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Viral Videos Of Dogs Called A 'Himalayan Fur Goblin' And 'Teacup Werewolf' Boost Adoptions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/26/2025 - 3:00am

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For over a decade, Adrian Budnick has taken adoption photos of the dogs at Nashville's county animal shelter, but it wasn't until the COVID pandemic that an idea came to her.

As one of only a few people allowed to visit in-person, she could take videos of dogs, inventing humorous nicknames and capturing their individual personalities, for an audience of potential adopters.

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Split Apart: New Ban Leaves Family Half In Nebraska, Half Stuck In Middle East

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 7:00am

Zak Abughalyoon, 19 (left) and St. Pius X Catholic Church of Omaha parishioner Rosie Volkmer chat over tea outside the Abughalyoon family home in Papillion on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. "The U.S. made a promise to them,” said another St. Pius parishioner. “And we broke our promise."
(Rebecca S. Gratz / Flatwater Free Press)

The family started dancing when they heard the news.

Over a grainy video call from his home in Omaha, 19-year-old Zak Abughalyoon could hear his cousins playing music in their small apartment in Jordan, their shrieks of celebration.

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Keeping Truth’s Requirements Close

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 6:00am

During a one-on-one parsing of his essay in an academic writing class, one of my college students last fall said to me with, I might add, a benign irreverence: “Well, close enough.”

To which I said, “Well … no.” Without a hint of irreverence, benign or otherwise.

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Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00am

Demonstrators hold signs in protest of the Trump administration's firing of National Park Service employees at Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, Calif., Saturday, March 1, 2025.
(Santiago Mejia / San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.

by Anjeanette Damon

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These Dedicated Runners Have Done Every LA Marathon For Nearly 4 Decades

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 4:00am

Masako Higuchi, 83 (center) and May DuBois (second from right) take photos with fellow runners ahead of the Los Angeles Marathon at the Lifestyle Expo at Dodger Stadium, Friday, March 14, 2025 in Los Angeles.
(Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — They have run through heartache and grief, battling illnesses and injuries as their bodies have aged. Some are now using wheelchairs, including the oldest who is 87.

Despite it all, the Los Angeles Marathon's Legacy Runners have stuck to their mission: finish the race.

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See You In The Funny Papers: How Superhero Comics Tell The Story Of Jewish America

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 3:00am

Oversized Superman comic book pages displayed on a fence outside of what was once Joe Shuster's boyhood home in Cleveland. Superman collaborators Jerry Siegel and Shuster lived several blocks apart in the Glenville neighborhood which shaped their lives, dreams for the future and their imagery of the Man of Steel.
(Tony Dejak / AP Photo)

Nearly a hundred years ago, a hastily crafted spaceship crash-landed in Smallville, Kansas. Inside was an infant – the sole survivor of a planet destroyed by old age. Discovering he possessed superhuman strength and abilities, the boy committed to channeling his power to benefit humankind and champion the oppressed.

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Omaha Televangelist: A Pastor Allied With Trump. His Church Is Booming – And Buying Serious Real Estate

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 7:00am

Lord of Hosts, a church in the Millard area of the Omaha metro, seen here on the evening of March 5. The church and its pastor, Hank Kunneman, closely align themselves with President Donald Trump. They have grown quickly and amassed real estate, money and power in the Omaha area.
(Joseph Saaid / Flatwater Free Press)

Hank Kunneman’s booming voice filled the room, topping 100 decibels and repeatedly triggering an Apple Watch loud noise warning. He scrunched his eyes shut and drove his pointer finger toward the sky, shaking with tension.

“And so as our hands are lifted, Lord. It is a sign of the victory you have brought at this time to the Earth, to us in the United States of America.”

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Ukrainian War Veteran Amputees Learn Adaptive Skiing In Oregon

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00am

Ukrainian veteran Oleksandr Shvachka skis during a lesson with Oregon Adaptive Sports on the three track skiing method at Hoodoo Ski Area in central Oregon on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
(Jenny Kane / AP Photo)

HOODOO SKI AREA, Ore. (AP) — Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvachka lost his left leg to Russian tank fire outside Kyiv. Three years on, the latest step in his physical and mental rehabilitation recently unfolded under a brilliant blue sky on a snow-covered mountain more than 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) away.

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A Youth Theater Production Rises From The Ashes Of The Los Angeles Fires

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 4:00am

Lara Ganz (right) director of Theatre Palisades Youth, works on blocking with Anna Telehowski, 14 (left) on opening night of the musical “Crazy for You” after the group lost their theater in the Palisades fire, Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 28, 2025.
(Jocelyn Gecker / AP Photo)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The day after her house burned down, Lara Ganz sent a group message to the youth theater troupe she runs: They would not let the Los Angeles firestorm stop their upcoming show.

“So many of our castmates have lost everything,” wrote Ganz, the director of youth theater at a beloved playhouse in the Pacific Palisades. “We will continue with rehearsals. I am confident we will find a stage.”

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Lobbyist Remembered For Caring Deeply About Nebraska Teachers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Retired Nebraska lobbyist Herb Schimek is being remembered around the Capitol as someone who cared deeply about teachers, whom he represented over more than three decades.

Schimek, the long-time lobbyist for the Nebraska State Education Association and husband of former State Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln, died Feb. 25. He was 86.

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Non-Profit News

Viral Videos Of Dogs Called A 'Himalayan Fur Goblin' And 'Teacup Werewolf' Boost Adoptions

Split Apart: New Ban Leaves Family Half In Nebraska, Half Stuck In Middle East

Keeping Truth’s Requirements Close

Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.

Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.

These Dedicated Runners Have Done Every LA Marathon For Nearly 4 Decades

See You In The Funny Papers: How Superhero Comics Tell The Story Of Jewish America

Omaha Televangelist: A Pastor Allied With Trump. His Church Is Booming – And Buying Serious Real Estate

Ukrainian War Veteran Amputees Learn Adaptive Skiing In Oregon

A Youth Theater Production Rises From The Ashes Of The Los Angeles Fires

Lobbyist Remembered For Caring Deeply About Nebraska Teachers

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