Erik Ortiz
Staff Writer
Erik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.
Erik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.
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Trump rally shooter left few clues, baffling classmates and family as authorities search for motive
Trump suspect phone
Young Thug's criminal trial is the longest in Georgia history. The saga may be far from over.
The longest-running criminal trial in Georgia history is poised to become a lot longer — or, if the defense has its way, derailed entirely.
N.Y. prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein retrial are investigating additional sexual assault claims
Prosecutors planning to retry Weinstein said Tuesday that they are investigating additional allegations of violent sexual assault and could present new charges to a grand jury by the fall.
Epoch Times, the conspiratorial pro-Trump outlet, enters a new market: Faith-based movies
In recent years, The Epoch Times has amassed a large audience as a publisher of right-wing news articles and peddler of baseless election conspiracies.
Judge denies release of Covenant school shooter's writings to the public
Audrey Hale killed three children and three staff members at The Covenant School before police fatally shot the shooter on the school's second floor.
Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years, denied parole request
Peltier, 79, had made a case for parole based on several factors, including his age, nonviolent record in prison and declining health.
Judge plans June 2025 trial for man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students
A judge has set a trial date for Bryan Kohberger after months of prosecutors and his defense sparring over legal motions.
Alex Jones' Infowars shutdown looms as some Sandy Hook families seek to collect company assets immediately
A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday blocked Sandy Hook victims' families who are trying, without delay, to collect assets from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company as it is poised to be sold off. In doing so, Judge Christopher Lopez of the Southern District of Texas sided with court-appointed trustee Christopher Murray, who is overseeing the liquidation of Jones' estate.
Idaho college student killings: A summary and timeline
The killings of four University of Idaho students in mid-November at an off-campus residence stunned the small community of Moscow, where investigators grappled with what the town's police chief would later describe as a "very complex" case.
Bankruptcy court trustee in Alex Jones liquidation case previews 'wind-down' of media company
A federal bankruptcy court trustee appointed to oversee the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' estate is asking a judge to temporarily block families and other creditors from seizing assets related to his media company, as he readies "an orderly wind-down process" and sale.
Louisiana parents sue over placing Ten Commandments in schools
Nine Louisiana families filed a federal lawsuit Monday against their state's education department and their local school boards challenging the constitutionality of a radical new law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms.
