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
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, 05/21/2025 - 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.