Matt Lavietes

Reporter, NBC News

I’m a reporter on NBC News’ breaking news team, covering crime, extreme weather, pop culture and more. I recently covered Hurricane Milton, which devastated the Tampa, Florida, metropolitan area, and the student-led protests at Columbia University.

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I’m a reporter on NBC News’ breaking news team, covering crime, extreme weather, pop culture and more. I recently covered Hurricane Milton, which devastated the Tampa, Florida, metropolitan area, and the student-led protests at Columbia University.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Matt Lavietes

7h ago

Father and son accused of zip-tying Forest Service workers and holding them hostage face new charges

A federal grand jury indicted a father and son in the kidnapping of two U.S. Forest Service employees who were held hostage in Northern California.
7h ago

Letters sent to Nancy Guthrie’s family after her disappearance are released

Two ransom notes purportedly sent by those who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie in Arizona earlier this year were released Friday by local authorities hoping to generate new leads in the case.
1d ago

F-35 fighter jet crashes in San Diego, sparking fire at Miramar air base

A fighter jet crashed in San Diego on Friday after suffering a “class A mishap,” according to officials.
2d ago

Colin Gray’s 15-year sentence signals new legal risks for parents of school shooters

Legal and gun safety experts say the conviction may spell trouble for parents of children who commit mass shootings in the future.
2d ago

Apalachee High School shooter’s father sentenced to 15 years

Colin Gray, a man who gave his son an assault rifle that the teenager used to unleash a mass shooting at a Georgia high school in 2024 was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison.

Apalachee High School shooter’s father sentenced to 15 years

Colin Gray, the man who gifted his son an assault rifle the teenager used to shoot up a Georgia high school in 2024 was sentenced to prison on Thursday.
3d ago

K-pop group BTS won’t submit its music for Grammy Awards

“I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language,” the group said in a statement.
4d ago

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Major earthquake rocks southern Japan, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate

The earthquake, which had an epicenter in the southwest part of the country, was measured at magnitude 6.8 and a depth of 10 kilometers, or just over 6 miles.
4d ago

Influencer killed by husband, police say, after she accused him of pedophilia on TikTok

Social media influencer Sara Gilson was killed by her estranged husband less than two weeks after she posted on TikTok accusing him of pedophilia, according to police and court records.
4d ago

Four people got a rare brain cancer. Their only known connection is a shuttered Army ammunition plant.

Three longtime Philadelphia police officers developed the same rare cancer, and the similarities in their cases were hard to ignore.
8d ago

Witness video of Madison police killing raises questions of why lethal force was used

Witness video showing a police officer fatally shooting a man armed with a knife in Madison, Wisconsin, is raising questions about why lethal force was used after Tasers were deployed.