Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00am
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A contrast:
At the National Speech and Debate Tournament, two high school students take the stage. The first articulates the position he has been assigned to defend — people should have a right to secede from their government — and why it is correct. Another student, assigned the opposite position, begins to systematically tear down her opponent's views.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00am
Pope Francis’ pontificate marked a distinct shift in the Catholic Church’s engagement with the Muslim world. While his predecessors fostered dialogue and tolerance, Francis sought more active engagement with Muslims, particularly in the Middle East.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — One state lawmaker’s continued efforts to boost benefits for Nebraska State Patrol troopers, a largely consensus issue, ignited a rare fight among legislative allies.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
BELLEVUE, Neb. — When Columbus firefighter Aaron Perez saw his local department ready to toss out technically outdated yet still useful firefighting gear, his thoughts drifted to bombero counterparts in his Mexican hometown of Zacapu.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
Over 360,000 Catholics call Nebraska home. As a cradle, conflicted and often non-practicing version of that theology, I may have been part of that number. Suffice to say being contrary and asking questions is part of my DNA, a trait journalists find helpful. Perhaps not so much for those on a spiritual journey.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances — a message to the future that would remain undiscovered for more than 80 years.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter’s gravesite.
“Mariama will always be here,” she said, stepping away from the grave and onto a path that winds through rows of monuments outlined with white tile, stone and sand.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
BOSTON (AP) — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city's segregated school system and the entrenched poverty in poor communities.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/23/2025 - 7:00am
Jess Auffert showed up at the Willard Community Center in Lincoln ready for a workout. She had no expectations other than fun with her friend, Sophie Weinert, who had suggested the day-long class.
How often do you get to learn how to sword fight, Auffert thought.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/23/2025 - 6:00am
In 2016, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and its Division of Behavioral Health, as a part of its strategic plan, identified the need to study of the costs associated with providing mental health and substance use disorder services.
Agency leaders believed the findings of this study would help them ensure “statewide capacity and access to behavioral health services.”