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Americans Want Electric Cars – They Just Can’t Find Them

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/20/2026 - 12:00am

Unsold 2026 Ioniq 5 electric cars sit on display at a Hyundai dealership Friday, June 26, 2026, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.
(David Zalubowski / AP Photo)

Within three months of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, the average price of gasoline for American drivers climbed from US$2.94 to $4.35 a gallon. If there was ever a moment for Americans to switch to electric vehicles, this was it.

From March to May 2026, in fact, sales of hybrid electric vehicles were 18% higher than over the same months in 2025.

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Kelly Clarkson And A Brooklyn Store Clashed On Social Media. Behind It, Power Dynamics Loomed

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/20/2026 - 12:00am

Molly, a singing and dancing mechanical bird, by Bliss Kolb, is displayed at Art of Play, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
(Yuki Iwamura / AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even take to social media to post about it.

But just because we might all have the same impulse, we all don’t have the same reach and impact. Exhibit A: a dispute between singer Kelly Clarkson and a small store in Brooklyn that's brought out angry fans and heated commentary.

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Ahead Of The Midterms, Meta Has Paid At Least 29 Anti-LGBTQ Accounts For Their Posts

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/16/2026 - 12:00am

Dawson Kelly holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media at a protest outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif.
(Noah Berger / AP Photo)

This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet.

On September 14, far-right influencer Chaya Raichik, known online as Libs of Tiktok, attacked a Washington state high school on Facebook for displaying a Pride flag. “Hey Mercer Island High School, why does your profile photo display a mutilation flag??” she wrote, tagging the school’s account in the post and attaching a photo of the entrance.

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Riots In The Schools Of France; A Portend

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 12:00am

Protests from unions, teachers, and students over the quality and state of schools in France have since devolved into riots by students – happening across much of the whole nation of France. On a single day alone last week, the Interior Ministry of France reported that 1,949 students were arrested, and 305 police officers were being treated for injuries. At the plethora of schools across the country, it is commonplace for trash cans to be set on fire by students. In one such instance last week, a trash fire led to the entrance to the Nelson Mandela School being overtaken in a blaze.

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Underpaid Workers Building US Consulate In Milan Will Split Multi-Million Payout From US Firm

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 12:00am

A view of the construction site of the new U.S. Consulate, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026.
(Luca Bruno / AP Photo)

MILAN (AP) — Foreign workers building the vast new U.S. consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging 45,000 euros ($50,400) each for alleged labor abuses while working for an American construction company.

More than 60 laborers, mostly from India, signed the deals Wednesday to receive their share of a 31-million-euro (nearly $35 million) settlement agreed last month with Alabama-based Caddell Construction. The signings began Tuesday.

Prosecutors say it is the largest settlement ever for labor exploitation in Europe.

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Want To Use AI To Improve Your Work? Have It Disagree With You

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 12:00am

Knowledge workers such as scientists, teachers, lawyers and business leaders are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence applications for tasks that demand imagination, creativity and problem-solving. Ironically, perhaps, recent research shows that people who interact with generative AI for work tasks can end up not thinking critically. They can surrender to AI’s quick and confident answers, which can lead to speedy but low-quality solutions.

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Nebraska Football Is Now Spending Like A Top Program. Will Dollars Equal Wins?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 12:00am

Husker fans react during the Nebraska-Maryland game on Oct. 3. The Huskers trailed 16-7 and 23-14 in the first half before pulling away and winning 48-23.
(Lily Smith / Flatwater Free Press)

A year ago, University of Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule asked Husker coaching icon Tom Osborne to come offer some words of wisdom to his staff in the campus football complex that now bears Osborne’s name.

“I remember being surprised when I walked into the room at the number of people there,” Osborne said. “There seems to be an awful lot more people.”

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Prediction Markets Spend Millions To Influence State, Federal Governments

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 12:00am

The Polymarket prediction market website is displayed on a computer screen, Jan. 11, 2026, in New York.
(Wyatte Grantham-Philips / AP Photo)

Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels, according to a new report from the government watchdog group OpenSecrets.

Prediction market platforms say they are like commodity markets that offer contracts to speculate on the future price of corn or oil — not sportsbooks that allow gamblers to place bets. But many states reject those justifications, arguing the platforms offer a backdoor to skirt state gambling regulations, particularly on sports.

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Iowa Lawmakers To Vote On Raising Tax Incentive Cap For A $15B Steel Plant

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 12:00am

President Donald Trump winks as the members of the media depart the Oval Office of the White House as Essar Capital Director Prashant Ruia, from left: Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, John Jovanovic, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa., and Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, look on, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington.
(Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers returned to the Statehouse Friday to consider expanding the ceiling on state tax incentives in an effort to secure a $15 billion steel plant project for the state.

President Donald Trump announced the plant Monday alongside Iowa elected officials, heralding the project as a major economic and national security investment.

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Omaha Employers Can Continue Paying $13.50 ‘Youth Minimum Wage,’ Judge Rules

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 12:00am

State Sen. Stan Clouse of Kearney reads the voter initiative packet from 2022 that led to voter-approved increases to the state’s minimum wage, March 31, 2025.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — A Douglas County district judge blocked part of an Omaha ordinance to require employers in city limits to pay youth workers the same minimum wage as adults as the legal fight plays out.

District Judge Timothy P. Burns on Monday wrote that the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office was likely to succeed in part of its effort to overturn the new minimum wage ordinance in Nebraska’s most populous city.