NBC 6’s Willard Shepard takes a look at the security efforts for Super Bowl Sunday.

They are coming by land, sea and air: authorities are preparing an extensive security effort ahead of the Super Bowl.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf unloaded 18,000 pounds of cocaine in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego Wednesday morning.

A congressional investigation released Wednesday has found that the U.S. Coast Guard’s leadership has failed to conduct prompt, thorough and impartial investigations of harassment and bullying allegations. It concludes that the service needs to make “significant improvements” in its policies and procedures to address harassment and bullying. Congress launched the 18-month investigation after questions were raised about how complaints were...

A U.S. Coast Guard crew offloaded 9,300 pounds of seized cocaine in Key West that was found after stopping go-fast boats.

Coast Guard officials rescued over a dozen migrants from a disabled vessel off the coast of South Florida this weekend. NBC affiliate WPTV-TV reports that the incident took place Saturday about 17 miles off the coast of Juno Beach, after the boat was reported overdue from the Bahamas heading to Boynton Beach. In all, 14 migrants from Haiti and three from...

The group, including migrants from both Haiti and the Bahamas, were given food and water after being rescued by Coast Guard officials.

The White House was locked down and fighter jets were mobilized after an airspace violation in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning, according to law enforcement officials.

According to the Coast Guard, the 23-foot vessel departed from Key Largo on Thursday with three passengers on board. It was reported overdue by Florida Fish and Wildlife Sunday afternoon.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, 29, was a special tactics combat controller with 24th Special Operations Wing, part of the Air Force Special Operations Command.

The West Point cadet who went missing last week has been found dead, the U.S. Military Academy announced Wednesday.

An extensive search is underway for a cadet at West Point who has gone missing. The U.S. Military said the cadet was last seen at the academy on Friday. He was scheduled to participate in a military skills competition this past weekend but failed to show up.

A law enforcement official says investigators that examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat haven’t been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, the Associated Press reported Friday.