Andrew Blankstein

Investigative Reporter

Andrew Blankstein is an investigative reporter for NBC News. He covers the Western U.S., specializing in crime, courts and homeland security. 

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Andrew Blankstein is an investigative reporter for NBC News. He covers the Western U.S., specializing in crime, courts and homeland security. 

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


Latest from Andrew Blankstein

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Nick Reiner appears in L.A. court after being charged with murder in deaths of his parents

LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner appeared in a Los Angeles courthouse on Wednesday for the first time since he was accused of killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner
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Two of Rob Reiner's children speak out after brother's hearing in parents' murder

Two of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s children asked for “respect and privacy” Wednesday after their brother appeared in a Los Angeles courthouse in connection with their parents' murders.
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Rob Reiner death live updates: Filmmaker's son Nick arrested amid investigation

Follow the latest news updates after director Rob Reiner and wife Michele's apparent stabbing deaths at their home in Los Angeles, California.
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Rob Reiner's Son Nick Arrested and Booked on Suspicion of Murder in Parents' Deaths

Nick Reiner, the younger son of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, has been arrested and booked on suspicion of murdering his parents after they were found dead Sunday, Dec.
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Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested and booked on suspicion of murder in parents' deaths

Nick Reiner, the younger son of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, has been arrested and booked on suspicion of murdering his parents after they were found dead Sunday in their Los Angeles-area home

DOJ arrests 4 people, accusing them of planning to set off bombs around the Los Angeles area on New Year's Eve

The Justice Department arrested four people in connection with an alleged plot to set off bombs in the Los Angeles area on New Year's Eve, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on X.Bondi said members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, which she described as a "far-left" group, had planned to conduct "a series of bombings against multiple targets in California beginning on New Year’s Eve."A criminal complaint alleged that the group had acquired “bomb-making materials and [traveled] to a remote location in the Mojave Desert to construct and detonate test explosive devices on December 12, 2025.”
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DOJ Arrests 4 People for Allegedly Planning To Set Off Bombs Around the Los Angeles Area on New Year’s Eve

The Justice Department arrested four people in connection with an alleged plot to set off bombs in the Los Angeles area on New Year’s Eve.
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Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in their L.A. home from apparent stab wounds

LOS ANGELES — Filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home Sunday, according to a source close to the Reiner family
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Mitt Romney's sister-in-law died by suicide, L.A. County ME's office says

Carrie Elizabeth Romney, the sister-in-law of 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, died by suicide in Southern California earlier this year, the medical examiner’s office said Tuesday.
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Human remains found at property linked to California homicide suspect

A San Diego man already in custody in connection with a homicide is being investigated as a person of interest after the remains of multiple people were found at a property where he once lived, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation said Wednesday
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Former California deputy suspected of killing his 11-year-old is fatally shot after freeway chase

A California sheriff's deputy suspected of killing his 11-year-old son Tuesday morning was fatally shot after he led authorities on a freeway pursuit, officials said