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
Creighton University nursing students. (Courtesy of Creighton University)
OMAHA — As thrilled as they are about a $114 million pediatric mental health care facility rising in Omaha, local health care officials expect challenges, including assembling the necessary workforce...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. (right) poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. (left) in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
It’s springtime and if you’re like me you find yourself saying those three little words…..
What the F$%k.
WTF is going on?
Last Tuesday, Congressman Don Bacon held a tele-town hall, and over 17,000...
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...
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
by Jake Pearson
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for...
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...
This Week's News
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
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like...
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...
03/27/2025 - 7:00am
BELLEVUE, Nebraska — Construction officially kicked off Thursday on what Bellevue called the “crown jewel” of its state-approved good life district, despite uncertainty still swirling around a proposed revamp of the law governing such districts....
03/27/2025 - 5:00am
PHOENIX (AP) — When you walk into Title 9 Sports Grill in Phoenix's Melrose District, its mission to be a haven for watching women's sports permeates every nook and cranny. From the over dozen TVs mounted on pink and orange walls to the “Play Like a...
The boundaries of the Omaha Inland Port Authority. (Courtesy of City of Omaha)
03/27/2025 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — A bill aimed at enlarging the area where a long-awaited North Omaha business park could be developed advanced Tuesday to its final reading in the Nebraska Legislature.
However, Legislative Bill 290, introduced by State Sen. Terrell...
03/27/2025 - 3:00am
Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over
by Jesse Coburn
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03/26/2025 - 7:00am
Jessie Holmes crossed the finish line at the 2025 Iditarod, a little bit of Teagan Rodrigo was with the champion. The Omaha teen's art was featured on envelopes carried by each of the 33 mushers participating in the Alaska dog sled race.
Rodrigo,...
03/26/2025 - 5:00am
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.
Two hundred years have passed since the invention of braille, the tactile writing system that has...
03/26/2025 - 4:00am
All her life, nobody wanted to hear what Christy Farlee had to say.
“I was just an addict, in trouble all the time, no good, in and out of prison,” the Lincoln woman said.
But that’s changing. Now, for what feels like the first time in Farlee’s...
Volunteer Adrian Budnick takes a picture of a dog at the Metro Animal Care and Control facility Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (George Walker IV / AP Photo)
03/26/2025 - 3:00am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For over a decade, Adrian Budnick has taken adoption photos of the dogs at Nashville's county animal shelter, but it wasn't until the COVID pandemic that an idea came to her.
As one of only a few people allowed to visit in-...
