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Leonard Peltier Remains Defiant In AP Interview, Maintaining Innocence And Vowing Continued Activism

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 4:00am

Native American activist Leonard Peltier sits for a portrait in prison in February 1986.
(Cliff Schiappa / AP Photo)

BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant.

He maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975 and sees his newfound freedom — the result of a commutation from former President Joe Biden — as the beginning of a new phase of his activism.

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To Catch A Trafficker: Inside The Omaha Program Jailing Child Sex Offenders, Empowering Survivors

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 6:00am

Child advocates, local police and federal agents who collaborate on sex trafficking cases share office space at Project Harmony’s headquarters in west Omaha.
(Jeremy Turley / Flatwater Free Press)

Editor’s note: A survivor of child sex trafficking will be referred to by a pseudonym in this story to protect her identity.

The bust that kicked off a yearslong crackdown on Omaha’s child sex trafficking underworld started as a single name on a whiteboard in Sgt. Brett Schrage’s office.

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Vatican Announces Daily Evening Prayers For The Health Of Pope Francis On St. Peter's Square

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 4:00am

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
(Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo)

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Monday announced the start of nighttime prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, and invited Romans and others to join in, as the 88-year-old pontiff battled a complex lung infection and complications.

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Roof Safety Delays Orange Light On Capitol To Remember Those Housed At Genoa Boarding School

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Capitol will be bathed in orange light later this month to remember and honor the survivors and descendants of the Genoa Industrial School.

On Tuesday, state officials announced that the lighting of the State Capitol to remember those housed at the Genoa boarding school would be delayed from Thursday to Feb. 27 due to “unsafe conditions” on the roof of the Capitol.

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Culture, Tradition Critical for Native American Early Childhood Development

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 7:00am

Native Americans emphasize community relationships over the individual. Those relationships led Dr. Michelle Sarche into early childhood development. The opportunity to work with Buffett Early Childhood Institute in Omaha enticed Sarche to leave the University of Colorado system.

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ICE Raids In Schools Yet Another Trauma For Kids Who’ve Already Had Too Many

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 6:00am

ICE Raids in Schools Yet Another Trauma for Kids Who’ve Already Had Too Many

Williams: The cruelty of inflicting immigration enforcement on schoolchildren already scarred by COVID, school shootings and natural disasters.

By Conor P. Williams

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Nebraska Referees Call For Tougher Penalties For Parents, Spectators Who Assault Them

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 5:00am

LINCOLN – Sports referees called on Nebraska lawmakers Wednesday to increase penalties for spectators, parents and coaches who assault them in the heat of an athletic contest.

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Creighton Alumna Creates Fund For Nurses To Gain Higher Degrees And Global Practice

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 4:00am

OMAHA — A financial gift from a Creighton University nursing alumna aims to provide 25 other nurses full scholarships to gain a higher degree and experience in healthcare-deprived communities across the globe.

With the donation from Kathy Keough Soto and her family, Omaha-based Creighton is launching the Soto Nursing Scholars program within its College of Nursing.

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CDC To Lose One-Tenth Of Workforce Under Trump Administration Probationary Job Cuts

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 3:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce — are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees.

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Seventy-Five Years Ago A Group Of Omaha Women Started An ‘Eclectic’ Book Club. It’s Still Going Today.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 7:00am

Members of the Eclectic Book Review Club browse books for sale after an October meeting of the 75-year-old Omaha reading group.
(Jeremy Turley / Flatwater Free Press)

Over 100 people start singing in unison.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to us, happy birthday dear us, happy birthday to us!”

The song ends with Eclectic Book Review Club president Mary Lu Larson asking attendees to enjoy cupcakes before launching into the monthly meeting at the Field Club of Omaha.

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Leonard Peltier Remains Defiant In AP Interview, Maintaining Innocence And Vowing Continued Activism

To Catch A Trafficker: Inside The Omaha Program Jailing Child Sex Offenders, Empowering Survivors

Vatican Announces Daily Evening Prayers For The Health Of Pope Francis On St. Peter's Square

Roof Safety Delays Orange Light On Capitol To Remember Those Housed At Genoa Boarding School

Culture, Tradition Critical for Native American Early Childhood Development

ICE Raids In Schools Yet Another Trauma For Kids Who’ve Already Had Too Many

ICE Raids in Schools Yet Another Trauma for Kids Who’ve Already Had Too Many

Williams: The cruelty of inflicting immigration enforcement on schoolchildren already scarred by COVID, school shootings and natural disasters.

Nebraska Referees Call For Tougher Penalties For Parents, Spectators Who Assault Them

Creighton Alumna Creates Fund For Nurses To Gain Higher Degrees And Global Practice

CDC To Lose One-Tenth Of Workforce Under Trump Administration Probationary Job Cuts

Seventy-Five Years Ago A Group Of Omaha Women Started An ‘Eclectic’ Book Club. It’s Still Going Today.

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