Profiles
It’s an open book – as well it should be. We’re talking about the design concept behind Omaha’s new Central Library – and at the heart of its very mission.
To provide a welcoming space for all people...
A fresh morning drizzle on Saturday either lended to or came from the heavy fog, priced by downtown Omaha’s few skyscrapers. The view from Cummings Street was thankfully unobstructed as I drove to...
It was a hard sell.
I was loitering around in that dark Omaha alleyway, one of those ones that still have those red bricks that bring more character than the unfilled potholes on old concrete. Next...
Omaha has many religious places of worship, but only one Temple of Beauty. Windowless walls of pink Georgia-marble reach high into the air as if to both catch as much sunlight as possible while also...
Walking into a New York City pharmacy, Scott LeRette had no idea how life was about to change for him and his family.
LeRette, author of "The Unbreakable Boy," mentioned to the pharmacist he was an...
Today’s News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans...
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, speaks on the Senate floor on June 17, 2025, about how he was forcibly removed from a press conference with the secretary of Homeland Security. (Screenshot from Senate webcast)
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat who was forcibly removed from a press conference with the secretary of Homeland Security, said Tuesday that his home state is the testing...
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — Six of the Group of Seven leaders discussed Russia's war in Ukraine and the Israel-Iran conflict but failed to reach major agreements on those and many other top issues —...
The U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom)
The House-passed budget reconciliation package in Washington, D.C., will strip away basic health care and food assistance from hundreds of thousands of Nebraskans and their families.
Nebraska’s three...
This Week's News
06/23/2025 - 12:00am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them."
The...
06/23/2025 - 12:00am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them."
The...
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, speaks on the Senate floor on June 17, 2025, about how he was forcibly removed from a press conference with the secretary of Homeland Security. (Screenshot from Senate webcast)
06/23/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat who was forcibly removed from a press conference with the secretary of Homeland Security, said Tuesday that his home state is the testing ground for President Donald Trump’s push to deploy...
06/23/2025 - 12:00am
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — Six of the Group of Seven leaders discussed Russia's war in Ukraine and the Israel-Iran conflict but failed to reach major agreements on those and many other top issues — closing a summit that was forced to try and show...
The U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom)
06/23/2025 - 12:00am
The House-passed budget reconciliation package in Washington, D.C., will strip away basic health care and food assistance from hundreds of thousands of Nebraskans and their families.
Nebraska’s three House members voted to advance this destructive...
06/23/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Federal officials announced criminal charges this week against five people — four of them protesters — for encounters with immigration agents during the June 10 worksite enforcement raid at Omaha’s Glenn Valley Foods.
The raid, the largest...
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents outside federal immigration court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York. (Olga Fedorova / AP Photo)
06/20/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday after he linked arms with a person that authorities were attempting to detain.
A reporter with The...
A “barndominium” with an indoor basketball court, and this half-finished, 4,800-square-foot luxury home near Walton were being built by Aaron Marshbanks before he was found dead. (Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)
06/20/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — A key figure in a loan scam in which more than $45 million in credit was sought from 19 Nebraska and Iowa banks has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
Jesse T. Hill, 35, of Hickman, entered a guilty plea in U.S. District...
06/20/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate gathered behind closed doors Tuesday to hear from federal law enforcement officials about protection for lawmakers and the safety of their families, just days after a gunman said to be posing as a police officer targeted...
A bronze sculpture of Cincinnatus in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Shutterstock)
06/20/2025 - 12:00am
Labeled by Plato as one of the “Seven Sages of Greece,” a man who was both sophist and leader, “Pittacus of Mytilene” was born in 640 BC. During his life he led the men of his city against Athens, and, desiring to avoid bloodshed challenged the...
06/20/2025 - 12:00am
His mission goes beyond borders and his service extends well beyond his military career. Now flanked with a law degree, John S. Berry continues to honor and protect those who have served this nation, all across the globe.
Honed as a highly...
Senior Manager, Sustainability and CSR, Christine Ackerson (left) and Senior Vice President, LG Air Conditioning Systems, Kevin McNamara (right) stand next to an energy efficient LG HVAC system at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015 in Washington. (Kevin Wolf / AP Images for LG Electronics)
06/19/2025 - 12:00am
Since the early 1990s, the small blue Energy Star label has appeared on millions of household appliances, electronics and even buildings across the United States. But as the Trump administration considers terminating some or all of the program, it...
06/19/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services on Monday named the three construction companies bidding to construct a new state prison close to Lincoln, all of which officials said would stay within proposed state appropriations.
The...
06/19/2025 - 12:00am
The ask was simple.
Will you donate $132 to honor your fellow physician, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte? The Nebraska Medical Association put the word out to its members in 2021.
Who’s that? Nebraska doctors asked. After they learned her story, $600...
A health worker takes a DNA sample of a family member of a victim of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Friday, June 13, 2025. (Ajit Solanki / AP Photo)
After The Air India Flight Crashed Into A Medical Campus, The Surviving Doctors Rushed To Save Lives
06/18/2025 - 12:00am
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Navin Chaudhary had just begun eating his meal when a loud bang startled him. He turned back to see a massive fire taking over the dining area where he and other trainee doctors had assembled for lunch.
The blaze approaching...
06/18/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air.
“Prairie dogs are on the menu for just about every predator...
Nebraska ranks No. 10 in overall child well-being, according to the latest Kids Count data book. In this photo, Dimensions Education Programs in Lincoln provides a hands-on, experiential approach to learning that is based on the needs and curiosity of young children. (Courtesy of We Care for Kids)
06/18/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Nebraska dropped a notch — from No. 9 to No. 10 — in a national ranking for overall child well-being, according to the latest Kids Count data book, a 50-state examination of how youths are faring in post-pandemic America.
The report,...
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06/18/2025 - 12:00am
Two men died, and then awoke standing on a gray plain of ash. Above them both should have been an evening sky but instead was a painting of the cosmos; someone with incredible talent had set the stars just right, and with incredible strength had...
06/18/2025 - 12:00am
At 20 years old, he was no longer the popular high school wrestler and football player in suburban Omaha. He was lost inside paranoia and violence. A doctor gave him a name for it: schizoaffective disorder.
When he was arrested in March 2019, Jacque...
Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang poses for photos at the company's office in San Francisco, May 15, 2023. (Jeff Chiu / AP Photo)
06/17/2025 - 12:00am
Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant.
The deal announced Thursday reflects a push by Meta CEO Mark...
From left to right, Chase Christie, development director for Alaska Solar LLC, Josh Craft, managing partner of Wasilla, Alaska-based Crafty Energy LLC, and Josh Shiple. (Ashley Murray / States Newsroom)
06/17/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Small business owners and community leaders from rural regions in Western states including Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah pressed lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week to preserve clean energy tax credits...
06/17/2025 - 12:00am
When a waiter dressed in a smartly pressed, forest green workwear coat heads toward you pushing a cart overflowing with steaks, you know you’ve got it good.
Downtown Omaha’s 801 Chophouse offers diners several such moments, like when you’re able to...
