Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/11/2024 - 4:00am
ON BOARD THE SANTA TRAIN (AP) — Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa's arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/11/2024 - 3:00am
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Hopes for victory, a swift end to the war and prayers for their loved ones' survival or return from Russian captivity are among the wishes scattered throughout letters sent to a volunteer group by Ukrainian children living in frontline areas.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/04/2024 - 6:00am
Some twenty years ago when reruns of Dawson's Creek were on the only handful of television channels your father would purchase and your older sister would burn Dave Mathews and Limp Bizkit onto CD’s she would title as “Dank Tunes," much time would be spent alone watching and listening to music; but, at some point there was a time in which you were so bored of the limited access to shows and music that you would have to seek out the company of your friends to fill the rest of your time with (that is if your parents didn’
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/04/2024 - 4:00am
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum flashed his biking acumen and his inner child this week during the state’s rollout of the All Kids Bike program.
The program, funded through a $1.5 million state grant in collaboration with private donors, aims to teach every kindergartener in North Dakota how to ride a bicycle during physical education class.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/04/2024 - 3:00am
SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses the wind's clean energy to transport goods across the Atlantic.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 11/27/2024 - 6:00am
The Better Business Bureau’s “Thank a Business Month” is already more than half over, and if you’re not participating, I encourage you to start expressing your gratitude to the employees of the businesses you patronize.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 11/27/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Seven behavioral health care providers have been selected to launch a new certification program designed to improve mental health and substance use care across the state — and provide around-the-clock crisis help for Nebraskans.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 11/27/2024 - 4:00am
OpenAI, the tech company that created the popular ChatGPT chatbot, is at a crossroads.
It began as a nonprofit dedicated to developing artificial intelligence systems smarter than humans. Since its founding, OpenAI has boasted that it was upholding its nonprofit goal – “to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) that is safe and benefits all of humanity.”