Profiles
This is what democracy looks like, the young woman, wearing Native American regalia, chanted amid a sea of people of all ages, backgrounds and ethnicities, gathered among one of Omaha’s parks and...
Growing up in a military family, it wasn't that Scott Wood was expected to follow suit; rather it was his choice of military branch that may have rankled a few elders.
Wood's father enjoyed a career...
Staring at the brightly colored ball lying in his path, Brian Brigham pulls back his club and swings forward, hitting his ball, which slightly pushes the other out of the way. With a clear view,...
Artificial intelligence means different things to different people. It can be as simple as helping someone create a work e-mail to monitoring and stopping cyberattacks.
The University of Nebraska-...
There is perhaps nothing harder on Earth, than to lose a loved one, whether it’s quick and sudden or a prolonged illness – be it a favorite grandparent or someone still in the prime of their life....
Today’s News
Michael Rapino, chief executive officer and president of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., arrives at Manhattan Federal court, Thursday, March 19, 2026 in New York. (Adam Gray / AP Photo)
Jury Finds That Ticketmaster And Live Nation Had An Anticompetitive Monopoly Over Big Concert Venues
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims...
Every weekday at 1:30 p.m., Lehn Straub stands in front of his Lincoln home and waits for his son, Doug, eager to hear about the day’s adventure.
“I’ve got it, Lehn, don’t worry,” says Doug’s aide as...
The Kenosha Police Department is parked in front of Roosevelt Elementary School on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Kenosha, Wis. (Sean Krajacic / The Kenosha News via AP)
Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings
Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation this week to fix the state’s controversial threats...
State Sen. Kathleen Kauth sits at her desk on the legislative floor of the Nebraska State Capitol during the 108th Legislature 1st Special Session Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. (Rebecca S. Gratz / AP Photo)
State Senator Kathleen Kauth fascinates me. I wonder what happened to her in the past that makes her so fixated on transgender people and bathrooms that she’ll derail other important legislation.
Her...
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously signed off on formal regulations over the budding supply chain Monday, nearly a year after issuing the first regulations.
Guidelines...
This Week's News
Michael Rapino, chief executive officer and president of Live Nation Entertainment Inc., arrives at Manhattan Federal court, Thursday, March 19, 2026 in New York. (Adam Gray / AP Photo)
Jury Finds That Ticketmaster And Live Nation Had An Anticompetitive Monopoly Over Big Concert Venues
04/17/2026 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states.
A Manhattan federal...
04/17/2026 - 12:00am
Every weekday at 1:30 p.m., Lehn Straub stands in front of his Lincoln home and waits for his son, Doug, eager to hear about the day’s adventure.
“I’ve got it, Lehn, don’t worry,” says Doug’s aide as he pushes the heavy wheelchair up a steep...
The Kenosha Police Department is parked in front of Roosevelt Elementary School on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Kenosha, Wis. (Sean Krajacic / The Kenosha News via AP)
04/17/2026 - 12:00am
Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings
Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation this week to fix the state’s controversial threats of mass violence law, which had resulted in...
04/17/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously signed off on formal regulations over the budding supply chain Monday, nearly a year after issuing the first regulations.
Guidelines have ebbed through temporary 90-day periods since...
Housing developments are seen amid artificial lakes on the western side of Miami, Friday, May 17, 2024, during a flight donated by LightHawk over parts of the vast Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo)
04/16/2026 - 12:00am
Florida added nearly 3 million residents from 2010-2020, making it the fastest-growing state in the United States during that time.
On any given day, a Florida county commission or municipality may approve a new subdivision, a transportation agency...
An artificially generated image of a backyard cottage also know as a granny flat. (Shutterstock AI)
04/16/2026 - 12:00am
In contrast to highly partisan debates over many other issues, state lawmakers of all political stripes are joining forces to pass legislation to increase the supply of housing.
The policies attracting support range from requiring cities to allow...
Workers install a window on a house under construction in Richardson, Texas, Monday, March 23, 2026. (LM Otero / AP Photo)
04/16/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House economists estimate the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses, according to a new report out Monday — and say regulatory cuts could lead to more construction to stabilize prices, increase home ownership and...
04/16/2026 - 12:00am
As Harmon Maher walked along the Keystone Trail in central Omaha one morning in February, he spotted something odd: The creek next to the path, normally a gray-green color, ran bright orange.
It was full of sediment, probably from some construction...
People shop for groceries at a Walmart store in Ohio. New research suggests SNAP work requirements won’t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance. (Marty Schladen / Ohio Capital Journal)
04/15/2026 - 12:00am
As states enact stricter work requirements for the federal food stamp program, a new analysis suggests those requirements won’t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance.
The researchers conducted a review of studies on...
04/15/2026 - 12:00am
As immigration authorities carry out what President Donald Trump has promised will be the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, several states are passing laws to keep children out of foster care when their detained parents have no...
04/15/2026 - 12:00am
It was the summer of 1940, and Mari Sandoz was done with Lincoln.
The Nebraska-born author, who had lived in the capital off and on since 1919, denied her upcoming move to Denver meant she was “running away,” telling the Omaha World-Herald she was...
04/14/2026 - 12:00am
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — For some evangelical Christians, faith is about having a personal relationship with Jesus. At $1.99 per minute, the tech company Just Like Me is taking that concept to a new level.
Users of the platform can join video calls...
(Kyrych Olha / Shutterstock)
04/14/2026 - 12:00am
Americans are skipping restaurant dinners, delaying car purchases and scouring for grocery deals. Amid tariff anxiety and broader stress over affordability, consumer confidence has dropped to levels not seen in over a decade, according to The...
04/14/2026 - 12:00am
Of the tens of thousands of impoverished Scandinavians who fled crop failures and religious oppression for a fertile and free Nebraska in the late 19th century, probably only two are connected to something in Nebraskans’ kitchen today.
In 1913 in...
A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Stephanie Scarbrough / AP Photo)
04/13/2026 - 12:00am
At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal...
Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks during the National Action Network (NAN) Convention in New York, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis / AP Photo)
04/13/2026 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic Party's most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party's unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest takes shape at an annual conference led by Rev. Al...
President Donald Trump’s social media post of April 7, 2026, threatening the destruction of ‘a whole civilization,’ meaning Iran. (Truth Social)
04/13/2026 - 12:00am
Among the most disorienting things about President Donald Trump’s public language is how easily it can feel numbing and shocking in the same moment. He says something outrageous, the country recoils, and then the recoil itself begins to feel...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte leaves the podium after the launch of the NATO Secretary General's Annual Report for 2025 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Virginia Mayo / AP Photo)
04/13/2026 - 12:00am
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has weathered a fresh ordeal with President Donald Trump, this time over the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, a conflict that does not even involve the world’s biggest military alliance and one it was never...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
04/13/2026 - 12:00am
It’s just dirt.
Not special dirt; there is no spectacular mineral inside it for which the next age of mankind will be built off of, nor are there wells of untapped liquid black magic sauce to fuel economies under it. It, like all dirt, is probably...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State address on Jan. 25, 2023. (Courtesy of the Unicameral Information Office)
04/13/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — After tough fights to approve adjustments to Nebraska’s two-year budget in the state Legislature, Gov. Jim Pillen signed both budget bills without any vetoes.
Tuesday was the deadline for Pillen to file line-item vetoes on this year’s...
