Rehema Ellis

About 50,000 women suffer complications during pregnancy and black women are three to four times more likely to die than white women during pregnancy.

John Glenn gained his place in American lore when in 1962 he came the first American to orbit the earth. That mission, however, would have never happene

Zachary Becerra loves superheroes. But for this 7-year-old, there are no greater heroes than New York City’s police officers.

It’s summer road trip time, but some passengers are getting more than a vacation — they’re getting a shot at a new life. Five puppies and three adult dogs are making the almost 600 mile trek from North Carolina to Westchester, New York. An elaborate caravan of volunteers spent their Saturday transporting the dogs. Final destination? The Westchester SPCA, a no-kill shelter where their chance of being adopted is much higher. Among them is 2-year-old Katrina, who was rescued from a high-kill shelt…

By Rehema Ellis, Correspondent, NBC News Marsha Kreuzman weighed only 68 pounds and was near death when American soldiers freed her from the steps of one of Hitler’s concentration camps where Jews were cremated. She was 18 years old at the time and says she looked like a skeleton. Now, almost 90 years old, Kreuzman is still haunted by the bitter realities of her painful past. “They murdered [my father] in front of me” she said. Her mother and brother were also killed. There was a time, Kreuz…

It took seven decades, but the Hillhouse High School Class of 1943 finally had its senior prom. Prom for the members of the Greatest Generation was cancelled 70 years ago when the young men in the Connecticut school — and across the country — were called on to go defend the United States during World War II. But as of Sunday, May 19, the high school rite of passage was no longer something these former high schoolers had to live without. When it’s a senior prom for senior citizens, the rules are…

Kyle Miller hasn’t been around long enough to have much of his own history, but at 16, he’s deeply involved in the military history that others created. When he was 12, Kyle, a Boy Scout, joined a group for World War II veterans. He was so fascinated by their stories that he became their archivist. Now he’s taken on an even bigger task to make certain their stories are around forever. “At the beginning it would seem kind of strange to befriend somebody who’s three-quarters of a century older tha…

For Angela Goines, who has two children in the Detroit Public Schools, news that the system could make historically drastic budget cuts has left her with “agony in my heart.” Detroit school officials say they have no choice after Michigan education officials last week ordered them to implement a contingency plan intended to eliminate the system’s $327 million deficit by 2014. Robert Bobb, the system’s emergency financial director, said that to comply, Detroit will have to close 70 of its 142…

It's a public health problem of epidemic proportions — America's children are eating more junk food, exercising less and getting heavier. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.

Corp. Jason Dunham, a 25-year-old Marine, was honored Friday with the Congressional Medal of Honor. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.

NEW YORK — It is a unique situation in medicine: Unlike other kinds of doctors, cancer doctors are allowed to profit from the sale of chemotherapy drugs. “The significant amount of our revenue comes from the profit, if you will, that we make from selling the drugs,” says Dr. Peter Eisenberg, a private physician who specializes in cancer treatment. Doctors in other specialties simply write prescriptions. But oncologists make most of their income by buying drugs wholesale and selling them to pati…

Montoursville is a close-knit middle class town in the hills of Pennsylvania. So close that a warm summer night in July would change this community forever. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports on the 10-year anniversary of the crash of TWA Flight 800.

Montoursville is a close-knit middle class town in the hills of Pennsylvania. So close that a warm summer night in July would change this community forever. “This is the latest we have on the flight that crashed tonight — TWA Flight 800 — into the waters off Long Island, New York,” reported Brian Williams in an NBC News Special Report on July 17, 1996. A decade ago, 16 students from the Montoursville High School French club died along with their five chaperones. In the days that followed, blue…

NEW YORK — Susan Guzman says her baby, 7-and-a-half-week-old Amanda, sleeps just fine during the day — it’s nighttime that drives them both to distraction. “It’s very confusing,” Guzman says. “We try everything, every method, just hoping to find one thing that helps her to sleep through the night.” Like thousands of parents, Guzman also tried the famous — or infamous — method, depending on whom you ask, invented more than 20 years ago by Dr. Richard Ferber. The idea, for babies six months of age…

Why are baby boomers, many of whom had rejected religious institutions when they were young, looking for something spiritual as they age? NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.

Despite the fact that kids are still participating in organized sports, experts link a dramatic decline in unstructured outdoor play to the growing increase in childhood obesity. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.

Despite the fact that kids are still participating in organized sports, experts link a dramatic decline in unstructured outdoor play to the growing increase in childhood obesity. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.

For years NBC has been telling you about Boston's Big Dig road construction project. Now there’s the story of another money eating project -- this time in Virginia.  It started out as an ambitious effort to ease traffic but now some are calling it a "Fleecing of America." NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.

The U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London, located in Groton, Conn., is on the Pentagon’s list of proposed base closures. As the nation’s first submarine base, with an estimated $2.5 billion impact on the local economy, the surrounding community is loath to see the base go.NBC News’ Rehema Ellis reports that the base is ready to battle the proposed closure. What is the local reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London is on the Pentagon’s list of proposed base cl…

By 2010, 32 percent of the U.S. population will be over the age of 50. But as NBC's Rehema Ellis reports, too few of them are planning ahead for guardianship.