Profiles
After being appointed to the New York City Art Commission, she was invited to the annual dinner at a men’s club in New York. The invitation said “Black Tie,” so she wore a black evening gown with a...
Gavin Newsom on July 12, 2024. (Juliana Yamada / AP Photo, Pool)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he has President Joe Biden's back. It's almost enough for me to take him off my list of possible successors to the incumbent president. Having Biden's back is not a...
From left: my husband Greg DeWall, children Leo and Josephine DeWall, and myself with former Nebraska Governor and current U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts on the day he signed into law a Nebraska bill protecting the rights of disabled parents in 2018. ( Stacy Cervenka courtesy photo)
With Mother’s Day recently passed and Father’s Day just around the corner, families across the United States are celebrating the dedication, love, and sacrifice that parents show their children and...
BlueBarn Theatre debuted ““More of a Heart”” on March 28, 2024. The play was written by Dave Osmundsen. The play explores family dynamics and what it means to truly communicate. Zachary is a college...
To understand the somewhat divisive and misunderstood concept of gerrymandering that has real consequences in parts of the United States, it helps to begin with the concept from the decisively...
Today’s News
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Capturing the fast pace vibe of entrepreneurs, co-founders of the first Hustle Conference, CurtDrew and Eric Gautschi, have held fast to this dream for more than a decade. Today, October 9,their...
Students plant trees as part of Keep Omaha Beautiful programming. The planting of trees on school grounds will be renewed under the Trees for Tomorrow initiative. (Courtesy of Keep Omaha Beautiful)
OMAHA — A new “Trees for Tomorrow” initiative is to launch Saturday with the planting of 75 new trees in the Elkhorn area’s Ta-Ha-Zouka Park.
About 80 community volunteers who will be planting a...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore poses for photographers on arrival at the premiere of the film 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Power to Truth', in London, Thursday, Aug.10, 2017. (Grant Pollard / Invision / AP Photo)
This morning a bizarre random thought popped into my head.
I wonder how Al Gore feels. Is he angry? Is he smug and thinking “I told you so?”
I’ll admit it’s not a thought I ever had before. Being...
Boone McCrary, of Greeneville, Tenn., and his chocolate lab, Moss, who both died after his boat capsized while he was trying to rescue a man trapped in the river during Hurricane Helene. (Laura Harville via AP)
As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was...
At a private college in the Northeast, a first-year student said it was the highlight of her day whenever she would lie on the floor of her adviser’s office and cuddle with a therapy dog, a...
This Week's News
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10/09/2024 - 11:43am
Capturing the fast pace vibe of entrepreneurs, co-founders of the first Hustle Conference, CurtDrew and Eric Gautschi, have held fast to this dream for more than a decade. Today, October 9,their first supporter Anthony Hendrickson PhD, dean of...
Students plant trees as part of Keep Omaha Beautiful programming. The planting of trees on school grounds will be renewed under the Trees for Tomorrow initiative. (Courtesy of Keep Omaha Beautiful)
10/09/2024 - 7:00am
OMAHA — A new “Trees for Tomorrow” initiative is to launch Saturday with the planting of 75 new trees in the Elkhorn area’s Ta-Ha-Zouka Park.
About 80 community volunteers who will be planting a dozen different native species in that area were...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore poses for photographers on arrival at the premiere of the film 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Power to Truth', in London, Thursday, Aug.10, 2017. (Grant Pollard / Invision / AP Photo)
10/09/2024 - 6:00am
This morning a bizarre random thought popped into my head.
I wonder how Al Gore feels. Is he angry? Is he smug and thinking “I told you so?”
I’ll admit it’s not a thought I ever had before. Being concerned about Al Gore, or any politician’s feelings...
Boone McCrary, of Greeneville, Tenn., and his chocolate lab, Moss, who both died after his boat capsized while he was trying to rescue a man trapped in the river during Hurricane Helene. (Laura Harville via AP)
10/09/2024 - 5:00am
As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was stranded by floodwaters that had leveled his home....
10/09/2024 - 4:00am
At a private college in the Northeast, a first-year student said it was the highlight of her day whenever she would lie on the floor of her adviser’s office and cuddle with a therapy dog, a Leonberger named Stella.
At a large public university in...
This photo combo shows 2024 Nobel Prize winners in physiology or medicine Gary Ruvkun, American molecular biologist (left), and Victor Ambros (right), professor of natural science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Newton, Mass. (Steven Senne / AP Photo)
10/09/2024 - 3:00am
When Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered a new molecule they called microRNA in the 1980s, it was a fascinating diversion from what for decades had been called the central dogma of molecular biology.
Recognized with the 2024 Nobel Prize in...
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman. (Brian Witte / AP Photo)
10/09/2024 - 2:00am
Banned Books Find Shelter in Maryland ‘Sanctuary Library’
After beginning in 2022 in Chicago, sanctuary libraries have since spread to 12 other library systems in North America.
By Sofia Appolonio, Capital News Service
This story first appeared at...
10/09/2024 - 1:00am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by Frontline (PBS) last week on Korean adoptions. The investigation reported dubious child-...
10/08/2024 - 7:00am
Twenty-two pork-production states are pushing for an appeal of a federal district court ruling that upheld a 2016 ballot measure in Massachusetts to prohibit the sale of pork, poultry and veal from livestock that were “confined in a cruel manner.”...
Nebraska State Senator Mike McDonnell. (Courtesy of Nebraska Legislature)
10/08/2024 - 6:00am
Isn’t it funny how the political party that’s always talking about state’s rights tried to take away one of ours?
Kudos to the one Republican senator in the state who dared to stand up to the convicted felon running for President. Kudos to Mike...
10/08/2024 - 5:00am
As a top producer of children’s entertainment, Disney is no stranger to America’s culture wars.
Liberals have long criticized the company for its products’ promotion of gender stereotypes and racist tropes. Meanwhile, conservatives have excoriated...
Peter Hughes stands at the control panel for a robot in Hunt Valley on March 29, 1985 that can perform many of the functions but doesn’t have the appearance of his humanoid creation that will cook, serve and sell hamburgers at a fast-food restaurant in New York City within a year. (AP Photo)
10/08/2024 - 4:00am
Though food service workers and economists have long worried about the impact technology would have on the restaurant labor force, pilot programs in several fast-casual restaurants over the last few years have shown it may not have the negative...
10/08/2024 - 3:00am
DETROIT (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on.
The International Longshoremen’s...
The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. (Jon Elswick / AP Photo)
10/08/2024 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is expanding its program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency for free.
The federal tax collector’s Direct File program, which allows taxpayers to calculate and submit their returns to the...
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts (right) speaks about public safety as Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (left) and Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine (center) listen. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
10/07/2024 - 7:00am
OMAHA — Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, running to fill out the remainder of his first term in federal office, rolled out some law enforcement union endorsements Tuesday.
The former Nebraska governor received endorsements from the Omaha Police...
10/07/2024 - 6:00am
KITTANING, Pennsylvania -- Jennifer Krantz was in the checkout line at Sprankle's grocery store in this Armstrong County city with her three boys, Brayden, Eddie and Frederick, along with her husband, Bryant, when former President Donald Trump...
RISE nonprofit executive Jasmine Harris announced a run Tuesday for Omaha mayor. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
10/07/2024 - 5:00am
OMAHA — Nonprofit executive Jasmine Harris, who has spent years helping Nebraskans re-enter society after serving their criminal sentence, is trying a second time to become Omaha’s mayor.
The director of public policy and advocacy for justice-...
10/07/2024 - 4:00am
Few people expected the campaign to elect the first woman president to spark a referendum on masculinity, but what it means to be a man has become “arguably the most dominant theme of this year’s elections,” according to MSNBC’s Ja'han Jones.
The...
10/07/2024 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months.
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia Wednesday to...
Melania Trump is introduced during the Republican National Convention Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Matt Rourke / AP Photo)
10/07/2024 - 2:00am
Originally published by The 19th
Former first lady Melania Trump defends abortion rights in her new memoir, The Guardian reported Wednesday.
Melania Trump wrote in the book, set to publish Tuesday, that abortion is a “personal freedom” — a framing...
10/07/2024 - 1:00am
A Law Was Meant to Target Teen Violence. Instead, 17-Year-Olds Are Being Charged as Adults for Lesser Offenses.
by Richard A. Webster, Verite News
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10/04/2024 - 7:00am
OMAHA — Allegations flew Monday in Nebraska’s most competitive U.S. Senate race, with one campaign threatening legal action over campaign advertising and a report about talk of “Hitler Youth.”
Nebraska nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn’s campaign...
Nick Fuentes, far-right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Nov. 11, 2020. Former President Donald Trump had dinner Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, at his Mar-a-Lago club with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white supremacist rhetoric. (Nicole Hester / Ann Arbor News via AP)
10/04/2024 - 6:00am
At a donor event last week with Miriam Adelson, the widow of Las Vegas casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, Donald Trump promised to be the best friend Jews have ever had in the White House. The event was entitled "Fighting Antisemitism in America."...
A corn field in Saunders County, Nebraska, just outside of Ashland grows in midsummer sun. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
10/04/2024 - 4:00am
The cost of fertilizer is up; crop prices are down. Farmers have struggled through drought, and ranchers sold off huge swaths of their herd.
To top it all off, Congress has yet to pass a new iteration of the farm bill, which expired Monday, and is...
10/04/2024 - 4:00am
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the...
New York City mayor Eric Adams (right) appears with his attorney, Alex Spiro, outside Manhattan federal court after an appearance, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP Photo)
10/04/2024 - 3:00am
As the Democratic primary for mayor in New York approached in the spring of 2021, most of my friends and colleagues were supporting one of three candidates.
My lefty friends were all rallying around progressive standard-bearer Maya Wiley. My more...
Lovely R. Suanino, a respiratory therapist at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N.J., demonstrates setting up a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital Wednesday, May 25, 2005. (Mike Derer / AP Photo)
10/04/2024 - 2:00am
A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.
by Caroline Chen
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10/04/2024 - 1:00am
In the 2024 election cycle, voters without children are under the microscope.
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has said that “childless cat ladies” and older adults without kids are “sociopaths” who “don’t have a direct stake in this...
10/03/2024 - 7:00am
The 35th annual Commercial Real Estate Summit, a landmark gathering of real estate agents, brokers, investors, and fellow stakeholders was held at the CHI Health Center in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska on August 23.
Nearly 900 people gathered with a...
A site plan of the 18 acres on which Alliance Sports plans to build a home soccer stadium for Union Omaha. Around it would be practice fields, housing, retail, a hotel, pickleball courts and parking. (Courtesy of Alliance Sports)
10/03/2024 - 6:00am
Dream with me for a moment.
Imagine driving into downtown Omaha and seeing a state-of-the-art professional soccer stadium as a part of the city’s gateway and hearing the roar of thousands of soccer fans fill the air. Omaha already knows the thrill...
10/03/2024 - 5:00am
As a first-time renter straight out of high school, Spencer Antrim didn’t know what to expect of his landlord when he signed a lease at Camelot Village Apartments.
The restaurant worker assumed it was normal to have some unresolved maintenance...
10/03/2024 - 4:00am
OMAHA — For Donell Brown, the pieces of a budding real estate business fell into place rather naturally.
By day, he’s a supply chain manager at a Fortune 500 company. But a friend’s suggestion prompted him to soak up Spark’s “developer academy”...
