania lawmakers, and notably Philadelphia’s district attorney, have been instrumental in last year’s surge in exonerations. But what do those wrongfully-convicted get for all that time lost? Nothing
Tax season kicks off on Monday, January 27th. Harry Hairston and NBC10 Responds spoke with the IRS about tax scams, and how you can avoid becoming a victim.
The shuttered refinery in South Philadelphia currently going through bankruptcy has long been known as one of the city’s biggest polluters. A new report details just how dirty the complex was before the June 21 explosions and fire.
Two families with lifelong secrets unearthed because of home DNA test kits are now dealing with the truth. Here’s what their stories tell us about the shock that can come from new ancestry technology, and how to deal with it.
An NBC10 Investigators review of five years’ worth of police incidents across the SEPTA system found that strategies under the current police chief are working to keep crime levels down and more violent incidents from occurring. Still, the Investigators found, some trouble spots emerge.
Thousands of pounds of deadly hydrofluoric acid escaped into the atmosphere following the massive June 21 blast at the now-shuttered gas refinery in South Philadelphia, according to a new federal report.
Teachers in Philadelphia don’t make a lot of money — between $46,000 and $84,000 — and it’s hard-earned: they deal with occasional in-school violence, constant pressure to improve test scores and a high-rate of turnover among their peers.
The vapor cloud creeping along the ground looks like something out of a Stephen King novel. Soon, the gas plume erupted into a fireball. Here is the first look at video from inside the June refinery disaster in South Philadelphia.
Willie Veasy, behind bars since 1992 for murder, could walk free Oct. 1 if a Philadelphia judge overturns his decades-old conviction.
NBC10 Investigators combed through the millions of tickets to find the most-ticketed blocks in the city, the likeliest time of day you’ll get a ticket and the parking enforcement officers who have the best eye, i.e. the ones who cite the most vehicles.
If you’re having a stroke, every minute counts. Recordings of 911 calls by a Pennsylvania man suffering a stroke at a Chicago hotel reveal precious minutes lost while dispatchers repeatedly asked him for an address he didn’t know or could find.
Young Americans are stuck between a rock — a college system without cost controls — and a hard place — the need for a higher degree than the high school diploma.
A new “Fraud Guard” website run by the City of Philadelphia now lets property owners register for an email alert if their name or property appears in a document filed with the City Recorder’s Office.
Doctors in Pennsylvania will be required to prescribe opioids electronically, starting Oct. 24, in response to the American opioid epidemic and the susceptibility to fraud of handwritten prescriptions.
Philadelphia expanded its anti-lead law to cover many more rental units in the city in legislation signed Tuesday that further decreases the chance of lead poisoning in housing across the city.
Willie Veasy, behind bars for 27 years for a 1992 murder in North Philadelphia, has been ordered free and his conviction vacated.
After years of accidents and occasional tragedies, the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections is asking for more funding to strengthen its construction enforcement arm.
A list of school districts in the Philly burbs and Lehigh Valley that have most often sought state approval to circumvent limits on school tax increases.
Complications from a specific type of breast implant, known as textured shell-style, may be causing severe side effects for some women. A federal agency is now investigating.
More than 11,500 healthcare claims by military personnel related to overseas military burn pits have been submitted to the Veterans Administration, yet only two in 10 have been approved. Congress and researchers are taking notice.
Philadelphia Fire Department records show that 66 percent of all EMS arrivals to 9-1-1 emergencies take longer than 9 minutes. What will it take to improve their times? The fire commissioner talked with NBC10 Investigators.
Where you live could impact your health, according to the 500 Cities Project, which provides an in-depth look at the health of 100 million Americans living in 27,000 neighborhoods across all 50 states.
It’s been nearly 30 years since the “Frankford Slasher” terrorized Philadelphia, killing at least eight women whose murders still remain a mystery. Decades later, police are re-examining existing DNA evidence that could, finally, lead to solving the case.
Three police chases in Delaware last month raise questions about why police initiate pursuits and what occurs when they cross state lines. Take our quiz below to learn more about the police procedure.
South Jersey’s only NJ Transit line connecting Atlantic City to destinations west has been shut down since September. NBC10 also reviewed hundreds of federal inspection reports that show a wide range of safety issues.
Last year, the number of people in Philadelphia who claimed to be victims of deed fraud jumped by more than 70 percent, according to City of Philadelphia data.
Nearly 40 times a day, a call comes into the Philadelphia police department for a crime that goes way under the radar when rating the safety of the city: vehicular hit-and-runs. It’s a total that overwhelms investigators, stunting their ability to track down suspects. And it’s a sad commentary on the respect for rule of law.
An NBC Bay Area investigation has discovered tens of thousands of U.S. residents, adopted as infants from foreign countries, and raised in the United States, now face possible deportation – because they are technically not citizens.
An East Bay family filed a wrongful death lawsuit earlier this month after their three-year-old daughter was crushed by a play structure at Park Side Preschool. State inspectors issued two violations to the preschool noting the swing was improperly installed.
Authorities in Los Angeles said this week they had finally assembled enough evidence to link the killing of a young father, shot while camping at Malibu Creek State Park, to the arrest of a reputed serial burglar, caught last October in a steep, brush-covered ravine near the park while armed with a rifle.
Philadelphia is the only big city where police routinely rush gunshot and stab wound victims to the nearest trauma center instead of waiting for an ambulance. The practice — known as “scoop and run” or “scoop and go” — is deeply entrenched among the city’s law enforcement officers.
In 2014, Congress mandated that the VA create a burn pit registry. So far, more than 157,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have reported symptoms on the voluntary registry. Here are some of their stories.
Three years after the NBC10 Investigators first reported that parishioners questioned what their church donations were used for, a Burlington County court found no wrongdoing by the church in a civil trial.
In an exclusive interview, one of the victims in the horrifying 2011 “basement of horrors” tells NBC10 how desperate she and the other victims became during their captivity in a Philadelphia row home.
Amid all the hubbub surrounding the upcoming midterm elections, one critical player in Philadelphia is missing. That’s Anthony Clark, one of the three city commissioners in Philadelphia. Clark has remained a controversial character in City Hall for the past decade.
A South Bay woman is suddenly unable to do her everyday banking. When she asks why, she’s told the bank computer believes she’s bankrupt. But, she isn’t.
The super-slow recovery for thousands in New Jersey is made all the more painful by the fact that state agencies are still sitting on $1.3 billion in federal recovery funds.
Numerous claims filed in recent years for dangerous sidewalks have led to settlements in excess of $17 million, paid out by the City of Philadelphia, according to an NBC10 Investigators analysis.
Anna Maciejewska’s case long ago was deemed a homicide investigation, yet the mystery remains: What happened to the 43-year-old Main Line mom?
Scam calls to mobile phones have soared in just two years, and the problem is getting worse. But a new caller ID authentication technology is in the works that could cut back on unwanted — and potentially dangerous — phone traffic.
Former parishioners of a New Jersey church want to know what happened to tens of thousands of dollars of their donations.
You may see them in your neighborhood. They are curb cutouts featuring red truncated domes. Each is designed to give people with disabilities access. But access to what?
Norristown’s council president used a borough placard in metered spaces for parking at her day job at the Montgomery County sheriff’s office.
Despite hundreds of surveillance cameras at a Bucks County school district’s facilities, the local police director wants something more: access to private student information.
Could recent arrests using DNA be the beginning of a new era in crime-fighting? How easy can local police departments access the DNA that private citizens provide to track down their ancestry?
Investigations of shootings now involve analysis of all bullets and shell casings found by Philadelphia police, and the evidence is compared to other gun crimes.
SIRVA, an acronym for shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, is caused by the injection of a vaccine into the tissue underneath the shoulder’s deltoid muscle.
NBC10 Investigators reviewed hundreds of pages of documents that found nearly 100 of the police-operated cameras suffered from malfunctions or black outs for periods between Jan. 1, 2015 and Jan. 1, 2018.
Roger Stone, a close political confidant of President Trump, says the claim that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen accepted a half-million dollars connected to a Russian billionaire could be a problem – if the accusation is true.
More than one year has passed since 43-year-old Anna Bronislawa Maciejewska went missing. And friends and family of the Malvern woman won’t stop hunting for answers, despite slowly losing hope of finding her alive.
Months before an airborne accident claimed the life of a Southwest Airlines passenger, the Federal Aviation Administration found that distrust between managers and mechanics at Southwest’s Dallas maintenance base was so bad, FAA investigators feared it could put passengers at risk.
How many innocent men have been locked up for murder? That’s the big question as forced confessions and withheld evidence have all been traced back to the same group of Philadelphia detectives.
Is Willie Veasy innocent of a murder in the Franklinville section of North Philadelphia 26 years ago? That question is facing renewed scrutiny after claims of a forced confession, a faulty witness and an airtight alibi.
When someone files a complaint with the state commission tasked with investigating civil rights and harassment issues, resolution can take a long time — a very long time.
Southwest’s record had not included any accident-caused fatalities before April 17, but records reviewed by the NBC10 Investigators found $19 million in fines for 293 violations since 2000.
Do firefighters get — and in some cases, accept — the help they need to deal with the mental and physical stress of their job? An unprecedented survey shows more needs to be done.
The executive director of Philadelphia’s animal shelter is out of a job after questions arose about financial management and staff well-being during his tenure.
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit has confirmed the identity of the shooter who opened fire on YouTube’s campus in San Bruno Tuesday. Her name is Nasim Aghdam, and she lives in Southern California.
A dream vacation turned into a nightmare for a local mother who says she was tricked into smuggling cocaine for a man she met while on a tropical getaway.
In his more than 25 years as a firefighter in Stamford, Connecticut, Capt. Jacques Roy thought he could handle anything – until the smoke cleared from a devastating fire that killed three children and their grandparents.
A woman who investigators say was groped and forcibly kissed by a Chester police officer is speaking out as questions arise regarding why the officer had the job despite a history of alleged sexual misconduct.
The New Jersey State Police have spent at least $850,000 in recent years on a technology that allows troopers to track cell phone use without phone owners knowing, according to documents provided NBC10.
A Radnor man wants to begin selling “smart” handguns that use “token recognition technology”: The gun won’t fire unless the “token” is within inches of the trigger. The token could be a ring or a watch or an implant.
A yearlong investigation by The Trace and more than a dozen NBC TV stations identified more than 23,000 stolen firearms recovered by police between 2010 and 2016 — the vast majority connected with crimes.
In the midst of America’s opioid epidemic, the smallest victims of the disease, babies born addicted, are not being counted in real time in Pennsylvania.
An NBC10 Investigators analysis identified three ERs where the wait is longest, and built a searchable database of all ERs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
A New Jersey man’s tale is a cautionary one in a prescription-reliant America, with drug enforcement and pharmaceutical officials warning that even when pills look the part, they may be counterfeit.
More protective gear than ever is needed when responding to opioid busts and overdoses as super-strong fentanyl has entered the market. The DEA gave a reporter the opportunity to see what it’s like to gear up.
NBC10 spent three weekends inside the trauma unit of Hahnemann University Hospital, watching the dozens of doctors and nurses and social services staffers handle incoming patients during the busy overnight hours.
The wife and daughter of Aaron Hernandez have dropped their CTE lawsuit against the NFL and the New England Patriots.
Smart gun technology may never take hold in the American market. And it’s because of a law adopted by New Jersey lawmakers over a decade ago that backfired so spectacularly that its effects have been felt across the entire country.
Archaeologists at Penn Museum who exhumed his body from a suburban Philadelphia cemetery had DNA tested, but an ancestor remains unconvinced.
Polyurethane furniture. Misplaced smoke detectors. Even open doors. The commonsense ways to greatly enhance survival in a house fire.
A now 50-year-old owner of a shipping company, who lives in Lansdowne, was on trial in Philadelphia for allegedly lying on immigration forms. In his past, prosecutors alleged he was a war criminal.
Like many of America’s older cities, rats aren’t hard to find in Philadelphia. But they are hard to control. With over 7,000 citizen complaints of rats in the last two years — about 10 on average each day — it’s less a war to win and more a challenge of containment.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials revealed Monday that they have officially notified state regulators of eight separate electric equipment failures in the recent North Bay firestorm – but declined to detail what triggered them.
A South Jersey contractor has been named in a civil complaint filed Monday by the state Attorney General’s office for allegedly using “deceptive practices” on at least 23 reconstruction jobs following Superstorm Sandy.
The state’s worker safety agency issued a worker safety advisory late Friday after NBC Bay Area took video of workers harvesting grapes at The Robert Mondavi vineyard in the fire-torn Napa Valley, some without any protection from the smoky air that surrounds them.
A female former security supervisor for the company that protects John F. Kennedy International Airport has filed a federal complaint alleging the outfit was “overrun with misogyny, racism and harassment.”
Threats against employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have spiked 50 percent this year, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.
As many as 2,000 sharks have mysteriously died in the San Francisco Bay and scientists believe whatever killed them is now spreading to other marine life. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says determining the cause is not a priority and, therefore, the state is not dedicating any funds towards researching the deaths.
A now 50-year-old owner of a shipping company, who lives in Lansdowne, goes on trial in Philadelphia for allegedly lying on immigration forms. In his past, prosecutors allege he was a war criminal.
Jorge Barahona often looks longingly at a grassy lot in Atlantic City that once held a home he bought with his brother and father.
An I-Team investigation found North Korea’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations has racked up more than 1,300 unpaid New York City parking tickets going back to the 1990s.
A convicted rapist from Maryland fought with and injured at least two officers at Dulles International Airport as he was being escorted through the airport for deportation.
On Wednesday, December 21, host Erin Coleman joined NBC10 Investigators Mitch Blacher and George Spencer for a special interactive Facebook LIVE.
Health officials are warning patients at a dental office in Berks County after they say they found dead mice and insects near the office’s sterilization unit.
The Philadelphia Ethics Board doled out a $62,000 fine to District Attorney Seth Williams for his failure to disclose five sources of income and 89 gifts, the board said in a statement Tuesday.
An NBC 10 investigation discovered tens of millions of tons of medical waste, asbestos and municipal trash shipped to Pennsylvania for disposal from out of state.
A national group has awarded the NBC10 Investigators’ work exposing failing grades for fire drills at Philadelphia schools.
