At his first post-election press conference on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump expressed optimism, stating that there was a significant difference between now and when he took office in 2016: Some of his erstwhile enemies are now showing him kindness. Regarding his treatment by CEOs of large technology companies, whom he has previously characterized as enemies, he remarked, "Everyone wants to be my friend." I'm not sure; perhaps my personality has altered. "One of the main contrasts over the last four years is that "everyone was fighting me," Trump stated during the extensive press conference held at his Mar-a-Lago club. "The biggest difference is that people want to get along with me this time," he stated. The comments were the first time Trump has hosted an event since November and...

Filmmaker RaMell Ross has no qualms regarding his work's emphasis on the Black South. He was nominated for an Oscar in 2019 for his first full-length documentary, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, which documents the educational experiences, socioeconomic struggles, and effects of Jim Crow segregation in an Alabama community. Ross's debut narrative movie, Nickel Boys, aligns with both his personal and professional goals. He and producer Joslyn Barnes developed the movie from The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead's 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Based on the notoriously cruel Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in the vicinity of Tallahassee, Florida, which was closed by the Department of Justice in 2011 after 111 years of operation, the novel takes place at the fictional Nickel Academy. ...

WashingtonAccording to a source familiar with his intentions, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the candidate for president-elect Donald Trump's Health and Human Services secretary, will meet with more than two dozen Republican senators on the Hill this week. It is anticipated that the sessions will start on Monday and run all week. Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and soon-to-be Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, are among the important new leaders on the list. Their committee will review and vote on Kennedy's proposed nomination. As he meets with Republican senators who are mainly against legal abortion, Kennedy is expected to be questioned about his lengthy history of anti-vaccine statements, his plans to reform the health care system, and his ...

The goal of this tracker is to continuously identify and contextualize shootings in all kinds of schools across the United States, from kindergarten to college. The part of planned school shootings where an active shooter intentionally kills, maims, or injures at least one student or faculty member during class or at a school function is the focus of the tracker.See below for the FBI's definition of an active shooter as well as the complete NBC News criteria for school shootings. Why we are doing this In the immediate aftermath of any significant school shooting in the United States, the national discourse recounts the number of similar instances that had occurred in the same year. Depending on the news outlet and how it defines a school shooting, the terrifying figures that are dissemi...

WASHINGTON — In a letter issued Monday, lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to reduce the sentences of those impacted by the differences in punishments for crack and powder cocaine convictions. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who spearheaded the initiative, stated, "I think that this president has definitely shown himself to be someone that is willing to listen and willing to learn and decide that he would do something within his power." The letter, initially obtained with NBC News, was signed by 20 Democratic members. Among them were Representatives Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee of California, and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the representative to Congress from Washington, D.C., also signed it. In the past, those found guilty of ...

Following a helmet-to-helmet collision during Sunday's game against the Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant DuBose was admitted to the hospital overnight, the Dolphins announced Monday. In the third quarter, DuBose tried to make a grab, but Texans rookie Calen Bullock struck him in the head before his head impacted the ground hard. NFL.com reports that following the collision, DuBose seemed to clench his fists, exhibiting the "fencing response," a typical reaction following a traumatic brain injury. After then, he remained still for more than ten minutes as emergency medical staff rushed to treat him. Before putting DuBose on a spine board with his arms and legs fastened down, they ripped off his jersey and fitted him with a neck brace. As he was brought off the field on a s...