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Erik Ortiz

New York

Senior Reporter at NBC News

Senior Reporter @NBCNews 💻 / 🧐

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  • 3 days ago | nbcnews.com | Erik Ortiz

    Federal prosecutors in New York are expected to rest their case Tuesday against Sean "Diddy" Combs, while the music mogul's defense team intends to offer no witnesses of its own, bringing the sprawling racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking trial to an end sooner than expected. That Combs' defense team would decide to call no one was unexpected but far from unusual, legal experts say.

  • 3 days ago | flipboard.com | Erik Ortiz

    7 hours agoProsecutors in New York are set to rest their case in the weeks-long federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. The 55-year-old music mogul is accused of using his power as the leader of a business empire to facilitate the sex trafficking of women and conceal his …

  • 1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Erik Ortiz

    A federal appeals court on Friday ruled, in a unanimous decision, in favor of a coalition of Louisiana parents who sued to block a state law that requires public schools and colleges to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Erik Ortiz

    NowSummer has officially begun. Of course, in coastal Orange County that can still mean cloudy skies, morning mist and mild temperatures. June gloom endures. But don’t let the gray days fool you. The heat is rising, with no signs of any respite ahead from the surging temperatures. The most disturbing …

  • 1 week ago | thewest.com.au | Erik Ortiz |Mirna Alsharif |Cristian Santana |Tom Winter |Jonathan Dienst

    A massive search continued Saturday for a 57-year-old Minnesota man, hours after an early-morning attack that left a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead and a second Democratic lawmaker and his wife injured in separate “politically motivated” shootings, authorities said. On Saturday afternoon, Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson identified the shooting suspect as Vance Boelter.

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31 May 25

RT @deonjhampton: With the Diddy trial two weeks from concluding, @erikjhortiz and myself laid out how prosecutors have went after the case…

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22 Apr 25

RT @frankiemuniz: Always good to have Mom and Dad around! https://t.co/7XH585hnZE

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16 Apr 25

RT @NBCNews: Fyre Festival 2, slated to be held next month, has been postponed amid scrutiny over its planned location, organizers say. htt…