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When a student brought a shotgun to his Oregon high school earlier this year, Coach Keanon Lowe wrestled the gun away and then, in a remarkable moment, embraced him.
@SamBrockNBC
reports.
WATCH: Baton Rouge supermarket employee Jordan allowed Jack Ryan, who has autism, to help him stock shelves for more than 30 minutes when he showed an interest in the task. Jack Ryan's grandfather called the kind gesture "a miracle in action."
WATCH: At Southwestern High School in Indiana, the classroom doors are bullet-resistant, cameras are everywhere, and the Sheriffโs department -- only 10 miles away -- can track an intruder in real-time
The Parkland students who created an international movement to raise awareness for gun violence after a deadly school shooting were awarded the International Children's Peace Prize on Tuesday.
FULL SPEECH:
#EmmaGonzalez
names the murdered Parkland victims and observes several minutes of silence in a 6-minute, 20-second speech that covered the same time it took the gunman to kill 17 people in her high school:
"Fight for your lives before it's someone else's job."
Hundreds of baby boomers are taking classes at the University of Minnesota as part of its Senior Citizen Education Program โ and all for just $10 per credit.
โThis is our opportunity to study those things weโve spent a lifetime being curious about,โ one student tells
@KevTibs
.
WATCH: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman addresses President Trump's suggestion that he is a "never Trumper."
Vindman tells
@LesterHoltNBC
that he was nonpartisan, but says now he is "absolutely a 'never Trumper.'"
More from the exclusive interview tonight on
@NBCNightlyNews
.
.
@TheAmandaGorman
captivated the nation with her poem โThe Hill We Climb.โ The 22-year-old talks to
@LesterHoltNBC
about her journey and what influenced her words.
A puppy is currently on the mend after surviving under debris from Hurricane Dorian for weeks in the Bahamas.
@KerryNBC
has the story of dog โ who rescuers are calling โMiracle" โ on tonightโs
@NBCNightlyNews
.
Sergeant Jon-Erik Negron, also known around his police station as the โBaby Whisperer,โ has delivered five babies in nine years โ once even saving the life of a baby who wasnโt breathing.
@annenbcnews
shares this story:
Experts at the University of Oklahoma believe they have found a possible mass grave site from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at a city cemetery, although they are unsure how many bodies are underneath.
Six years ago today, 20 first-graders and six school staffers were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
In this archival video, Pres. Obama speaks out after hearing the news: "We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years."
Bleeding is the leading cause of death at a mass shooting, but one-third of victims can survive if treated within five minutes. The Stop the Bleed program is teaching students how to do it.
NBC News'
@DrJohnTorres
reports.
JUST IN: Sen. Gillibrand responds to Pres. Trump: โYou cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the Oval Office.โ
After Sen. Gillibrand calls for Pres. Trump to resign, the president tweets ad hominem attacks against the senator:
โLightweightโ
โTotal flunkyโ
โVery disloyalโ
โUSED!โ
He also asserts that she "would do anything for" for his campaign contributions.
BREAKING: US Supreme Court rules that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a major victory for advocates of gay rights.
Former President George W. Bush on the death of his mother, Barbara Bush:
"I hope you donโt feel sorry for any of us, particularly me โ I am at peace with what took place, and the reason why is my mother was at peace for what took place."
WATCH: Father sings to 3-year-old daughter to keep her calm as they drive through the devastating Camp Fire.
@GadiNBC
and
@Miguelnbc
will have the latest on the
#CaliforniaFires
tonight on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
Remembering Larry Edgeworth, a beloved NBC News colleague who died after testing positive for the coronavirus.
"We are heartbroken,"
@LesterHoltNBC
says.
Top Kurdish commander speaks out on Syria to
@RichardEngel
:
โIt will be the biggest ethnic cleansing operation in the 21st century and itโs happening in front of the American armyโs eyes," General Mazlum Kobane says.
Nichelle Nichols broke barriers in Hollywood during the 1960s, playing Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek series.
@mollymhunter
reports that the iconic actress has passed away.
EXCLUSIVE:
@LesterHoltNBC
presses AG Merrick Garland on the Jan 6 investigation
Garland pledges to hold accountable anyone "criminally responsible for the events surrounding Jan 6, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another"
MONDAY: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman โ key witness in President Trump's impeachment inquiry โ speaks out exclusively to
@LesterHoltNBC
.
Watch Monday, September 14, at 6:30 ET/5:30 CT on
@NBCNightlyNews
.
President Trump speaks on partial shutdown from the Oval Office:
"I can't tell you when the government is going to be open. I can tell you it's not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they'd like to call it."
EXCLUSIVE: DHS cybersecurity head has "no doubt" that Russians penetrated voter registration systems.
Watch
@CynthiaMcFadden
's report tonight on
@NBCNightlyNews
.
WATCH: Baton Rouge supermarket employee Jordan allowed Jack Ryan, who has autism, to help him stock shelves for more than 30 minutes when he showed an interest in the task. Jack Ryan's grandfather called the kind gesture "a miracle in action."
"I want the people to know it started with words, words of hatred."
Bronia Brandman, a Holocaust survivor, explains what she hopes people will learn from the largest-ever Auschwitz exhibit in the U.S.
@LesterHoltNBC
takes us inside tonight on
@NBCNightlyNews
.
Elementary school principal Dr. Belinda George reads books to her students over Facebook Live to ensure they have a bedtime story. In less than a year, reading scores at her school have improved.
@RehemaEllis
has the story.
NFL star
@MalcolmJenkins
: "We can talk about social issues and still have a great game."
The
@Eagles
player sat down for an exclusive interview with
@LesterHoltNBC
to discuss the social issues players have brought on the field. See more tonight on
@NBCNightlyNews
.
Family of fmr. FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared 13 years ago on an island off the coast of Iran, says he died while being held in Iran โ the longest held hostage in American history.
After Chris Kennedy received a racist letter objecting to his Black Santa Christmas decoration, his neighbors in Arkansas started putting up their own Black Santa decorations as a show of support.
@rehemaellis
has the story.
Third grader Alexandra Williams got to give a presentation on Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn a pilotโs license in the U.S., to the FAA after her school project was vetoed by her teacher.
@Yamiche
shares this story.
As the cost of college soars, the nation's largest private student loan company is celebrating a record year of lending.
@CatieBeckNBC
reports tonight from Maui, where a group of Sallie Mae employees were treated to 5-day trip.
Watch this story on
@NBCNightlyNews
.
WATCH: Former President George W. Bush finishes an emotional eulogy to his father. "In our grief, let us smile knowing that Dad is hugging Robin and holding Mom's hand again."
13 members of the FDNY Academy class are following in the footsteps of the firefighter fathers they lost in the 9/11 attacks.
@LesterHoltNBC
has the story of one family carrying on their father's legacy.
WATCH: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams: โI promise you tonight, weโre going to make sure every single vote is counted. Every single vote.โ
Today is International Women's Day.
The Afghan girls robotics team was forced to evacuate Kabul when it fell to the Taliban in 2021.
Now based in Qatar, the young women continue to pave the way for a more equal future.
@MollyMHunter
has the latest updates from the team.