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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
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LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers are considering high-tech tools and new civil sanctions to make roads safer, including automated cameras that could send red light runners to a “stop” class or cost them...
This Week's News
04/04/2025 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers are considering high-tech tools and new civil sanctions to make roads safer, including automated cameras that could send red light runners to a “stop” class or cost them money.
A pair of Omaha state senators on Friday...
This March 4, 2014, photo shows a Casey's General Store in Omaha, Nebraska. (Ryan Soderlin / The World-Herald via AP)
04/04/2025 - 5:00am
Casey’s General Store is being sued for allegedly exploiting its workers through the discriminatory practice of imposing a tobacco-use surcharge for health insurance coverage.
The surcharge, which is alleged to be $35 per pay period, amounts to an...
Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search, appears in court for a hearing, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch / New York Post via AP)
04/04/2025 - 3:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president's campaign...
The Ohio Reformatory for Women is seen beyond a fence and razor wire in Marysville, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo)
04/04/2025 - 2:00am
The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local facilities. Another 3.7 million remain under what...
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...
