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Lester Holt and NBC News have announced that the veteran anchor — also network TV's first solo Black anchor of a major evening newscast — will step down from "Nightly News" this summer.

NBC’s Lester Holt announced on Monday that he is stepping down as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” after a decade-long stint leading the network’s flagship evening newscast. “After 10 years ...