Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/28/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Dozens packed a popular plaza on South Omaha’s Latino-dominated commercial corridor Thursday afternoon, carrying immigrant-friendly signs and waving bumper stickers that read: Who would Jesus deport?
“Stand in Solidarity” rallygoers heard from allies at the top of 10 organizations such as the Nebraska AFL-CIO labor union, Nebraska Farmers Union and Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/28/2025 - 12:00am
CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ahead of flames moving up a ridge. A helicopter flew in to drop water, but it had to fly a long distance to refill — and a fire that might have been stopped went on to destroy homes.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — State Sen. Terrell McKinney recalls Nebraska’s rockier relationship with Malcolm X, the rather rough road to getting the Omaha-born human rights leader into the state’s Hall of Fame.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am
“Ask yourself at every moment: ‘Is this necessary?’ ”
Marcus Aurelius’s wisdom thankfully carries through the ages of the Earth to urge us to attention: U.S. citizens have been deported to countries where, upon landing, they no longer have rights. Not just ‘undocumented immigrants’ or ‘illegals,’ but those very people who our constitution should explicitly protect.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am
BEIRUT (AP) — Two cases pushed nutritionist Rana Soboh to wits' end. First, a woman was rushed to a Gaza emergency room after fainting while she breastfed her newborn. She told Soboh she hadn’t eaten in days.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:00am
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country – it’s South American. It isn’t exclusively found in New Zealand. And it’s not, perhaps surprisingly, the kiwi. It’s the feijoa.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Hillary Kane learned on a Saturday morning in April that within days, she would lose AmeriCorps funding for two programs that match mentors with West Philadelphia high schoolers and first-generation college students — both vulnerable groups at risk of not completing diplomas and degrees.