Krystal Nurse is the Breaking News Reporter for USA TODAY. She's a 2017 graduate of Saint Peter's University and was the 2022-23 National Press Foundation Widening the Pipeline fellow, along with 24 other journalists of color. She was also a 2023 finalist for the Livingston Award in local news reporting for leading the Lansing State Journal's 2022 coverage of federal boarding schools. She also loves corgis. A lot.