Profiles
In the way that a needle rips your senses from their lazy slumber, the first below-zero day of the winter brought with it a piercing chill. It had been put off for too long, pushed back by a warm...
Attorneys preparing to appear before Judge Richard McGowan may want to plan for a late morning docket, as Douglas County's newest judge isn't known as a morning person.
McGowan was sworn in as judge...
Brittany Burling recalls enjoying a glass of wine every now and then. During the COVID-19 pandemic, "Then" became a little more often.
"We were all just stuck at home," Burling said. "And I felt my...
The jury has reached a decision. The verdict … Guilty on both counts: Committing terroristic threats and third-degree assault in a road-rage, criminal case, heard recently before the Hon. Thomas K....
In the movie, “Almost Famous,” inspired by the real-life experiences of director Cameron Crowe, who started writing for the “Rolling Stone,” at age 15, his character is given back-stage access to...
Today’s News
When Chris Vega arrived in Omaha in mid-2025, he was unhoused, living on the street. Omaha was his latest stop on what seemed like a national tour of homeless shelters.
Vega, who is in his mid-30s,...
Senator Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican. (Tim Scott / X)
In the spring of 2016, I was hosting a talk radio program in Kansas City. During this time a reality TV show host named Donald Trump was starting to make some big inroads in his campaign to be...
Curt Tomasevicz with a framed copy of a Sports Illustrated magazine cover at his desk in Chase Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus, where he is an assistant professor of practice in biological systems engineering. The cover features the 2010 U.S. Olympic four-man bobsled team, including Tomasevicz. A friend gave him the custom bobble-head figure at the front of his desk, and the photos behind him show bobsled courses from around the world. (Liz McCue / Flatwater Free Press)
Shelby native Curt Tomasevicz fulfilled his dream of playing football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, where he was a scrappy special teamer. But since then, his life and career have taken a circuitous...
(At right) Education Secretary Linda McMahon arrives at The Mar-a-Lago Club, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education reinforced the right to prayer in public schools in guidance issued Thursday.
Under the guidance to state and local education agencies, students,...
(Ivan Semenyuk / Shutterstock)
In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence. Near as the editors could tell, many...
This Week's News
02/11/2026 - 12:00am
When Chris Vega arrived in Omaha in mid-2025, he was unhoused, living on the street. Omaha was his latest stop on what seemed like a national tour of homeless shelters.
Vega, who is in his mid-30s, voluntarily decided to become unhoused after...
Curt Tomasevicz with a framed copy of a Sports Illustrated magazine cover at his desk in Chase Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus, where he is an assistant professor of practice in biological systems engineering. The cover features the 2010 U.S. Olympic four-man bobsled team, including Tomasevicz. A friend gave him the custom bobble-head figure at the front of his desk, and the photos behind him show bobsled courses from around the world. (Liz McCue / Flatwater Free Press)
02/11/2026 - 12:00am
Shelby native Curt Tomasevicz fulfilled his dream of playing football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, where he was a scrappy special teamer. But since then, his life and career have taken a circuitous route — a twisting, turning path kind of like a...
(At right) Education Secretary Linda McMahon arrives at The Mar-a-Lago Club, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
02/11/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education reinforced the right to prayer in public schools in guidance issued Thursday.
Under the guidance to state and local education agencies, students, teachers and school officials have “a right to pray in...
(Ivan Semenyuk / Shutterstock)
02/10/2026 - 10:39pm
In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence. Near as the editors could tell, many submitters pasted the magazine’s detailed story guidelines...
Odense, Denmark, May 23, 2022. (Michele Ursi / Shutterstock)
02/10/2026 - 12:00am
For many women in the U.S. and around the world, motherhood comes with career costs.
Raising children tends to lead to lower wages and fewer work hours for mothers – but not fathers – in the United States and around the world.
As a sociologist, I...
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers sued the Omaha Public Power District to try and delay or derail efforts to pull offline some units at the coal and natural gas North Omaha Power Station. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
02/10/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A Nebraska lawmaker wants to stop public power district boards from closing or altering energy generation facilities in the state, in a move that appears aimed at preventing migration from coal to other sources of power.
State Sen. Jared...
FILE - U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks through a Target store Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (Adam Gray / AP Photo, File)
02/10/2026 - 12:00am
When U.S. Border Patrol agents entered a Target store in Richfield, Minnesota, in early January, detaining two employees, it marked a new chapter in the relationship between corporate America and the federal government.
Across the Twin Cities,...
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services (front right), is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., on Jan. 14, 2025. (Ted Shaffrey / AP Photo)
02/10/2026 - 12:00am
As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers.
For years, many states competed aggressively to land data...
State Sens. Jane Raybould of Lincoln and Tony Sorrentino of the Elkhorn area, May 22, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
02/09/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s minimum wage will annually increase at 1.75%, no longer by the cost of living, and certain teen workers, starting this July, can be paid a subminimum wage that will remain below the current $15 guarantee for nearly 40 years....
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (left), listens to his chief of staff, Dave Lopez, Jan. 28, 2026. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
02/09/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen’s administration, facing scrutiny for a no-bid emergency contract with a lobbyist to whom he steered more than $2 million in state money, has again changed its story about how and why the contract was awarded.
A governor’s...
Teyana Gibson Brown (second from right), wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before arresting Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (John Locher / AP Photo)
02/09/2026 - 12:00am
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents continued to use aggressive and sometimes violent methods to make arrests in its mass deportation campaign, including breaking down doors in Minneapolis homes, a bombshell report from the...
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02/06/2026 - 12:00am
Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to seemingly resurrect the dead. So-called griefbots or deathbots – an AI-...
The state’s Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Neb., has become a detention center for migrants facing deportation proceedings. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
02/06/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has launched its first federal lawsuits on behalf of migrants at McCook’s so-called “Cornhusker Clink,” which opened a few months ago as an ICE regional detention center.
The two...
02/05/2026 - 12:00am
The Lunar Gateway is planned space station that will orbit the Moon. It is part of the Nasa‑led Artemis programme. Artemis aims to return humans to the Moon, establishing a sustainable presence there for scientific and commercial purposes, and...
Floods in Kolkata, West Bengal, India in 2019. (ABHISHEK BASAK 90 / Shutterstock)
02/05/2026 - 12:00am
In Brownsville, Texas, three members of the Galvan family died after a malfunctioning air conditioner left them exposed to extreme heat. Aged between 60 and 82, all three had chronic health conditions, including diabetes and heart disease. This...
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02/05/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — State Treasurer Joey Spellerberg is making a push to connect Nebraskans with their “lost cash.”
The effort marks National Unclaimed Property Day on Feb. 1, also recognized in Nebraska via a Gov. Jim Pillen proclamation Spellerberg...
