Insurance denied 18-year-old Nala White’s surgery for degenerative disc disease. After NBC News reached out, it was approved the next day.
On tonight's installment of Cost of Denial, @ellisonbarber tells Nala's story. Watch the @NBCNightlyNews segment here: https://t.co/KSJAhPns9m
At least 100 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza City according to Gaza’s Civil Defense. Israel says the location was also a Hamas command center. @EllisonBarber reports. https://t.co/RBH4ZLKHG9
With violence mounting in Haiti, more people, including Americans who are trapped there, are growing more desperate to flee the island. @ellisonbarber reports.
Hundreds of human rights organizations are pushing for a new designation of temporary protected status for Haitians in the U.S., as well as a pause on deportations. Despite growing pressure, officials say the Biden admin. has no plans on changing policy.
@ellisonbarber reports.
📌𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 | Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record.
"We need urgent action now — waiting to respond at scale is not an option,” says, @CreoleBauer.
@nbcnews correspondent @ellisonbarber explains.
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Police reportedly shot and killed an associate of one of the main gang leaders in Haiti. Many Haitians are now running out of food, with 1.4 million people on the verge of famine.
@ellisonbarber reports from just across the border in the Dominican Republic.
ACCORDING TO @taaforg ACROSS NYC’s FIVE BOROUGHS, 1 IN 5 ASIAN AMERICANS REPORTED EXPERIENCING PHYSICAL ATTACKS OR ASSAULTS IN 2023.
@ellisonbarber talked to @NYPDHateCrimes. “There is help there is hope.” #WeBelong
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The U.S. military has shot down two missiles, launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, headed toward a container ship in the Red Sea. The Houthis say their repeated attacks are part of an effort to stop Israel's offensive on Gaza. #SundayTODAY
Ahead of the clock striking midnight tonight, final preparations are underway for the annual ball drop in New York City. @GeorgeSolis is in Times Square where increased security is top of mind. #SundayTODAY
If the walls of #Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital could talk, they’d tell a story of a perpetual hell…
**WARNING: the things you’ll see and hear in this report are graphic**
.@ellisonbarber toured Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel where more than 100 people were massacred by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, according to the Israeli government.
Another round of missile strikes injured at least 34 people in Ukraine on Monday, making this the second major attack in just three days. Our latest for @TopStoryNBC with @ellisonbarber & @dangallo who are on the ground in Ukraine.
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Russian Missile Strike Hits Apartment Building While Ukrainians Slept— NBC’s @ellisonbarber is on the scene with heartbreaking stories https://t.co/qH4zRSgDaT
“It reminded me of what life is like every day for Ukrainians…The risk is never just at the front lines. Everywhere across the country there’s the risk of something in their air at all times,” @ellisonbarber on getting caught in Russian shelling while on assignment in Kyiv.
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