Rich Schapiro

New York

Investigative Reporter at NBC News

Reporter, NBC News investigative unit – [email protected]

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Jewish Museum killings show how hard it is to stop radicalized lone wolf attacks

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Rich Schapiro |Ryan J. Reilly |Benjamin Goggin |Andrew Blankstein

May 23, 2025, 9:46 AM EDTOn a darkened sidewalk outside the Capital Jewish Museum, he walked past the young couple, then shot them both point-blank in the back. When the woman tried to crawl away, an FBI affidavit says, he reloaded his weapon and fired at her again and again. “Free Palestine,” the man shouted after walking into the building and waiting to be arrested by police.
Jewish Museum killings show how hard it is to stop radicalized lone wolf attacks

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rich Schapiro

On a darkened sidewalk outside the Capital Jewish Museum, he walked past the young couple, then shot them both point-blank in the back. When the woman tried to crawl away, an FBI affidavit says, he reloaded his weapon and fired at her again and again. “Free Palestine,” the man shouted after walking into the building and waiting to be arrested by police.
A war hero was killed in a Texas parking lot. Why was the gunman not arrested?

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Rich Schapiro

May 17, 2025, 12:00 PM EDTFor more than five years, Abdul Rahman Waziri put his life on the line to protect U.S. Green Berets. He was a member of an elite unit of Afghans trained to detect hidden explosives — considered the tip of the tip of the spear, in America’s bloody fight against the Taliban. Waziri was also one of the lucky ones. Unlike many other Afghans who worked for the U.S. military, he made it out of the country during America’s chaotic withdrawal in 2021.
A war hero was killed in a Texas parking lot. Why was the gunman not arrested?

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Rich Schapiro

New owner of Texas Renaissance Festival revealed in our top 5 storiesEditor's note: It's time to look back at the top Houston news of the week. Details emerge on the new owner of the Texas Renaissance Festival, plus …
Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro's political career

4 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Rich Schapiro

Long before she was a Fox News host who pushed pro-Trump election conspiracy theories, Jeanine Pirro was an ambitious New York politician whose career stalled after she was recorded plotting to bug her then-husband’s boat to catch him in an affair. The revelation rocked Pirro’s campaign for New York attorney general nearly 20 years ago, resulting in days of front-page headlines in the city’s tabloids (“BUG THIS LOVE BOAT!” blared the Daily News cover).
Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro's political career

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Rich Schapiro

Top White House adviser Stephen Miller says 'we're actively looking at' suspending due process for migrantsThe "privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended at a time of invasion. So I would say that's an action we're actively looking at," Miller told reporters outside the White House. Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller told reporters Friday that the administration is “looking at” ways to end …
A Nat Geo documentary caused my husband's murder, widow says in lawsuit

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Rich Schapiro

The widow of an Afghan man – whose lawyer says was tortured and killed by the Taliban after his identity was revealed in an Emmy-winning National Geographic documentary – has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the filmmakers in Los Angeles.
A Nat Geo documentary caused my husband's murder, widow says in lawsuit

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Rich Schapiro

The widow of an Afghan man – whose lawyer says was tortured and killed by the Taliban after his identity was revealed in an Emmy-winning National Geographic documentary – has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the filmmakers in Los Angeles.
He was tortured by the Taliban. Will he be sent back to Afghanistan?

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Dan De Luce |Rich Schapiro

Mohammad stepped toward the riverbank and felt his stomach drop. He was somewhere in western Guatemala, traveling with a group of migrants hoping to reach the U.S. He was hungry, dehydrated and sick, with painful sores all over his body from some kind of infection. He now faced a more pressing problem: He couldn’t swim. He was three weeks into a brutal journey that had spanned nine countries and 4,000 miles.
After killing unarmed man, Texas deputy told colleague: 'I just smoked a dude'

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Rich Schapiro

HENDERSON, Texas — Timothy Michael Randall was on the phone with his mother when a police car pulled up behind his Nissan Altima with its lights flashing. It was just after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2022, and Randall was heading to his cousin’s house after a night out. “He had called to let me know that he was going to be home a few minutes later,” Randall’s mother, Wendy Tippitt, recalled. “So I wouldn’t worry.”Randall, 29, pulled over and hung up with his mom. Sgt.