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From Debate To Dialogue: In A Contentious Era, 'Ethics Bowl' Offers Students A Gentler Alternative

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00am
Students from Atlanta's Midtown High School (foreground) confer during a quarterfinal round at the National High School Ethics Bowl in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
 (Allen G. Breed / AP Photo)

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.

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Pope Francis Encouraged Christian-Muslim Dialogue And Helped Break Down Stereotypes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00am
Tributes being paid to Pope Francis at the Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 22, 2025. 
(K.M. Chaudary / AP Photo)

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.

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Changes To Nebraska State Patrol Survivors’ Retirement Benefits Ignite Legislative Fight

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.

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Nebraska Firefighter With Mexican Roots Sparks Act Of ‘International Goodwill’

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
Mayor of Zacapu, Mexico, Mónica Valdez Pulido (in pink jacket on right), tours South Omaha and its Plaza Latina store on the 24th Street commercial corridor, during a visit last week to Nebraska, which marked a donation and new alliance between Columbus, Nebraska, and Zacapu. 
(Courtesy of Plaza Latina)

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  — When Columbus firefighter Aaron Perez saw his local department ready to toss out technically outdated yet still useful firefighting gear, his thoughts drifted to bombero counterparts in his Mexican hometown of Zacapu.

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Already Missing Papa Francisco

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.

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A Secret Note Hidden In Dachau-Built ‘Violin Of Hope’ Tells A Tale Of Survival And Craftsmanship

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.

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Rare Diseases Often Go Undiagnosed Or Untreated In Parts Of Africa. A Project Seeks To Change That

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
Fatoumata Sané holds her daughter Aissata, 8, who suffers from a rare genetic disease, at their home in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. 
(Annika Hammerschlag / AP Photo)

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.

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Boston Celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally Led By MLK As Advocates Urge Continued Fight Against Injustice

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00am
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is completely surrounded as he leads a civil rights march in Boston, April 23, 1965, en route to historic Boston Common where he will address a crowd.
 (AP Photo)

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.

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‘Come For The Swords, Stay For The People’: How A Lincoln Nonprofit Grew From Hobbyist Group To ‘A Community’

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/23/2025 - 7:00am
Participants at the Nebraska Swordfighters Guild’s January Fight Camp wear colorful gambesons – traditional padded or quilted jackets that would have been worn under armor in medieval combat. The gambesons, along with gloves, gorgets (steel or leather garments that protect the neck) and masks help fighters stay safe during exercises and sparring. 
(Liz McCue / Flatwater Free Press)

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. 

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Nebraska Should Help Mental Health Providers Plan For A Business Baseline

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.”

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