Profiles
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...
He bought the farm. To many it may simply mean he passed away. But in a spectacular turn of events, this lofty purchase, in a very roundabout way, ties together generations past.
In fact it is a...
After 30 years, it's not often that Andrea Bocelli performs in a new city, but that will be the case when he takes the stage at CHI Health Center Omaha Feb. 6.
The Italian tenor looks forward to...
In popular culture and in card games, deuces signifies a card, say a two of diamonds.
A team of seven students from Duchesne brought home the state mock trial championship for the second year in a...
When my Editor came to me and asked if I wanted to get paid to head to 36th and V Street to write about street tacos, I did my very best to hide my enthusiasm and remain as professional as possible...
Today’s News
New housing rises in Douglas County on February, 2023. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
OMAHA — The Omaha metropolitan area topped a list of hottest housing markets in a new national analysis by U.S. News & World Report.
That’s up from the No. 3 spot in the mid-2024 report, says...
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America is… what? Beyond a country that people reside in - what has she become? If she had a face, would it be the Statue of Liberty? And if so and she spoke, would it be the voice of Emma Lazarus?
“...
DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to...
A Rocket Companies sign is displayed on the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange, Aug. 6, 2020, in New York. (Mark Lennihan / AP Photo)
The mortgage company Rocket is buying competitor Mr. Cooper in an all-stock deal valued at $9.4 billion, just weeks after acquiring real estate listing company Redfin.
Rocket Cos. said Monday that...
LINCOLN — Habitat for Humanity of Omaha calls it the “equity promise.”
It’s new, and essentially a “pay-it-forward” pact in which the nonprofit’s homebuyer clients who receive downpayment and other...
This Week's News
New housing rises in Douglas County on February, 2023. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
04/03/2025 - 7:00am
OMAHA — The Omaha metropolitan area topped a list of hottest housing markets in a new national analysis by U.S. News & World Report.
That’s up from the No. 3 spot in the mid-2024 report, says Patrick Duffy, the publication’s senior real estate...
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04/03/2025 - 6:00am
America is… what? Beyond a country that people reside in - what has she become? If she had a face, would it be the Statue of Liberty? And if so and she spoke, would it be the voice of Emma Lazarus?
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...
04/03/2025 - 4:00am
DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make...
A Rocket Companies sign is displayed on the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange, Aug. 6, 2020, in New York. (Mark Lennihan / AP Photo)
04/03/2025 - 12:00am
The mortgage company Rocket is buying competitor Mr. Cooper in an all-stock deal valued at $9.4 billion, just weeks after acquiring real estate listing company Redfin.
Rocket Cos. said Monday that bringing Mr. Cooper Group Inc. into the fold will...
04/02/2025 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — Habitat for Humanity of Omaha calls it the “equity promise.”
It’s new, and essentially a “pay-it-forward” pact in which the nonprofit’s homebuyer clients who receive downpayment and other assistance agree to certain resale restrictions...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
04/02/2025 - 6:00am
Across the country, states like Texas, North Carolina, and Florida have sought to weaken or eliminate tenure in public higher education.
Now, Nebraska is considering Legislative Bill 551, a bill that would abolish tenure at public colleges and...
04/02/2025 - 5:00am
As gerontologists – social scientists who study aging populations – we envision a future in which older people leave a doctor’s visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something.
Does that sound far-fetched? There’s scientific research backing...
04/02/2025 - 3:00am
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
by Patricia Callahan
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04/02/2025 - 3:00am
Erin McGuire spent years cultivating fruits and vegetables like onions, peppers and tomatoes as a scientist and later director of a lab at the University of California-Davis. She collaborated with hundreds of people to breed drought-resistant...
Creighton University nursing students. (Courtesy of Creighton University)
04/01/2025 - 7:00am
OMAHA — As thrilled as they are about a $114 million pediatric mental health care facility rising in Omaha, local health care officials expect challenges, including assembling the necessary workforce during the current nursing shortage.
Helping to...
04/01/2025 - 5:00am
As strong winds and heavy snow battered Lincoln, Shannon Hampson’s house was unusually quiet – absent the dozen kids who fill her in-home child care with laughter, cries and questions.
Between snow and sicknesses that week, Hampson said she’d be out...
04/01/2025 - 4:00am
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
by Jake Pearson
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03/31/2025 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., reassured his constituents Tuesday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the House GOP budget are not threats to the stability of the social programs they rely on or the federal agencies that...
The U.S. Postal Service held a ceremony in Omaha to formally rename the Benson branch post pffice for World War II Navy veteran Charles Jackson French. A photo of French is shown outside the building at 63rd and Maple Streets. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
03/31/2025 - 6:00am
Among my youthful, unrequited dreams were becoming a professor of American history and playing centerfield for the New York Yankees. Obviously, neither came to pass. My passions for both the American story and the national pastime remain intact,...
03/31/2025 - 5:00am
PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s European allies did not all agree Thursday on the proposed deployment of troops in the country to back up an eventual peace deal and only some want to take part, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday.
“It is not...
03/31/2025 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop — before the...
Gov. Jim Pillen (top right) leads an initial meeting of his new “Water Quality and Quantity Task Force” as he eyes a merger of two Nebraska state departments and seeks to prioritize water resources in state government on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Courtesy of Office of Gov. Jim Pillen)
03/31/2025 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has officially appointed a new “Water Quality and Quantity Task Force” as he seeks to merge two state agencies that oversee water resources.
Pillen’s office announced the initial appointment of seven members to the...
03/28/2025 - 7:00am
PLATTSMOUTH, Nebraska — The prospects are again uncertain for a long-sought recreation trail across rural Cass County.
On Tuesday, the Cass County Board voted 4-1 to withdraw its November approval of a route for the trail, a 10-mile segment that...
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03/28/2025 - 6:00am
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
November 8th, 1838 – Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A great American philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, who wrote and spoke in length about the importance...
03/28/2025 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — The legislative committee mulling how to help implement Nebraska’s voter-led medical cannabis laws awaits an amendment before lawmakers vote on whether to advance the bill.
Legislative Bill 677, from State Sen. Ben Hansen of Blair, seeks...
President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo)
03/28/2025 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration can stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. but has to allow in people who were conditionally accepted before the president suspended the nation’s refugee admissions system, an appeals court...
