Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday blasted the assault charges the Trump administration is pursuing against New Jersey U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver following a clash with law enforcement earlier this month outside an immigration detention center in Newark.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am
Move over pussycats, in deference to the pink-hatted women’s movement of previous elections cycles, there’s a new breed of peaceful protestors in town.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am
April 2025 was a busy month for space.
Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United Nations was contemplating a critical issue for the future of space exploration: the discovery, extraction and utilization of natural resources on the Moon.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s efforts to fight California on new electric-truck mandates and related regulations largely ended Monday with California officials moving to repeal the proposed rules.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am
“Investiture," is it… a heart-warming event? Or like the owner of the Daily Record, Jason Huff, said to me, "It’s open to the public, but most people don’t know what it is. Sounds like a 401k meeting or something.”