Profiles
It’s an open book – as well it should be. We’re talking about the design concept behind Omaha’s new Central Library – and at the heart of its very mission.
To provide a welcoming space for all people...
A fresh morning drizzle on Saturday either lended to or came from the heavy fog, priced by downtown Omaha’s few skyscrapers. The view from Cummings Street was thankfully unobstructed as I drove to...
It was a hard sell.
I was loitering around in that dark Omaha alleyway, one of those ones that still have those red bricks that bring more character than the unfilled potholes on old concrete. Next...
Omaha has many religious places of worship, but only one Temple of Beauty. Windowless walls of pink Georgia-marble reach high into the air as if to both catch as much sunlight as possible while also...
Walking into a New York City pharmacy, Scott LeRette had no idea how life was about to change for him and his family.
LeRette, author of "The Unbreakable Boy," mentioned to the pharmacist he was an...
Today’s News
LA Police Swiftly Enforce Downtown Curfew As Protests Against Trump's Immigration Crackdown Continue
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to...
OMAHA — As many as 100 workers suspected of being in the country illegally were ensnared, witnesses said, in what immigration officials said was its largest Nebraska enforcement operation since...
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert concedes the election to democratic challenger John Ewing during an election night watch party, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 in Omaha, Neb. (Nikos Frazier / Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Omaha is about to embark on a new era. Well, sort of a new era. I wonder how much will really change since the new Omaha mayor has kept almost every department head of the old Omaha mayor. Things...
So said an American icon, Mark Twain, that, “Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection – that is the last and most precious reward that any (person) can win, whether by character or...
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In the race to develop artificial intelligence, large technology companies such as Google and Meta are trying to secure massive amounts of electricity to power new data centers. Electric utilities...
This Week's News
LA Police Swiftly Enforce Downtown Curfew As Protests Against Trump's Immigration Crackdown Continue
06/13/2025 - 12:00am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against...
06/13/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — As many as 100 workers suspected of being in the country illegally were ensnared, witnesses said, in what immigration officials said was its largest Nebraska enforcement operation since President Donald Trump took office.
Outside of Glenn...
06/13/2025 - 12:00am
So said an American icon, Mark Twain, that, “Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection – that is the last and most precious reward that any (person) can win, whether by character or achievement.”
To be inducted to the bench, Tamara T. Mosby...
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06/12/2025 - 12:00am
In the race to develop artificial intelligence, large technology companies such as Google and Meta are trying to secure massive amounts of electricity to power new data centers. Electric utilities see the prospect of earning large profits by...
06/12/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — The “Downing Brothers” — Chicago firefighter twins known for their HGTV show on real estate investment — were in Omaha for a brief appearance and committed to an encore visit they hope will electrify local affordable housing efforts.
In town...
Protestors gather outside the South Dakota State Penitentiary on Friday, May 23, 2025 to protest about recent prison deaths. (Sarah Raza / AP Photo)
06/12/2025 - 12:00am
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that legislation: Housing thousands of additional inmates could require up to $2 billion to build new...
Nebraska Public Power District’s Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Nebraska. (Courtesy of NPPD)
06/12/2025 - 12:00am
In February 2021, thousands of Nebraskans found themselves in the dark of rolling blackouts. A brutal polar vortex froze wind turbines, strained natural gas supplies and exposed serious weaknesses in our energy grid. However, even as multiple power...
06/12/2025 - 12:00am
PAPILLION, Nebraska — Nebraska’s big demand for affordable housing calls for big ideas, and the new Tallgrass housing project in Sarpy County is one developer’s novel approach to helping fill that tall order.
Lincoln-based Hoppe Development started...
06/11/2025 - 12:00am
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early Monday, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the Israel-...
In this Friday, June 2, 2017, photo, Kathleen Elias (left) and Eleni Kalamaris, both with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps team, cut and treat tree saplings at part of a prairie restoration at Mount St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa. (Jessica Reilly / Telegraph Herald via AP)
06/11/2025 - 12:00am
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. nonprofits provide vital services, such as running food banks and youth programs, supporting public health initiatives and helping unemployed people find new jobs. Although this work helps sustain local communities,...
The male elephant, named Plai Biang Lek, ransacks sweet rice crackers at shop in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Monday, June 2, 2025. (Kanokporn Sriboon via AP)
06/11/2025 - 12:00am
BANGKOK (AP) — A hungry wild elephant caused havoc in a grocery store in Thailand on Monday when he strolled in from a nearby national park and helped himself to food on the shelves.
Videos of the incident showed the huge male elephant, known as...
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06/11/2025 - 12:00am
I best watch my language, because the world, as it has for a couple millennia, is changing once again. And the words and tools by which we both described and navigated yesterday may not be accurate or effective tomorrow.
I was reminded of this...
06/11/2025 - 12:00am
This story was produced in partnership with The 74, a national nonprofit news organization covering America’s education system from early childhood through college and career.
Angela Gleason knew something was wrong with her son’s education by the...
06/10/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of...
Aisle information signs are seen at a Walgreens pharmacy store in Deerfield, Ill., July 25, 2024. (Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo)
06/10/2025 - 12:00am
Pharmacies are more than just stores – they’re vital links between people and their health care.
One of us, Patrick, witnessed this firsthand in 2003 while working as a pharmacy technician at Walgreens in a midsize West Texas town. Each day involved...
06/10/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A Lincoln entrepreneur born and raised in Auburn announced his 2026 candidacy Wednesday for an open seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
Brent Comstock, 29, is the CEO of the Lincoln-based marketing firm BCom, which he...
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06/10/2025 - 12:00am
In old Western movies, the bad guys always had a bandana covering their face before they held up a stagecoach. In more modern movies, the bad guys have nylon stockings over their faces before they rob a bank or kidnap an heiress.
In today’s real...
06/10/2025 - 12:00am
However it happens be it through work or habit, for some of us our internal clock has shifted, settling into the same waking hours as a nightbird. Somewhere in the string of nights that have made up our lives more than the days, when distant...
President Donald Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
06/09/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions.
The...
From left: former Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle, who helped in transition plan, Fire Chief Kathy Bossman, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer, Ewing, Chief of Staff Tom Warren, City Attorney Matthew Kuhse and Deputy of Communications Erin Grace. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
06/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — From economic development to tax-increment financing, the streetcar, immigration arrests and staffing, Omaha Mayor-elect John Ewing Jr. on Wednesday talked more about how he plans to lead Nebraska’s largest city.
Ewing spoke to reporters at...
06/09/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by the Fourth of July, and he's pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later....
06/09/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — After two months of speculation, State Sen. John Cavanaugh is throwing his hat into the ring Wednesday and running for Congress in Nebraska’s 2nd District.
The Omaha-based lawmaker joins one high-profile local candidate in PAC co-founder...
