Profiles
Flying drones. Changing oil and rotating tires. Taking care of elderly patients. At Bellevue Public Schools, it's all part of a day at school.
Vocational education has gained attention as public...
There is a conversation to be had about mental health that hasn’t happened yet. Not anywhere in all the earth has it happened to any degree of merit because the person that needs to have it, has yet...
Some days ago, I got a phone call from The Daily Record, and the first of two questions that was asked of me was,
“Do you like anime?"
I froze, and some part of me was dragged back to middle school...
Leading a horse by its reigns, Megan Dannelly holds on with one hand while trying to control several balls with words on them, like mother, soldier, friend and volunteer, in the other. She attempts...
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...
Today’s News
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s state constitutional officers have officially certified the November 2024 general election, which includes the formal approval of five ballot measures.
The State Canvassing Board...
The Supreme Court is framed by the columns of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
Transgender Rights Case Lands At Supreme Court Amid Debate Over Ban On Medical Treatments For Minors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in just its second major transgender rights case, which is a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors...
(Rick Bowmer / AP Photo)
In the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park,” Dr. Ian Malcolm, a fictional math genius specializing in chaos theory, explains the “butterfly effect,” which holds that tiny actions can lead to big outcomes. “A...
PEACHAM, Vt. (AP) — The last thing John and Jenny Mackenzie saw as they fled their Vermont home with their daughters, dog and two guinea pigs last summer was their cars upended and propelled away by...
An Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York. (Caleb Jones / AP Photo)
LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year.
Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new...
This Week's News
12/06/2024 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s state constitutional officers have officially certified the November 2024 general election, which includes the formal approval of five ballot measures.
The State Canvassing Board on Monday unanimously accepted the election...
12/06/2024 - 6:00am
On Monday, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed motions to dismiss the two pending criminal cases against Donald Trump, the D.C. case centered on his actions to subvert the result of the 2020 election and the Florida case about classified documents....
The Supreme Court is framed by the columns of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
Transgender Rights Case Lands At Supreme Court Amid Debate Over Ban On Medical Treatments For Minors
12/06/2024 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in just its second major transgender rights case, which is a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors.
The justices' decision, not expected for several...
(Rick Bowmer / AP Photo)
12/06/2024 - 4:00am
In the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park,” Dr. Ian Malcolm, a fictional math genius specializing in chaos theory, explains the “butterfly effect,” which holds that tiny actions can lead to big outcomes. “A butterfly flaps its wings in Peking,” Malcolm...
12/05/2024 - 12:34pm
PEACHAM, Vt. (AP) — The last thing John and Jenny Mackenzie saw as they fled their Vermont home with their daughters, dog and two guinea pigs last summer was their cars upended and propelled away by rushing flood waters.
Minutes earlier they had...
An Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York. (Caleb Jones / AP Photo)
12/05/2024 - 11:35am
LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year.
Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new prominence in 2024,” with its frequency of use...
The Mo-Pac East Trail out of Lincoln now ends at this trailhead in the unincorporated village of Wabash, just north of Elmwood. (Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)
12/05/2024 - 11:32am
LINCOLN — Construction of a long-sought recreation trail to connect Lincoln and Omaha moved a step closer following the final approval of a route through rural Cass County.
On a 14-4 vote, the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District,...
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (center) points to damage as he speaks with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell during a tour of wildfire damage, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Rick Bowmer / AP Photo)
12/05/2024 - 11:30am
Landlords Evicted Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It.
by Nick Grube, Honolulu Civil Beat
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12/05/2024 - 11:29am
PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral, which is set to reopen to the public on Sunday after a five-year restoration following a devastating fire, stands as a jewel of Gothic architecture, a symbol of Paris and a tourist mecca.
But behind the grandeur of...
Nebraska Corn Huskers team players take snapshots of the Orange Bowl trophy filled with oranges during media day at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Dec. 29, 1994. (Hans Deryk / AP Photo)
12/05/2024 - 11:26am
If you’re new to Nebraska or younger than 35 or so, you might not believe what I’m about to tell you. There was a time when this state had a really great football team and a vibrant Democratic party.
Now when you see the sea of red that attend the...
House for sale with sign in the yard. (David Zalubowski / AP Photo)
12/05/2024 - 11:25am
Americans hand over a huge chunk of their paycheck for a roof over their heads. Policymakers are looking out for indications of what President-elect Donald Trump plans to do to ease housing costs next year after an election where voters were laser-...
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12/04/2024 - 6:00am
Some twenty years ago when reruns of Dawson's Creek were on the only handful of television channels your father would purchase and your older sister would burn Dave Mathews and Limp Bizkit onto CD’s she would title as “Dank Tunes," much time would...
12/04/2024 - 5:00am
OMAHA — The line of people checking in at Together Omaha’s food pantry stretched across the room and spilled out the front door.
A family of four, whose early-bird arrival shortened an otherwise hourlong wait for groceries, would be among the first...
Students prepare to ride bicycles in the gymnasium at Will-Moore Elementary School in Bismarck, North Dakota, during a celebration of the All Kids Bike program on Nov. 25, 2024. (Michael Achterling / North Dakota Monitor via Nebraska Examiner)
12/04/2024 - 4:00am
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum flashed his biking acumen and his inner child this week during the state’s rollout of the All Kids Bike program.
The program, funded through a $1.5 million state grant in collaboration with private donors, aims to teach...
12/04/2024 - 3:00am
SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses the wind's clean energy to transport goods across...
12/03/2024 - 7:00am
Lately, I’ve been writing about and talking a lot about soup dumplings, with their recent arrival in Omaha. This week, I’m taking a look at another ancient Chinese dish (like, two millennia ancient) that’s making a splash in west Omaha.
Hot Pot 88...
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12/03/2024 - 6:00am
It’s the week after Thanksgiving. A time we are supposed to sit down and enjoy a meal with family and friends and reflect on all the good things in our lives. But after the contentious election, many people will be avoiding some family members and...
A Walmart logo is displayed outside of a Walmart store, in Walpole, Mass., Sept. 3, 2019. (Steven Senne / AP Photo)
12/03/2024 - 5:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart's sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster...
12/03/2024 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — Two former state lawmakers, an Omaha couple that founded a senior home care service and the head of a Lincoln facility that won the first-ever “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” contest are the latest inductees into the Nebraska Business...
State Sen. John McCollister of Omaha broke with many of his fellow Republicans on votes that went against the position of Gov. Pete Ricketts. Years later, as McCollister was running for a seat on the Metropolitan Utilities District board, Ricketts donated to his opponent, who ultimately defeated McCollister. (Nati Harnik / AP Photo)
12/02/2024 - 11:26am
In January 2017, Patrick O’Donnell entered the Nebraska State Capitol’s cavernous legislative chamber, air heavy with the echo of history’s fierce debates and whispered negotiations.
He stood in a familiar spot, the one on the dais reserved for the...
12/02/2024 - 11:24am
LEECHBURG, Pennsylvania -- Tom McIlwain is sitting just outside the double doors leading to the country store at Pounds Farm, shaking off the chill and warming up with a cup of hot coffee. The 91-year-old has just finished herding the last batch of...
12/02/2024 - 11:20am
OMAHA — Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon in 2024 defied the “blue dot” for a second straight presidential election. He won Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District in another year in which the district’s voters backed a Democrat over former...
