Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell, a four-decade Democrat and longtime leader of the Omaha fire union, became a Republican in April after Democrats censured him for supporting a stricter abortion ban and health care limits on trans minors.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 2:00am
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison.
Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 7:00am
WASHINGTON — Ryan Wesley Routh appeared in federal court Monday on two firearm charges after being apprehended by local law enforcement Sunday in what the FBI is investigating as a possible assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Mental health professionals will start accompanying Lincoln police officers on calls involving people having a mental health crisis under a new program announced Tuesday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit political campaigns and outside political groups from using artificial intelligence to misrepresent the views of their rivals by pretending to be them.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 7:00am
WASHINGTON — Congress is stumbling toward another government shutdown deadline at the end of the month with no clear plan in place to enact a bipartisan stopgap spending bill — and some new meddling by the Republican presidential nominee.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 6:00am
Here’s a funny thought: If Donald Trump lived in Nebraska, the state’s Republican Attorney General and the Republican Secretary of State would not want him to be able to vote for himself. That’s because they have unilaterally decided that laws passed by the Unicameral that allow felons to vote after they’ve completed their sentencing violates the state’s constitution.