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Witnesses to the Dallas ICE facility shooting are rattled and emotional after three people were shot. Two people are dead, including the shooter who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. NBC News’ George Solis spoke with witnesses inside the facility. 



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Sept. 24, 2025, 3:47 PM EDTBy Tyler KingkadeAfter dozens of school districts and colleges fired employees or placed them on leave over social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, some of those employees are turning to federal courts to get their jobs back. A former Ball State University staff member is suing the Indiana school’s president after she was fired for posting on Facebook: “Charlie Kirk’s death is a reflection of the violence, fear and hatred he sowed. It does not excuse his death, AND it’s a sad truth.”An art teacher in central Iowa filed a suit last week after the Oskaloosa school board voted to fire him for posting “1 Nazi down” about Kirk’s assassination.An elementary school teacher assistant is suing her Spartanburg County, South Carolina, district over what her lawsuit calls an unconstitutional social media policy. According to the suit, she was fired for posting a quote from Kirk in which he said it’s worth having “some gun deaths every single year” to protect the Second Amendment, and then adding the phrase “thoughts and prayers.” And on Wednesday, an art professor will plead his case before a federal judge in Sioux Falls, hoping to stop the University of South Dakota from firing him for posting on Facebook: “Where was all this concern when the politicians in Minnesota were shot? And the school shootings? And capital police? I have no thoughts or prayers for this hate spreading nazi. A shrug, maybe.”The schools have not yet responded in court. The universities and two districts declined to comment on pending litigation.The lawsuits are among the first actions educators have taken to combat a campaign propelled by conservative influencers and Republican lawmakers who urged schools and other employers to fire people who they say made light of or celebrated Kirk’s death. Those pushing for the firings have argued that teachers and professors with abhorrent views shouldn’t be allowed to influence students. Liberal-leaning critics have accused conservatives of embracing so-called cancel culture, which they had long condemned. Death of Charlie Kirk raises questions about future of free speech in America02:00Civil liberties groups have warned that some of the firings could violate the First Amendment, regardless of whether they simply criticize Kirk or openly celebrate his death. The legal challenges filed over the past two weeks will be important test cases on whether public employees can post statements deemed offensive, said Adam Goldstein, vice president of strategic initiatives at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.“It’s an unfortunate necessity that the courts will have to weigh in here,” Goldstein said. “There’s no option here other than a number of cases where courts hopefully reinstruct us on how the First Amendment is supposed to work.”In the days after Kirk was shot earlier this month, Vice President JD Vance and other top Republicans urged citizens to report people who mock Kirk’s assassination to their employers. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told Fox News last week that she’d “like to see more” college faculty who celebrate Kirk’s death fired or suspended.Some Democrats have shared similar sentiments. In Iowa, a leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate echoed calls to remove the Oskaloosa teacher. “I’d be pretty uncomfortable with my kids having teachers that celebrated someone’s murder,” Rob Sand, the candidate and current state auditor, told the Des Moines Register this week. Because the cases involve public employees, the employers have a higher bar to meet before firing them for speaking out, legal experts say. They will have to show the staff members’ posts created a disruption that interfered with classes, for instance, or the operation of a school. Goldstein said generating controversy or complaints is typically not enough to warrant a firing. Michael Hook, the University of South Dakota art professor, deleted his remarks after a few hours, and shared an apology that stated he regretted the original post. Through his lawyer, Hook declined to be interviewed.Hook filed a motion Tuesday to get an emergency order to block the university from moving forward with the next step in his termination process. He alleges his firing stems from angering “the wrong people,” noting that the governor and speaker of the state house had called for his termination. “When I read this post, I was shaking mad,” Gov. Larry Rhoden, a Republican, posted on X.An online petition to reinstate Hook has over 8,000 signatures.In many cases, Goldstein said, the teachers’ punishment seems disproportionate to their alleged offense, noting that an inappropriate post could be flagged without termination.“It’s very weird to live in a world where Charlie’s wife can forgive the shooter,” Goldstein said, “but we can’t forgive a teacher who quoted him.”Tyler KingkadeTyler Kingkade is a national reporter for NBC News, based in Los Angeles.
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Savewith a NBCUniversal ProfileCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleNov. 5, 2025, 4:14 PM ESTBy Camila Bernal and David DouglasMinutes before a 10-hour surgical procedure, 8-year-old Olivia Olson sat on a hospital bed grinning. With quiet confidence she explained why the operation was so important to her.“I think I look beautiful, and I don’t really care what other people think of me,” Olivia said. “I just want to get a big ear so people don’t bully me in the future.”Olivia was born with a rare congenital condition, microtia, that prevents the development of the outer ear. Fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. have microtia, according to the National Institutes of Health. Olivia’s right ear developed normally, but her left was never fully formed. Her parents, Annie and Dave Olson, of Oro Valley, Arizona, knew from birth she would need surgery to reconstruct her ear. But up until the day of the operation last month, their insurance provider, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, had repeatedly refused to approve coverage for the procedure with the surgeon the Olsons wanted to use. Dr. Sheryl Lewin holds up the 3D-printed ear implant to Olivia’s right ear. The implant would become her left ear.Courtesy David OlsonOnly a handful of doctors in the U.S. regularly perform the operation Olivia needed. Most of them — including Dr. Sheryl Lewin, a pediatric craniofacial plastic surgeon in private practice based in Torrance, California — were out of network for the Olsons. “The anatomy of an ear, it’s very complex, lots of detail, shadows, highlights, etc., so just physically recreating something that complex is very difficult. It’s rare to have a surgeon that specializes in it,” Lewin said. “If you don’t have a lot of experience, you’re going to end up with a lot of problems with this complicated of a surgery.”The family chose Lewin after years of research. They believed her reconstruction method, which involved using a 3D-printed implant to rebuild the ear, was best for Olivia. (Another technique involves using the patient’s rib cartilage to reconstruct the ear.)“We got a denial letter, and it was literally like a stab in the heart,” said Annie Olson. “We’re like, what are we going to do now?”The family requested what’s known as a “gap exception,” which allows a patient to use in-network benefits for an out-of-network provider. The request was initially denied; instead, Anthem gave them a list of six in-network doctors, the Olsons said. NBC News reached out to all six. Not a single one said they performed the surgery.If you are dealing with bills that seem to be out of line or a denial of coverage, care or repairs, whether for health, home or auto, please email us at Costofdenial@nbcuni.com.“Very few programs really offer somebody enough surgical time experience to when they leave the program and go out in private practice, where they’ll feel comfortable enough to do this kind of surgery,” said Dr. Arturo Bonilla, a pediatric microtia reconstructive surgeon in San Antonio. “It’s very specialized.”Bonilla, who performs the rib-graft method for reconstructing ears, said he regularly requests gap exceptions for his patients — and while sometimes requests need to be appealed, they’re almost always approved by all insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. “Rarely will we get somebody that says, ‘No, we’re still not going to approve it,’” he said.The Olsons debated canceling the surgery but ultimately decided to keep the date and shield Olivia from the challenges they faced paying for it. Lewin prepares the 3D-printed ear in the operating room.NBC Nightly NewsAfter multiple appeals and denials, the Olsons fundraised, borrowed money from family members and turned to credit cards. But that was not enough. Eventually, Dave Olson pulled a huge portion of the surgery’s roughly $100,000 cost from his 401(k).He said he didn’t hesitate to take the money out of his retirement fund. “It is my responsibility as a parent to make sure that my kids have everything they need,” he said.“If we knew that this was going to be the outcome, we would have been responsible people and started saving since the day she was born, versus finding out last minute, and then also having to be penalized because of pulling out of your 401(k) early,” Annie Olson said.NBC News reached out to Anthem a couple days before Olivia’s surgery and was waiting for a complete response. On the day of the surgery, with Olivia on the operating table, the Olsons finally received word that Anthem would grant the gap exception — a change the Olsons attributed to NBC News’ involvement.“We went through literally what felt like a battle every day, day in and day out,” Dave Olson said. “Then at the 11th hour during the surgery, you say they’re gonna cover it. It’s like, what? Like, why? Why? Why now?”In a statement to NBC News nearly two weeks after Olivia’s surgery, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield said: “We are happy that the member was able to receive the treatment she needed. Even though the member’s plan does not cover out-of-network providers when an in-network provider is available, we were able to make a unique one-time exception to ensure her care was not delayed.”Lewin shows Olivia her new ear for the first time.NBC Nightly NewsLewin, who performs about 120 microtia surgeries a year, said that in 2025, getting denials overturned and getting gap exceptions approved for microtia surgery has been a lot more challenging. She said in 2024, more than 90% of her Anthem patients’ gap exceptions were approved, or denied and overturned. In 2025, with the exception of Olivia, none of her Anthem patients have been approved.“It’s just become kind of a very slow trend that’s very much peaked in the last year,” Lewin said. “It’s been rough, and we’ve had to work much harder to get a negotiation agreed upon.”Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield didn’t respond to questions about Lewin’s claim that her patients have been denied gap exceptions this year. However, it said it is reaching out to Lewin to offer a potential in-network arrangement.The financial details for Olivia’s case are still being finalized, but she said she is already excited for the future.“When it’s fully recovered, I’m gonna be like, ‘OK, that was just a short little bump,’ and then I’ll just go on with the rest of my life,” she said.Camila Bernal David DouglasDavid Douglas is a supervising producer for NBC News based in Los Angeles.
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