Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/26/2025 - 7:00am
Jessie Holmes crossed the finish line at the 2025 Iditarod, a little bit of Teagan Rodrigo was with the champion. The Omaha teen's art was featured on envelopes carried by each of the 33 mushers participating in the Alaska dog sled race.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00am
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.
Two hundred years have passed since the invention of braille, the tactile writing system that has transformed the lives of many blind and partially sighted people by offering a path to literacy and independence.
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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 7:00am
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.
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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 4:00am
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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/19/2025 - 3:00am
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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 7:00am
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.”