Profiles
Staring at the brightly colored ball lying in his path, Brian Brigham pulls back his club and swings forward, hitting his ball, which slightly pushes the other out of the way. With a clear view,...
Artificial intelligence means different things to different people. It can be as simple as helping someone create a work e-mail to monitoring and stopping cyberattacks.
The University of Nebraska-...
There is perhaps nothing harder on Earth, than to lose a loved one, whether it’s quick and sudden or a prolonged illness – be it a favorite grandparent or someone still in the prime of their life....
Sherry Kolli, a registered nurse, healing-touch practitioner, co-founder of Peaceful Hearts Hospice and board member of Holistic Hearts Foundation. (Courtesy Photo)
There is no cure, the best we can do is offer palliative care to ease the discomfort. For anyone who has ever heard these dreaded words, know their world is about to crumble.
But there are people and...
She emigrated from Russia to Minnesota, fresh after graduating college, with scant money to her name – to no doubt achieve the American dream.
At that point, a law career wasn’t even visible on the...
Today’s News
Small counties in the coastal Southeast had some of the largest population gains between mid-2024 and mid-2025 in estimates being released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, mostly because of people...
It has a catchy name — Build America, Buy America — and the lauded goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
But the law has spurred a bottleneck for affordable housing.
Nearly...
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Just how many problems in the world would you wager are due to apathy? If you were to look into your own past when the struggles of your life were compounding, how many people who could have helped...
Gene Leahy didn’t like what he saw. Rushville’s baseball field was one of the finest in Nebraska, thanks to the generosity of two bachelor brother ranchers. But the diamond saw little action.
So,...
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This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. Meet Kate and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
There are congregations that would brand her a sinner. But...
This Week's News
04/02/2026 - 12:00am
Small counties in the coastal Southeast had some of the largest population gains between mid-2024 and mid-2025 in estimates being released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, mostly because of people moving from larger areas.
Jasper County, South...
04/02/2026 - 12:00am
It has a catchy name — Build America, Buy America — and the lauded goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
But the law has spurred a bottleneck for affordable housing.
Nearly everything from HVACs and lighting to sink hooks...
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04/02/2026 - 12:00am
Just how many problems in the world would you wager are due to apathy? If you were to look into your own past when the struggles of your life were compounding, how many people who could have helped moved on with disinterested eyes? Or when it comes...
04/02/2026 - 12:00am
Gene Leahy didn’t like what he saw. Rushville’s baseball field was one of the finest in Nebraska, thanks to the generosity of two bachelor brother ranchers. But the diamond saw little action.
So, Leahy — big brother to Frank, Notre Dame’s legendary...
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04/01/2026 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. Meet Kate and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
There are congregations that would brand her a sinner. But here at St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic Church in...
04/01/2026 - 12:00am
ALDA — The world’s largest gathering of cranes draws people from around the world to south-central Nebraska each March.
Some simply enjoy watching sandhill cranes dance in cornfields and on river sandbars. Some listen to the chorus of purrs, ticks...
04/01/2026 - 12:00am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of Apollo’s workforce was...
04/01/2026 - 12:00am
Knowing their father was in his final hours, Roger Steele and other family members didn't expect to discuss organ donation. After all, Dale Steele, a World War II veteran, was almost 101 years old. Surely, he had nothing that could be used to save...
Kel Guerin, Fauna Robotics VP of platform architecture, demonstrates how to operate Sprout, Fauna Robotics' new robot, remotely during a demonstration in New York, Jan. 14, 2026. (Seth Wenig / AP Photo)
03/31/2026 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be a friendly addition to social spaces like homes and schools.
The e-commerce giant is already a...
03/31/2026 - 12:00am
After nine days of deliberation, a Los Angeles jury found Google and Meta liable for harms stemming from the design of their social media products on Wednesday and ordered them to pay $3 million in compensatory damages to a plaintiff who said that...
03/31/2026 - 12:00am
The disruptions from the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran spread quickly to commercial aircraft, shipping lanes and the world’s energy supply. Those repercussions have already hit fuel costs, including for motorists, truckers and fishermen, and are...
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03/31/2026 - 12:00am
Recently I had written an article about what I coined as the “Corruption of Lawfulness,” (I do not know if this is termed something else in some philosophical school-of-thought, made up prior by someone else quicker than I). This idea asserts (in...
The University of Nebraska at Omaha is one of the campuses participating in the new Nebraska Leaders program designed to identify, develop and retain the “elite” of Nebraska’s undergraduate talent and, say organizers, to combat “brain drain.” (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
03/31/2026 - 12:00am
OMAHA — An effort described as an anti-brain drain program “on steroids” has been launched to identify and nurture cream-of-the-crop college talent in hopes they won’t flee Nebraska.
Called the Nebraska Leaders Program, it brings together the...
03/30/2026 - 12:00am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Thursday in Saudi Arabia on an unannounced visit, days after revealing that Ukraine is helping five countries in the Middle East and Gulf region counter drone attacks on their territory during the Iran...
03/30/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday were waiting to hear back from Democrats after they sent them a new offer to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down since mid-February.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R...
03/30/2026 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means’ nomination to be U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators of both major political parties grilled her on vaccines and other health topics during a tense confirmation hearing,...
03/30/2026 - 12:00am
OMAHA — A 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who crossed into the United States as an “unaccompanied minor” and found a home in Lincoln was let go from a two-month ICE detention per a March 13 order by a federal judge in Omaha.
Days before, an...
03/27/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
The...
03/27/2026 - 12:00am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it's not looking good for Meta. A jury in New Mexico found on Tuesday that the social media giant's platforms are harmful to children’s...
03/27/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — In a U.S. Senate race marked by allegations of planted candidates, an unusual thing happened on the filing deadline day: Democratic candidate Cindy Burbank paid the $1,740 filing fee for Legal Marijuana NOW Party candidate Mike Marvin,...
