Anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the United States. The new law enacted last week by Congress also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products that heat a liquid containing nicotine. Usually, new legislation doesn’t take effect right away. The change simply increased the age limit in existing law, so…

Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill. The bill would also increase the age nationwide for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21.

An Army veteran wearing a mask and carrying more than 150 rounds of ammunition for his high-powered rifle was shot dead Monday after he opened fire outside a busy federal courthouse in downtown Dallas, authorities said. Brian Isaack Clyde, 22, was pronounced dead at a hospital following the shooting outside the downtown Earle Cabell Federal Building, FBI Special Agent in...

On Tuesday night, the Beverly Hills City Council is expected to consider recommendations from the health and safety committee to ban the sale of all tobacco products.

NBC 7s Llarisa Abreu has the latest information.

Law enforcement officials in San Diego’s North County – including the FBI – announced Thursday that a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspected arsonist responsible for a fire at a mosque in Escondido, California, last month.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers spoke to neighboring business owners who avoided the flames, but not the aftermath.

Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms say the big fire that destroyed a Kearny Mesa auto shop was arson.

A fire that gutted a 13,000-square-foot auto shop in San Diego last week, leaving in its wake $3.5 million in damages, was determined to be arson, federal investigators confirmed Friday.

After a suspect reportedly set fire to an Escondido mosque, police continue to search for the suspect with little leads. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has more.

Local and federal law enforcement launched an investigation into an alleged arson attack at an Escondido, California, mosque early Sunday morning, where the suspect left behind a note referencing the terrorist attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 50 worshippers.

The Jamul home and San Diego storefront of a prominent San Diego jeweler were searched by the FBI Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into a suspected firearms trafficking case, an official confirmed.

NBC 7’s Mari Payton looks into how local agencies deal with bomb threats.

It’s unknown whether packages containing crude pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN were ever meant to explode, but while that investigation is underway San Diego bomb squads remain vigilant.

A six month operation jointly by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood division lead to the seizure of more than 45 homemade firearms.

A man suspected of fatally shooting two men and a woman inside a suburban Denver Walmart was arrested 14 hours later following a brief car chase Thursday that ended at a congested intersection, police said. Scott Ostrem, 47, was arrested after police pulled over his car about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the Walmart store in the city of Thornton,...

The FBI says agents investigating a pipe bomb explosion outside an Air Force recruiting station in Oklahoma now have a person of interest in custody. FBI agent Jessi Rice said Tuesday the person is being questioned, but that she could not give that person’s name. Rice said investigators found the person at a Tulsa-area apartment complex. Earlier Tuesday, federal authorities...

Varios hispanos se han lanzado para puestos en la política local y representar su comunidad.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports on the arrest of a man in a La Jolla shopping center parking lot and the search of a University City home as part of a year-long investigation into weapon and illegal drug sales.

A convicted felon was taken into custody and several guns and a large quantity of drugs were recovered from a University City home Wednesday.