Profiles
In more traditional times, a hog was roasted on the patio, downed by kegs of beer, amid lively music, hearty helpings of cornbread and coleslaw, whilst the whiskey “flowed” to the farmers, who...
The news flashes reports across the screen of ICE agents infiltrating communities stoking fears among their targeted sector, our Hispanic community, in a steady stream nationwide, including right...
Such is civilization: built on the glories of the past, or even on the bones of defeated kingdoms, and even for hundreds and thousands of years in the aftermath of ancient wars and collapsing...
Imagine a world in which you would flee your homeland, risking life and limb, possible deportation and/or prison to build a better life for you and your family. Against all odds, the perils of the...
Settling into the pilot seat of the SR-71, Buz Carpenter knew his impending mission impacted the security of the United States. Straddling the border of the Soviet Union or zipping across a Middle...
Today’s News
A panel of union members and community leaders from the Central Valley discuss the impacts of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Act Bill on health care access in their region at a town hall organized by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, Thursday, Aug. 14, in Bakersfield, Calif. (Jeff Lewis / AP Content Services for National Nurses United)
The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions. The Conversation U.S. asked Patrick Aguilar, a Washington...
Rural letter carrier Roger McDonald missed driving his 150-mile route outside Scottsbluff in northwestern Nebraska earlier this year. He was injured in a serious car accident that kept him from mail...
(Photo by Matt Hebert)
We live in an era of ever-sprawling franchise and chain eateries. They continue to grow and expand. Regional favorites have become national contenders. But as they continue to crowd out the local...
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To love is one of the greatest joys a human can endure: that bearing the weight of loss only made that time which you were allowed to soar on tender wings like Icarus all the greater. How wonderful...
WOHYN, Poland (AP) — Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described Wednesday as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A...
This Week's News
A panel of union members and community leaders from the Central Valley discuss the impacts of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Act Bill on health care access in their region at a town hall organized by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, Thursday, Aug. 14, in Bakersfield, Calif. (Jeff Lewis / AP Content Services for National Nurses United)
09/16/2025 - 12:00am
The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions. The Conversation U.S. asked Patrick Aguilar, a Washington University in St. Louis pulmonologist and management...
09/16/2025 - 12:00am
Rural letter carrier Roger McDonald missed driving his 150-mile route outside Scottsbluff in northwestern Nebraska earlier this year. He was injured in a serious car accident that kept him from mail delivery for three months. He had an appointment...
(Photo by Matt Hebert)
09/16/2025 - 12:00am
We live in an era of ever-sprawling franchise and chain eateries. They continue to grow and expand. Regional favorites have become national contenders. But as they continue to crowd out the local byways and fill in the empty stalls in strip malls,...
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09/16/2025 - 12:00am
To love is one of the greatest joys a human can endure: that bearing the weight of loss only made that time which you were allowed to soar on tender wings like Icarus all the greater. How wonderful after a long day of work, when arriving at your...
09/15/2025 - 12:00am
WOHYN, Poland (AP) — Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described Wednesday as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NATO spokesman said it was the first time the...
09/15/2025 - 12:00am
The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, has drawn widespread condemnation and renewed attention to the climate of political violence in the United States. To...
09/15/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — A siren blared down one of Washington, D.C.’s busiest thoroughfares. And then, a loud noise.
Residents in nearby apartment buildings peered through windows and from balconies to find a dark-colored SUV bumped up against a moped lying...
09/12/2025 - 12:00am
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were accused of attempting to falsely certify President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election in the battleground state, a major blow...
In 2017, the jailing of people who could not afford bail cost U.S. taxpayers $38 million daily. (Kathy Willens / AP Photo)
09/12/2025 - 12:00am
President Donald Trump recently signed two executive orders targeting “cashless bail,” the policies that permit the release of people arrested for crimes pending trial without requiring them to pay money.
One executive order directs arrestees in...
Thirteen Nebraska state lawmakers attended a conference at the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Courtesy of State Sen. Loren Lippincott)
09/12/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Thirteen Nebraska state lawmakers visited Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. But they didn’t get an Indiana-like pitch about redistricting a red state, as reporters waited.
Instead, the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs hosted...
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09/12/2025 - 12:00am
As the school year gets its legs, some might remember seeing double when the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 71 during its 2024 session. The law, a “parents rights” bill, gave moms, dads and legal guardians a number of “rights” regarding the...
Undated photo released by Banksy of the new artwork by the artist which portrays a judge beating a protester with a gavel at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. (Banksy via AP)
09/11/2025 - 12:00am
LONDON (AP) — A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London's most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.
The mural appeared Monday and...
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
09/11/2025 - 12:00am
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
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The sunsets on the Shankweiler Drive-In as previews run before the feature film "Jaws" in Orefield, Pa., Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo)
09/11/2025 - 12:00am
OREFIELD, Pa. (AP) — In a romance and adventure worthy of the big screen, a Pennsylvania couple is preserving the past and forging a future as the owners of the world’s oldest operating drive-in movie theater.
Lauren McChesney got more than...
09/11/2025 - 12:00am
In October 2023, a group calling itself Return to the Land established its first “Whites only community” in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. They followed that with a second enclave nearby in 2025.
The group, which describes itself as a “private...
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09/11/2025 - 12:00am
In a classroom somewhere in the past, a teacher made an imaginary line between one half of the desks and the other. Then, turning those desks to face inward, she asked her students to choose a side to sit on for a class debate: communism vs....
09/11/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN – Supporters of the Niobrara River are contesting claims made by a local official about the status of federal funding and programs for managing the river and its environs as a congressionally designated scenic river.
The Friends of the...
People from various relief agencies guide people impacted by the wildfires at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Pasadena City College Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (Etienne Laurent / AP Photo)
09/10/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — A broadly bipartisan bill to overhaul and elevate the Federal Emergency Management Agency is heading toward the U.S. House floor after a key committee approved the legislation.
The Transportation and Infrastructure panel voted 57-3...
09/10/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova began play in the U.S. Open women’s final Saturday, there were different players on the courts.
Earlier that morning, while the grounds were still quiet, children and adults with...
09/10/2025 - 12:00am
Kurt Earl’s words are strong and urgent as Lincoln Christian’s football team finishes practice on a warm Saturday morning in August.
“Run to me, take a knee,” he shouts. “Run to me, take a knee.”
The coach and his 32 players huddle to close the...
