Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 7:00am
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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 6:00am
I invite Nebraska’s congressional delegation to join me in celebrating Black History Month.
Surely U.S. Sens. Pete Ricketts and Deb Fischer and U.S. Reps. Don Bacon, Adrian Smith and Mike Flood remember Black History Month. Surely they find it an appropriate marking of the historic and long-standing positive impact of our Black brothers and sisters to this story we call America.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 5:00am
As districts and government officials nationwide consider curbing smartphones’ reach, new research has revealed teens miss at least one and a half hours of school because they are on their phones.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers are another step closer to ending the twice-a-year switching of clocks back and forth one hour, but whether that is by shifting year-round to standard time or daylight saving time hasn’t been decided.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/05/2025 - 7:00am
Balloons in his favorite colors — black, blue and white — drifted up from the courtyard at Underwood Tower.
His family, wearing matching T-shirts made for the occasion, and a group of his old neighbors gathered in the scorching heat to release the balloons into a clear August sky.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/05/2025 - 6:00am
To begin an article with the word “Hark," might be too archaic, but I know of no other word that is as serious and as commanding as it; used to plead for attention to an important issue in a single word that foregoes the need for begging.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/05/2025 - 5:00am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The FireAid benefit was fueled by some of music’s best performers to raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/05/2025 - 4:00am
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Crews began removing wreckage from the Potomac River on Monday, five days after 67 people were killed in a midair collision over Washington, D.C., between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter. The crash was the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/05/2025 - 2:00am
On Jan. 27, 2025, the Trump administration ordered a freeze on federal grants and contracts covering a wide array of aid programs to take effect at 5 p.m. the following day. This freeze was partially prevented when a judge responded to a lawsuit filed by the National Council of Nonprofits and other organizations. The flow of funds on grants that had already been awarded was at least temporarily protected by the judge’s action.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 01/29/2025 - 6:00am
From abortion to taxes to private school choice, many issues divide along party lines. But as youth suicide, self-harm and related challenges remain at crisis levels, mental health can and must remain a bipartisan issue.