Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 5:00am
Ruby Franke was once one of the most popular YouTube family vloggers, posting videos featuring her husband and six children on her channel, 8 Passengers, that racked up over 1 billion views.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not, despite the name, a government agency.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen is officially calling on Nebraska lawmakers to address “inconsistencies” in the state’s main school aid formula in the 2025 legislative session.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 2:00am
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four women suing over Idaho's strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in danger.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 7:00am
BELLEVUE, Nebraska — Nebraska voters faced a first-in-the-nation test Tuesday by voting on two competing constitutional amendments on abortion in the same election — and they appeared poised to buck the national trend by favoring abortion restrictions.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 5:00am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers, federal prosecutors said.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — A ruling Friday by the Nebraska Supreme Court is raising concerns that some criminal offenders might have to return to a county jail to serve out more days behind bars.
That, some officials said, would be an expensive endeavor for counties and one that could exacerbate overcrowding in local jails, though one prosecutor said the impact will be limited.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 3:00am
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial, a former prison director, pastors and members of his family.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — A majority of Nebraskans voted Tuesday to embrace legalizing and regulating medical cannabis, though the final say will likely be up to the courts, not the ballot box.