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Matt Lavietes

Reporter, NBC News

I’m a reporter on NBC News’ Breaking News team, where I cover crime, extreme weather, pop culture and more. I recently covered Hurricane Milton that 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, where I cover crime, extreme weather, pop culture and more. I recently covered Hurricane Milton that 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

14h ago

Columbia protesters are a no-show after plans for new encampments were revealed

Protesters did not set up new tent encampments or demonstrate against the war in Gaza at Columbia University on Thursday as planned.
2d ago

Columbia University students plan to build tent encampments this week, sources say

A group of protesters is planning to set up tent encampments on Columbia University campuses this week in protest of the war in Gaza, according to three people familiar with the planning and a recording of a meeting to plan the action shared with NBC News.
2d ago

Dartmouth abstains from signing letter against federal funding cuts

Dartmouth College, the only Ivy League university that did not sign a letter condemning the Trump administration for trying to dictate policies and pausing billions of dollars in federal funding, said doing so would not have been an effective way to defend its mission and values.
4d ago

Over 150 college presidents sign letter rebuking Trump administration 'overreach'

More than 150 university and college presidents co-signed a letter Tuesday condemning the Trump administration's recent efforts to dictate the policies of private higher education institutions in exchange for federal funding.
4d ago

Idaho woman forcibly dragged from GOP town hall seeks $5 million in damages

The Idaho woman who was forcibly dragged out of a Republican town hall in February is seeking $5 million in damages.

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Immigration

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Immigration

What to do if you're a U.S. citizen and immigration authorities tell you to leave the country

U.S. immigration authorities issued a blunt warning in an unprecedented mass email to people living in the country under specific immigration protections: “It is time for you to leave the United States.”
6d ago

Plane crashes into Nebraska river, killing all passengers on board

A small plane crashed into a Nebraska river Friday night, killing all three passengers, according to authorities.
7d ago

Plane crashes into Nebraska river, killing all passengers on board

A small plane crashed into a Nebraska river on Friday night, killing all three passengers, according to authorities.
8d ago

A gunshot tore brothers apart decades ago. The FSU shooting split them up for good

Ricardo and Robert Morales parted ways in 1982 after a gunshot killed their father, a Cuban-American exile turned CIA informant in Miami known as "Monkey," and tore their family apart.
9d ago

Asylum-seeker sent to Salvadoran mega-prison over autism awareness tattoo, family says

Family and friends of a Venezuelan migrant living in Texas say officials sent him to an El Salvador mega-prison because he had an autism awareness tattoo.
9d ago

American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately

A doctor born in the United States says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately.
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