Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
However it happens be it through work or habit, for some of us our internal clock has shifted, settling into the same waking hours as a nightbird. Somewhere in the string of nights that have made up our lives more than the days, when distant mountains beckoned through bedroom windows at dusk, there was a need to keep the muse awake and whispering. Coffee or tea were sought, or were they instead a gift shared by that sable-haired dream over a polished hardwood table, enchanting you to stay?
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
In old Western movies, the bad guys always had a bandana covering their face before they held up a stagecoach. In more modern movies, the bad guys have nylon stockings over their faces before they rob a bank or kidnap an heiress.
In today’s real world, ICE agents cover their faces before they storm into a restaurant, a packing plant, or a home to take an immigrant away from their work and family.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A Lincoln entrepreneur born and raised in Auburn announced his 2026 candidacy Wednesday for an open seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be a triple-deck dessert.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
At Odie B’s, a sandwich shop in Denver, recovery from drug and alcohol use is part of daily operations.
“Seventy percent of our staff is active in recovery,” Cliff Blauvelt, co-owner of Odie B’s, said in a video testimonial. “We try to provide a safe space where people can feel comfortable.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
If you’re a Nebraskan who didn’t grow up on a farm, you may think that the corn grown in the state is the same corn you buy on the cob or that’s found in a can at your local supermarket.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain, alleging the packaging for Aldi's store-brand cookies and crackers “blatantly copies” Mondelez products like Chips Ahoy, Wheat Thins and Oreos.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has formally moved to dismiss a criminal fraud charge against Boeing and has asked a judge to cancel an upcoming trial connected to two plane crashes that killed 346 people off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia, according to court documents filed Thursday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/03/2025 - 12:00am
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are sparring over their version of the multitrillion-dollar budget and immigration bill the House of Representatives passed on May 22, 2025.
Some GOP senators are insisting on shrinking the budget deficit, which the House version would increase by about US$3.8 trillion over a decade.