(Lindsey Shueyv / Republican-Herald via AP)
Brad Moline, a fourth-generation Iowa turkey farmer, saw this happen before. In 2015, a virulent avian flu outbreak nearly wiped out his flock.
Barns once filled with chattering birds were suddenly...
A basketball hoop and backboard stands amid the damage at a school after an airstrike by Russian forces in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As she lay buried under the rubble, her legs broken and eyes blinded by blood and thick clouds of dust, all Inna Levchenko could hear was screams. It was 12:15 p.m. on March 3,...
During the Indian Reform movement that began in the 1860s, reformers opened boarding schools to assimilate Indigenous youth to White, English-speaking culture. The US government came to believe that...
People enter and exit Thomasville Regional Medical Center in Thomasville, Ala., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The hospital is among three in the nation that say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because they opened during or shortly before the COVID-19 crisis began. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
THOMASVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A whole town celebrated in 2020 when, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened, offering state-of-the-art medicine that was previously...
Delmer Langley walks through one of his greenhouses at D.E.L. Hemp Farm in Wilson County, N.C. on April 25, 2022. He is harvesting hemp about every five weeks. (Drew C. Wilson / The Wilson Times via AP)
LINCOLN — Supporters of medical marijuana in Nebraska have launched a legal challenge to the state’s requirement that 5% of registered voters in at least 38 counties sign a petition to get the...
Legal News
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05/03/2022 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats vowed to continue investigating consulting giant McKinsey’s work with opioid drugmakers after a Wednesday hearing detailed how the firm had advised companies pushing painkillers as well as U.S. health regulators....
Business News
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05/12/2022 - 1:00am
In a perfect world, coworkers would work in harmony and creativity and productivity would soar. No one would have to deal with outright hostility or even petty annoyances. But as every HR professional knows, it's not a perfect world. Dealing with...
In Memoriam
Rich Pahls (Courtesy Photo)
05/04/2022 - 3:00am
Rich Pahls
August 7, 1943 – April 27, 2022
LINCOLN — State Sen. Rich Pahls of Omaha, who won re-election to his post after being term-limited in 2012, has died.
Pahls, 78, had missed the last few weeks of the 2022 session of the Nebraska Legislature...
Sponsored Features
05/01/2022 - 8:32pm
For 30 years, Mercury Builders and Contractors Inc. has stood apart from other general contractors. They are one of the few who offer a design-build at no cost initially to the tenant.
“We can tell you one of three spaces that may work best for...
