Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 7:00am
NEW ORLEANS — The death toll from a suspected terror attack on Bourbon Street was updated to 15 Wednesday afternoon after a pickup truck tore through Bourbon Street where crowds were celebrating the arrival of the New Year in the early hours of the day.
Another 35 people were injured, some of them critically, according to authorities.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 6:00am
The New Year brings a “say so” for Nebraska U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts as the president-elect fills a new cabinet. Advising and consenting on such matters is part of Fischer’s and Ricketts’ responsibilities as members of the “world’s greatest deliberative body.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 4:00am
The U.S. looks set to have its first-ever Cuban American secretary of state in 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the role. But don’t expect that to mean cozier relations between Havana and Washington.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 3:00am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The person inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel suffered a gunshot to the head before the explosion, officials said Thursday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 7:00am
OMAHA — First-term Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen chose to have surgery Wednesday to repair his broken ribs at the Nebraska Medical Center.
The decision will keep Pillen, 68, in the hospital at least “several more days for recovery and observation” after he was seriously injured Sunday when a new horse he was riding with family members bucked him off.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 6:00am
Those 38 Republicans who frustrated Donald Trump's demand that he be freed from the inconvenience of a debt ceiling vote early in his term were truly impressive. These are guys with whom yours truly disagrees much of the time.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard's 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump enlisted Washington outsiders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to tell members of Congress how they should run things.