U.S./World News

Fields of Dreams: New Citizens Sworn in at Pro Ballparks

Published by jaymi@omahadail... on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 12:00am

Washington – Two of America’s most memory-laden traditions, the welcoming of new citizens and baseball, have come together this year to create a sense of community and diversity at stadiums across the country.

Lawsuit Over Barbecue Causes Beef With Meat Lovers

Published by admin on Thu, 09/12/2019 - 1:00am

An Australian vegan asked the country’s courts to intervene in her neighbors’ barbecues.

Cilla Carden, who lives in the suburbs of Perth in western Australia, has taken her complaint to the country’s Supreme Court, according to Perth 9 News.

Fur Clothing Bans Advance in California

Published by admin on Thu, 09/12/2019 - 12:00am

There’s a fur fight in California, and it’s spreading.

ABA Selects Its President-Elect

Published by admin on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 12:00am

San Francisco — Patricia Lee “Trish” Refo of Phoenix, a partner in the law firm Snell & Wilmer, assumed the role of president-elect of the American Bar Association at the end of the ABA Annual Meeting.

Sieberson Pens Second Travel Memoir, Hosts Book Launch

Published by admin on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 12:00am

A Creighton University School of Law professor has written his second travel memoir and will host a book launch Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the school’s commons.

ABA Welcomes New President

Published by admin on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 12:00am

San Francisco – Attorney Judy Perry Martinez of Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn in New Orleans became president of the American Bar Association at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. She will serve a one-year term ending in August 2020.

Aid Available to Communities Impacted by Natural Disasters

Published by admin on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 12:00am

Washington – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration has published the Fiscal Year 2019 Disaster Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity making $587 million available to eligible grantees in communities impacted by natural disasters in 2018 and floods and tornadoes in 2019.

ABA Honors 9th Circuit Judge With Annual Marshall Award

Published by admin on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 12:00am

San Francisco – Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit receive the American Bar Association’s prestigious John Marshall Award  on Aug. 9 during the ABA’s annual meeting.

Rya Zobel, a Child of Nazi Germany, Says She’s ‘Incredibly Fortunate’

Published by admin on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 12:00am

Judge Rya Zobel, of the District of Massachusetts, joined a historic class of 23 women who in 1979 transformed the federal Judiciary. In a group of pioneering women lawyers, her journey to the federal bench was perhaps the most remarkable.

Soil Health Can Combat Climate Change From the Ground Up

Published by admin on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 12:00am

Five months after devastating spring flooding across the Midwest, farms along the Missouri River remain under water.

This summer, severe drought has hit patches of Texas and Oklahoma. Areas of the West and Southeast are abnormally dry.

Omaha Daily Record

The Daily Record
3323 Leavenworth Street
Omaha, Nebraska
68105-1915

Tele (402) 345-1303
Fax (402) 345-2351