Profiles
People walk past them in places like the Old Market, ignoring their existence. The only time they seem to get noticed is when they act "crazy" or stand at medians, asking for money. They're Omaha's...
Years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus – in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws in 1955, helping spark the nationwide Civil Rights Movement – Black women in Omaha...
Fundraising efforts are underway for the new Great Plains Black History Museum, to be located at 22nd and Lake streets, with 40 percent of the $15 million already raised. Nationally renowned, the museum has the largest collection devoted to the Great Plains Black experience, with more than 100,000 periodicals, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, research material and film. (Courtesy of the Great Plains Black History Museum)
“If you build it, he will come …”
A famous quote from the movie, “Field of Dreams,” in reference to the legends of baseball. Although often misquoted, as they will come, the phrase has become a...
While most people look at an ear of corn and wonder how it may taste, Tammy Zentic looks at it and wonders how the kernels will look as a necklace or bracelet.
Zentic, a retired Fremont, Nebraska,...
In keeping with National Law Day’s theme, “The American Dream,” here is one family fulfilling the ideals our Forefathers envisioned, helping make life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – even...
Today’s News
Scott Pelley, anchor of "CBS Evening News," at the CBS Upfront in New York, May 15, 2013. (Charles Sykes / Invision / AP Photo)
NEW YORK (AP) — As if Scott Pelley’s years in a glamorous, globetrotting, seven-figure dream job weren’t enough, he’s pulled off one more thing to stir your envy: a cutting takedown of his boss that...
A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (Marta Lavandier / AP Photo)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market continues to show surprising strength — good news for President Donald Trump who has taken a beating in the polls over the surging gasoline prices that...
Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. More states, including Minnesota, are launching automatic retirement programs for those without access through their employers. (Max Nesterak / Minnesota Reformer)
The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings.
The median wealth gap between Black and Hispanic families and white families expanded by about $50,000...
(Drazen Zigic / Shutterstock)
Jerry Seinfeld used to have a comment about being a stand-up comedian. He said that being a stand-up comedian was a lot like being a mass murderer, because no matter how many times someone tried to...
Proponents of ethanol, including lawmakers from corn-growing states, say year-round sales of a gasoline blend containing 15% of the biofuel would give consumers a less expensive alternative to fill...
This Week's News
Scott Pelley, anchor of "CBS Evening News," at the CBS Upfront in New York, May 15, 2013. (Charles Sykes / Invision / AP Photo)
06/09/2026 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — As if Scott Pelley’s years in a glamorous, globetrotting, seven-figure dream job weren’t enough, he’s pulled off one more thing to stir your envy: a cutting takedown of his boss that went loudly public.
The “60 Minutes” correspondent...
A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (Marta Lavandier / AP Photo)
06/09/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market continues to show surprising strength — good news for President Donald Trump who has taken a beating in the polls over the surging gasoline prices that followed U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Employers...
Employees restock groceries at a Target store in Minnesota. More states, including Minnesota, are launching automatic retirement programs for those without access through their employers. (Max Nesterak / Minnesota Reformer)
06/09/2026 - 12:00am
The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings.
The median wealth gap between Black and Hispanic families and white families expanded by about $50,000 between 2019 and 2022, according to research from The...
06/09/2026 - 12:00am
Proponents of ethanol, including lawmakers from corn-growing states, say year-round sales of a gasoline blend containing 15% of the biofuel would give consumers a less expensive alternative to fill their gas tanks, boost energy supplies and benefit...
06/08/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — When nearly all the scheduled musical performers pulled out of a concert series marking America’s 250th anniversary — fearing the event had become too closely tied to President Donald Trump — he responded by making it official....
President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP Photo)
06/08/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a resolution Wednesday to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran and require congressional approval for further military action in the country.
The 215-208 vote, in which four Republicans...
John Bolton speaks at Harvard Kennedy School's John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Sept. 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (Michael Dwyer / AP Photo)
Ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton Will Plead Guilty In Classified Information Case: AP Source
06/08/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time,...
06/08/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A former state tax commissioner and Republican who served in the Legislature is leading a Lincoln effort to change the dates of city elections, let certain residents outside city limits vote in municipal elections and place term limits on...
Senate Will Begin Voting On Funding Immigration Enforcement After Trump's Settlement Fund Is Dropped
06/05/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate will start voting Wednesday on legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies after forcing the White House to drop its settlement fund for political allies and stripping a separate proposal for...
06/05/2026 - 12:00am
MIAMI (AP) — The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks, including offering instructions to...
06/05/2026 - 12:00am
Congress is looking to roll back state animal welfare laws as it wrangles over reauthorization of the federal farm bill.
The farm bill, which Congress generally reworks every five years, includes money and federal rules for food assistance programs...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen ceremonially signs LB 1261 alongside introducer State Sen. Barry DeKay of Niobrara (right), and promoter State Sen. Mike Moser of Columbus (left). (Erin Bamer / Nebraska Examiner)
06/05/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — As demand for electricity grows across Nebraska, Gov. Jim Pillen expressed his preference for establishing public-private partnerships to shoulder some of the cost burdens of new infrastructure.
Pillen ceremonially signed Legislative Bill...
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)
06/04/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence — putting a real estate scion and fierce Trump loyalist in a key national security post as...
06/04/2026 - 12:00am
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Senegalese farmer Abou Sow first watched U.S. missiles strike Iran on social media, he had a sinking feeling it would soon affect agriculture in the West African nation. Since the war began on Feb. 28, fertilizer prices...
From left: Tim Ridgway, vice president of health affairs and Sanford School of Medicine dean, speaks with medical students including Tanner Smith and Tanner Berg, as well as South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, at the Canopy by Hilton in downtown Sioux Falls on Aug. 14, 2025. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight)
06/04/2026 - 12:00am
As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American.
A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that.
The school would be the first of its kind in the nation, said Donald Warne, a physician,...
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06/04/2026 - 12:00am
‘Virtus’ is a Latin word built from the root ‘vir’ which means ‘man’, as is in the English word ‘virile’. The Romans used virtus as an ascription to one's “manly excellence’, courage, and worth as shown in public life,” as per etymology.life. It was...
06/04/2026 - 12:00am
This story is made possible through a partnership between Flatwater Free Press and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.
Applause echoed through the halls of the Gage County courthouse. The county board had just approved new, more...
Nebraska Public Media General Manager and CEO Stacey Decker. (Courtesy of Nebraska Public Media via Nebraska Examiner)
06/03/2026 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Nebraska Public Media is launching its own dedicated station in Omaha to expand its statewide reach and better utilize two recently added reporters in the state’s largest city.
NPM recently purchased KOOO, located at 101.9 on the FM dial and...
06/03/2026 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Jasmine Mithani and Mariel Padilla of The 19th. Meet Jasmine and Mariel and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Our Sister’s House used to staff a 24-hour hotline. No matter what time of...
06/03/2026 - 12:00am
A few years ago, Emily Rau decided she needed friends.
Rau had moved to Lincoln in 2014 for graduate school at the University of Nebraska. By 2021, most of her fellow students had left town, but she stayed and took a job as a professor with the...
