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See You In The Funny Papers: How Superhero Comics Tell The Story Of Jewish America

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 3:00am
Oversized Superman comic book pages displayed on a fence outside of what was once Joe Shuster's boyhood home in Cleveland. Superman collaborators Jerry Siegel and Shuster lived several blocks apart in the Glenville neighborhood which shaped their lives, dreams for the future and their imagery of the Man of Steel. 
(Tony Dejak / AP Photo)

Nearly a hundred years ago, a hastily crafted spaceship crash-landed in Smallville, Kansas. Inside was an infant – the sole survivor of a planet destroyed by old age. Discovering he possessed superhuman strength and abilities, the boy committed to channeling his power to benefit humankind and champion the oppressed.

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Omaha Televangelist: A Pastor Allied With Trump. His Church Is Booming – And Buying Serious Real Estate

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 7:00am
Lord of Hosts, a church in the Millard area of the Omaha metro, seen here on the evening of March 5. The church and its pastor, Hank Kunneman, closely align themselves with President Donald Trump. They have grown quickly and amassed real estate, money and power in the Omaha area. 
(Joseph Saaid / Flatwater Free Press)

Hank Kunneman’s booming voice filled the room, topping 100 decibels and repeatedly triggering an Apple Watch loud noise warning. He scrunched his eyes shut and drove his pointer finger toward the sky, shaking with tension.

“And so as our hands are lifted, Lord. It is a sign of the victory you have brought at this time to the Earth, to us in the United States of America.”

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Ukrainian War Veteran Amputees Learn Adaptive Skiing In Oregon

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00am
Ukrainian veteran Oleksandr Shvachka skis during a lesson with Oregon Adaptive Sports on the three track skiing method at Hoodoo Ski Area in central Oregon on Thursday, March 6, 2025. 
(Jenny Kane / AP Photo)

HOODOO SKI AREA, Ore. (AP) — Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvachka lost his left leg to Russian tank fire outside Kyiv. Three years on, the latest step in his physical and mental rehabilitation recently unfolded under a brilliant blue sky on a snow-covered mountain more than 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) away.

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A Youth Theater Production Rises From The Ashes Of The Los Angeles Fires

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 4:00am
Lara Ganz (right) director of Theatre Palisades Youth, works on blocking with Anna Telehowski, 14 (left) on opening night of the musical “Crazy for You” after the group lost their theater in the Palisades fire, Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 28, 2025. 
(Jocelyn Gecker / AP Photo)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The day after her house burned down, Lara Ganz sent a group message to the youth theater troupe she runs: They would not let the Los Angeles firestorm stop their upcoming show.

“So many of our castmates have lost everything,” wrote Ganz, the director of youth theater at a beloved playhouse in the Pacific Palisades. “We will continue with rehearsals. I am confident we will find a stage.”

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Lobbyist Remembered For Caring Deeply About Nebraska Teachers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Retired Nebraska lobbyist Herb Schimek is being remembered around the Capitol as someone who cared deeply about teachers, whom he represented over more than three decades.

Schimek, the long-time lobbyist for the Nebraska State Education Association and husband of former State Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln, died Feb. 25. He was 86.

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Some Nebraska Republicans Join National Quest To Infuse More Religion Into Schools

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 2:00am

LINCOLN – Across the street from the Nebraska State Capitol, a monument to the Ten Commandments stands on the sidewalk outside of St. Mary Catholic Church. Although it’s not on Capitol grounds, as in some states, religion still similarly influences the statehouse.

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They Survived The Jungle To Seek Asylum. Now Afghans In Nebraska Fear Deportation.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 7:00am
Afghans gather for a training exercise at the Nebraska Afghan Community Center in Omaha. The center was created in 2021 as a vehicle to centralize services and provide assistance to Afghan families arriving in Nebraska. 
(Courtesy of the Nebraska Afghan Community Center)

As he trudged for days through the scorching jungle with about 20 other people following a nameless smuggler, Ashraf Safi felt a tinge of gratitude.

“There were children with us who had to witness everything we saw,” the father of two said. “Every time we started walking again, I told myself, ‘at least my children are not here — I have to keep moving for them.’”

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The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00am
Mr. Pete Marocco is the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs. In this capacity, he led U.S. defense policy across Africa, and served as the senior defense official charged with countering the continent’s transnational threats to American citizens, the U.S. homeland, and U.S. allies and partners. 
(Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense)

The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy

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Leonard Peltier Remains Defiant In AP Interview, Maintaining Innocence And Vowing Continued Activism

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 4:00am
Native American activist Leonard Peltier sits for a portrait in prison in February 1986. 
(Cliff Schiappa / AP Photo)

BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant.

He maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975 and sees his newfound freedom — the result of a commutation from former President Joe Biden — as the beginning of a new phase of his activism.

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To Catch A Trafficker: Inside The Omaha Program Jailing Child Sex Offenders, Empowering Survivors

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 6:00am
Child advocates, local police and federal agents who collaborate on sex trafficking cases share office space at Project Harmony’s headquarters in west Omaha. 
(Jeremy Turley / Flatwater Free Press)

Editor’s note: A survivor of child sex trafficking will be referred to by a pseudonym in this story to protect her identity.

The bust that kicked off a yearslong crackdown on Omaha’s child sex trafficking underworld started as a single name on a whiteboard in Sgt. Brett Schrage’s office.

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