Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/28/2024 - 6:00am
BELLEVUE — Funding for new facilities at Offutt Air Force Base and better pay for young service members are among the local contributions to the national defense bill that passed the U.S. House this month and heads next for the Senate.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/28/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Three decades ago, Hall County Public Defender Gerald Piccolo could get more than 100 applicants for a job opening just by posting a notice on the bulletin boards at Nebraska’s two law colleges and sharing a notice with the state bar association.
Now, he said, he’s lucky to get a handful of aspiring defense attorneys to apply.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/28/2024 - 3:00am
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets Wednesday in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/28/2024 - 2:00am
When Nebraska lawmakers last year banned abortion at 12 weeks, Amanda never thought she’d be a passenger in a car bound for Illinois to get one.
She couldn’t fathom she’d be driving seven hours – and spending nearly $10,000 – to have an abortion, months after a key Omaha state senator didn’t fight for an exception that may have changed her story.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 7:00am
HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 6:00am
Most of the great filmmakers in American cinema will candidly admit some of the most enduring and memorable moments in their films were scenes or lines that were never in the script.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 4:00am
To celebrate the end of a massive renovation project that shuttered its doors for more than two years, Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum lined up some major exhibitions, including new works by famed painter Kehinde Wiley.
But after multiple men came forward alleging Wiley sexually assaulted them, the Joslyn removed references to the artist and his work that was set to make its debut at the Sept. 10 reopening.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 3:00am
DENVER (AP) — The shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an LGBTQ+ club that was a refuge in the conservative city of Colorado Springs pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison on Tuesday, but once again declined to apologize or say anything to the victims’ families.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 2:00am
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas City Royals and Chiefs could receive hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue to move from Missouri and build new stadiums across the state line under legislation passed Tuesday by Kansas lawmakers.
The House voted 84-38 and the Senate voted 27-8 to approve legislation that would expand a state incentive program in an attempt to lure one or both teams from Kansas City.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats held a press conference Tuesday to stand up for reproductive rights and freedoms, criticizing a plan by a conservative think tank that, if adopted, would hinder abortion and contraception access in a Trump administration.