ashley holt We Played Word Games With Spelling Bee Champ Harini Logan San Antonio eighth-grader Harini Logan is “on cloud 9” after winning the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. But how does she fare unscrambling some words with our host Ashley Holt?
aapi heritage A News Anchor Shares a Message of Hope After a Viewer's Anti-Asian Rant Goes Viral When a viewer left a racist anti-Asian message about news anchor Michelle Li, it brought back memories of a lifetime of hurtful discrimination. The St. Louis-based KSDK News anchor and reporter shares with LX News host Ashley Holt why she has hope things will be better for her son’s generation.
police Ex-Cop Says This Excessive Force Law Could Have Saved George Floyd's Life Former Buffalo, New York police officer Cariol Horne is credited with saving a man’s life in 2006, when she intervened to stop a white officer from keeping a Black man in a chokehold during an arrest. Now she’s calling for lawmakers to pass Cariol’s Law, which would protect other cops who intervene when an officer’s use of force goes over...
criminal justice Friend of Death Row Inmate Julius Jones Says He Prayed for the Case to Get Attention Julius Jones is on death row in Oklahoma, and scheduled to be executed Nov. 18, after a murder conviction that supporters say was unjust. After a feature in the Viola Davis docuseries The Last Defense and messages of support from Kim Kardashian, Jones’ case was in the public spotlight – and now Gov. Kevin Stitt has a chance to halt...
personal finance How 3 Women Overcame the Latina Pay Gap The Latina pay gap is real – Latinas earn, on average, 55 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men. During Hispanic Heritage Month (and 1 month ahead of Latina Equal Pay Day), LX News host Ashley Holt spoke with 3 women who had to learn a lot about money on their own – they shared their stories and...
9/11 anniversary In Schools Across the U.S. on 9/11, Students and Teachers Faced the Unimaginable Together As the towers of the World Trade Center fell on 9/11, children across the country absorbed the news in school, and teachers attempted to reassure them while coping with their own grief and fear. LX News Host Ashley Holt shares a personal story about how the tragedy of 9/11 hit home for young students and their teachers.
beyonce 40 Times Beyoncé DID That! After decades of show-stopping content, Beyoncé is turning 40 and in honor of her birthday, we’re sharing some of the top moments from Beyoncé’s fabulous career.
beyonce Beyoncé Turns 40 Happy Birthday to Queen Bey. In honor of her Birthday, NBCLX ran down her top 40 moments through the decades.
entertainment Luke James Keeps Challenging His Fear “Being a person who deals with a lot of anxiety…for some reason I keep putting myself in predicaments where I’m challenging that fear I have. Of [the] stage, of being interviewed, in front of people and all that kind of stuff. I don’t know, I guess I’ve been living my life on the edge.” Luke James, artist and cast member...
gymnastics Gymnastics Scoring 101: All the Moves You Need to Know to Watch Team USA When Olympic gymnasts take to the mat, pommel horse or uneven bars, it can be hard to follow their superhuman spins, flips and tricks let alone figure out how the judges are scoring them. So Ashley Holt joined the talented children and coaches at American Sokol Fort Worth Gymnastics in Texas to help demonstrate the moves that the judges are...
