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Jean Lee

Jean Lee is an associate reporter with NBC News’ Social Newsgathering team in Los Angeles. She previously reported for the NBC News consumer investigative unit.

Jean Lee is an associate reporter with NBC News’ Social Newsgathering team in Los Angeles. She previously reported for the NBC News consumer investigative unit.


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Columbia to hold classes virtually as Jewish leaders warn about safety amid tensions over pro-Palestinian protests

A growing number of leaders and organizations have called on Columbia University and its president to protect students amid reports of antisemitic and offensive statements and actions on and near its campus, which has been the site this week of a pro-Palestinian encampment and protest.
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4 dead, including teen who was killed protecting her sister, in Illinois stabbing spree

Four people were killed, including a 15-year-old girl who died saving her sister, after an Illinois man carried out a series of stabbings and attacks Wednesday in and near the city of Rockford, officials said.

Who's behind the pro-Palestinian protests that are disrupting Biden's campaign events and blocking city streets?

Who's behind the pro-Palestinian protests that are disrupting Biden's campaign events and blocking city streets?

‘This is not a Lahaina problem’: Once unthinkable, frequent fires are Hawaii’s new normal.

Hawaii is seeing bigger, hotter and more frequent fires than ever before. The state is struggling to catch up.

Vital signs vs. dollar signs: At HCA hospitals, the person monitoring your heart may monitor 79 other patients, too

The people who monitor hospital patients’ vital signs are often not nurses but “telemetry” technicians. Critics say HCA's staffing of telemetry units shows how it puts profits ahead of patients.

Federal law enforcement agencies release little use-of-force data. NBC News documented five years of their shootings.

NBC News found that from 2018 to 2022, officers working for or with the FBI, DEA, ATF and U.S. Marshals were involved in more than 200 shootings.

A family confronts a ‘Constitution-free zone’ in their fight to hold the DEA accountable for their son’s death

Those who have lost loved ones in shootings involving federal officers have little recourse in the nation’s courts, but Caleb Slay’s family is trying anyway.

Fani Willis' other fight

Fani Willis, district attorney in the Georgia county that charged Trump for his actions after the 2020 election, is fighting to hold federal officers accountable.

Defying presidents and Congress, the ATF, DEA, FBI and U.S. Marshals shroud their shootings in secrecy

The ATF, DEA, FBI and U.S. Marshals have been slow to adopt reforms embraced by big city police departments, like body cameras and detailed use-of-force data.

Muslim students feel abandoned by U. of Texas after Israelis disrupt Palestinian event

The pro-Palestinian students believe that the incident has laid bare a double standard that exists in how the university responds to acts of hate.

Trump-era antisemitism policy expected to fuel flood of student lawsuits against universities

A little-known executive order issued by Donald Trump is expected to fuel a flood of lawsuits from students who say their schools are failing to protect them from antisemitic or anti-Israel conduct.