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Daniella Silva

Daniella Silva is a reporter for NBC News, focusing on education and how laws, policies and practices affect students and teachers. She also writes about immigration.

Daniella Silva is a reporter for NBC News, focusing on education and how laws, policies and practices affect students and teachers. She also writes about immigration.


Latest from Daniella Silva

7d ago

Chicago scrambles to house migrants as winter approaches

As Chicago’s brutal winter looms, officials are scrambling to find shelter for migrants now living at airports, police stations and on the city’s streets.
25d ago

Democratic lawmakers want to prohibit shackling pregnant migrant women

Congressional Democrats reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would prevent immigration officers from shackling pregnant and postpartum women in their custody.

MAP: See the states where marijuana is legal

Voters in Ohio voted to legalize marijuana in Tuesday's election. See where marijuana is legal around the country.
26d ago

Alabama mayor told friends he was facing some ‘dark days’ before he died by suicide

Before Smiths Station Mayor F.L. ‘Bubba’ Copeland’s apparent death by suicide, friends said they checked in on him to offer words of encouragement.

Cornell cancels classes due to 'extraordinary stress' after arrest over antisemitic threats

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University has canceled Friday classes due to “extraordinary stress” amid a junior being federally charged with making antisemitic threats.

It was youth night at a Maine bowling alley when gunfire erupted

Youth league bowlers and deaf corn hole players were among the dead in Lewiston, Maine, where 18 people were killed by a gunman.
44d ago

Biden addresses the nation on Israel; U.N. calls for cease-fire to open Rafah crossing to get aid into Gaza

President Joe Biden has returned from Israel and announced an aid deal for Gaza. NBC News is providing live updates.

Gaza hospital blast likely a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket misfire, U.S. officials say

President Joe Biden is visiting Israel on Wednesday as the deadly Gaza hospital blast fuels protests. NBC News is providing live updates.
49d ago

Families remember the Americans killed in the Israel-Hamas war

Nearly a week after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, setting off a war as Israel retaliated with airstrikes over the Gaza Strip, the death toll continues to rise above 1,000.
49d ago

Thousands shelter at the main hospital in Gaza where clean water, food and fuel are almost gone

A humanitarian crisis is gripping Gaza as hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians flee to the south amid the Israeli military’s aerial bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack one week ago.

Israel prepares ground attack as Gaza battles humanitarian crisis

Seventy people were killed when convoys of evacuees in Gaza were hit by Israeli airstrikes. Israel continued to urge residents to flee south.