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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What Bill Cosby’s overturned conviction could signal about Harvey Weinstein’s case
Harvey Weinstein’s legal team saw some hope on the horizon when Bill Cosby’s indecent assault conviction was overturned three years ago by Pennsylvania’s top court.
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.
10 years after Flint's lead water crisis began, a lack of urgency stalls 'proper justice'
FLINT, Mich. — Ten years ago, smiling politicians posed for cameras while pushing a button, swapping the main tap water source for this majority-Black, impoverished city to the Flint River — the untreated water that started flowing from residents’ taps would become contaminated when it corroded the pipes.
University of Idaho murder suspect's alibi defense puts spotlight on cellphone data analyst
When Kohberger's lawyers filed an updated alibi defense, they said they plan to turn to a cell tower data examiner for key testimony.
University of Idaho murder suspect says cellphone data proves he was out driving at the time of the slayings
The legal team of the suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 has said that cellphone tower data proves he was out driving late at night and miles away when they were killed.
'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski had late-stage rectal cancer and was 'depressed' before prison suicide, autopsy says
Kaczynski was diagnosed with rectal cancer in March 2021, and a month prior to killing himself in June 2023, “was noted to be depressed and sent for psychiatric evaluation."
O.J. Simpson will be cremated; estate executor says 'hard no' to controversial ex-athlete’s brain being studied for CTE
A lawyer who represented Simpson, who died from cancer last week at 76, said the former NFL star's body will be cremated in the coming days, and there are no plans to have his brain donated to science.
Prosecutor explains unusual charge against former Virginia school administrator after 6-year-old shot teacher
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia prosecutor said Thursday that he will pursue the case against a former assistant principal indicted on a felony child neglect charge at the elementary school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher last year, and suggested others could be charged as the investigation continues.
Former educator at Virginia school where 6-year-old shot teacher had 'shocking' lack of response, grand jury finds
A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school must be held criminally liable after her "lack of response" and "poor decisions" led to a student intentionally shooting his first-grade teacher last year, according to a grand jury report.
Owners of bowling alley in mass shooting vow to reopen it as 'a safe place again'
At first, Justin Jaray could not fathom reentering his beloved bowling alley, much less reopening it after a gunman's rampage in October left several dead in what would become one of two scenes of carnage in Maine's second-largest city.
Former assistant principal of Virginia school where 6-year-old shot his teacher has been charged with child abuse
The former assistant principal of a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot his teacher last year has been indicted on child abuse charges, court records show.
