Pilar Melendez is a Breaking News Editor at NBC News. Based in Brooklyn, she has spent the last decade covering crime, justice, and national news, with a focus on high-profile trials and judicial misconduct. Her work has been featured in prominent outlets such as Yahoo News, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, and NBC News.
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Pilar Melendez's articles predominantly focus on crime, trials, assault, abuse, and lawsuits. Her coverage attributes indicate a strong emphasis on evolving stories and breaking news. She appears to cover topics related to entertainment news as well.
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Hats, shirts and other merch for sale online are emblazoned with the same numerical message that got James Comey indicted on charges he threatened the president.
By: Pilar Melendez
Murdaugh's lawyers on Thursday also revealed how they get paid in the high-profile case and floated the possibility of new suspects.
By: Pilar Melendez
Alex Murdaugh is very “thankful” to no longer be labeled the murderer of his wife and son after the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to overturn the 2023 verdict and sentencing, his lawyers said in their first interview since the bombshell ruling. “He didn't believe that...
By: Tim Stelloh, Nicole Acevedo, Juliette Arcodia Daniel Arkin, Pilar Melendez
South Carolina's Supreme Court recently overturned Murdaugh's double murder convictions, ruling that Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill had improperly influenced the jury.
By: Daniel Arkin, Pilar Melendez
A 75-page document and a live-streamed video apparently created by the gunmen echo previous shootings fueled by extremist ideology.
By: Doha Madani, Pilar Melendez
“Nothing brings a community together more than the demise and infidelity of a relationship,” said one fan at a screening in New York City on Tuesday.
By: Pilar Melendez
The shooting reflects how extremist violence evolved after Christchurch — from fringe ideology into a decentralized online culture of memes, edits and mythologized mass shooters.
By: Pilar Melendez, Daniel Arkin
Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of the venerable newsmagazine, started making the rounds a day after Pelley accused CBS News' leaders of “murdering” the show.
By: Pilar Melendez, Daniel Arkin
In a statement after Weiss spoke to CBS News staff, Pelley rejected her assertion that she tried to “find a way back” with him. “Bari Weiss knows what she said is not true,” he said.
By: Pilar Melendez
Santiago Campos, who was awarded the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship, says he felt compelled to call out CBS in his speech because “he would be complicit in what's going on.”
