Profiles
As most stories that begin with a guy sitting alone at a bar, it’s usually about a woman; this time at least… it was about interviewing one. While waiting, I took out my little black book and started...
If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around, does it make a sound … Well, without our air, which is filled with molecules, the world would be silent. Sound is a vibration carried by acoustic...
With a booming thud, the drum group begins playing traditional Native American dance music. The group’s singers belt out Lakota (Sioux) lyrics as a woman dressed in regalia begins performing a jingle...
Flying drones. Changing oil and rotating tires. Taking care of elderly patients. At Bellevue Public Schools, it's all part of a day at school.
Vocational education has gained attention as public...
There is a conversation to be had about mental health that hasn’t happened yet. Not anywhere in all the earth has it happened to any degree of merit because the person that needs to have it, has yet...
Today’s News
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is one of many groups working on linking brains to computers, efforts aimed at helping treat brain disorders, overcoming brain injuries and other applications. (Patrick Pleul / AP Photo)
Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines.
“We've got ... three...
On election night 2024, Omaha-area Democrats were on top — just not the way they had expected.
For the fifth time in a row they narrowly lost to Republican Congressman Don Bacon. And this time, the...
Ivan Benavidez (left) and his brother Isaac who lost their home in the Altadena fire check on tee-shirts that might fit at a donation center at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Richard Vogel / AP Photo)
Could the tragedy of the devastating fires in Los Angeles be a glimpse into what the future may hold?
A lot has been said and political opponents have pounced on the news that Los Angeles mayor Karen...
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of State, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday painted a dark vision of the consequences of America's “unbalanced relationship” with China, echoing President-elect Donald Trump's anti-...
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.
by Anna Maria Barry-Jester
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom....
This Week's News
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is one of many groups working on linking brains to computers, efforts aimed at helping treat brain disorders, overcoming brain injuries and other applications. (Patrick Pleul / AP Photo)
01/21/2025 - 4:00am
Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines.
“We've got ... three humans with Neuralinks and all are working well,”...
01/20/2025 - 7:00am
On election night 2024, Omaha-area Democrats were on top — just not the way they had expected.
For the fifth time in a row they narrowly lost to Republican Congressman Don Bacon. And this time, the Democrats set a record they’d rather not hold....
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of State, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
01/20/2025 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday painted a dark vision of the consequences of America's “unbalanced relationship” with China, echoing President-elect Donald Trump's anti-globalist rhetoric as he vies to be confirmed as his...
01/20/2025 - 5:00am
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.
by Anna Maria Barry-Jester
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive...
State Sen. Rita Sanders of Bellevue speaks at a news conference Monday during which Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, Attorney General Mike Hilgers and lawmakers took aim at social media and school-hours cell phone use by Nebraska youths. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
01/17/2025 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraskans under age 18 would need parental permission before opening a social media account under new legislation to be considered this year by state lawmakers.
The measure, to be introduced by State Sen. Tanya Storer of Whitman, was...
The Nebraska State Capitol’s west entrance. (Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)
01/17/2025 - 6:00am
It’s important for our leaders to be truthful and not speak half-truths to burnish their image, particularly when it comes to the financial stability of the state, which affects every Nebraskan.
Accountability is not just a virtue — it’s a...
01/17/2025 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state by inserting Bible references into reading lessons and requiring teachers to...
01/17/2025 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers will seek to define “male” and “female” in state law, broadening a past effort focused on sex-based restrictions for K-12 school bathrooms and sports teams to colleges and all areas of state government.
Legislative Bill...
Pez candy, which contains red dye no. 3, is on display at a store in Lafayette, Calif., March 24, 2023. (Haven Daley / AP Photo)
01/17/2025 - 3:00am
U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.
Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two...
01/17/2025 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s K-12 schools would be required to teach students from elementary to high schools about human development under a new bill proposed Tuesday in the Legislature.
Legislative Bill 213, from State Sen. Rick Holdcroft of Bellevue, was...
01/16/2025 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — A state lawmaker seeking a universal homestead exemption for Nebraska homeowners is also proposing tax incentives for new first-time homebuyer savings accounts.
State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha introduced Legislative Bill 151 to create...
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01/16/2025 - 6:00am
Pursuing safety, property, and happiness takes money, and as such people in companies will sometimes cut what corners they can to make more of it. Instead of hauling waste to factories, it is easier to dump it into waterways and pay a small fine...
01/16/2025 - 5:00am
After the Palisades Fire, What Can We Really Rebuild?
by Tim Golden
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In the last years before the...
Rod Yates in March 2024 shows a rendering of what the Gretna good life district could look like around his Nebraska Crossing shopping center. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
01/16/2025 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — Rod Yates, the approved applicant for Gretna’s good life district, has notified the state that he believes the transformational Nebraska tourist magnet project he envisioned is no longer viable under existing terms with the state.
Yates...
01/16/2025 - 3:00am
President-elect Donald Trump has sparked diplomatic controversy by suggesting the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland for reasons of “national security” and refusing to definitively rule out using military force to do so. Greenland, a self-governing...
01/15/2025 - 7:00am
Samara Follette encountered something unexpected on the path to New York City last year for a prestigious high school theater program: fellow Nebraskans with Broadway chops.
While in the Big Apple, the 2024 Lincoln Northeast graduate received...
Sen. George W. Norris (Ind.-Neb.) called at the White House in Washington on July 11, 1941 to receive this presidential handshake and the personal congratulations of President Franklin Roosevelt on his 80th birthday. (AP Photo)
01/15/2025 - 6:00am
George Norris charted a path for us with a vision of unity and fairness, but for the past 40 years, oligarchs and partisans have steered us astray, leaving us a nation divided.
As our forefathers warned, partisanship and money have poisoned our...
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird poses with Lincoln Police Sgt. Tu Anh Tran, his wife, Cuu Nguyen and their children. (Courtesy City of Lincoln)
01/15/2025 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — President Joe Biden awarded a Medal of Valor on Friday (January 3rd) to the Lincoln Police Department sergeant who jumped into a frigid pond in February 2023 to save a woman from drowning in her car.
Sgt. Tu Anh Tran responded to a winter...
Vanessa Prata and her father, Aluizio Prata, pose for a self-portrait in Altadena, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, with damage from the Eaton fire behind them. (Vanessa Prata via AP)
01/15/2025 - 4:00am
As the fire roared down a hillside toward their Altadena home, Vanessa Prata and her parents hurried to pack their car. They focused on saving irreplaceable items, like family photographs and a baby doll from Vanessa's childhood.
But they didn't...
Selfish Or Selfless? Anti-Natalists Say They’re Going Child-Free To Protect The Kids They Won’t Have
01/15/2025 - 3:00am
In the first few days after Donald Trump’s election in November 2024, purchases of emergency contraceptives spiked, with two companies reporting sales about 1,000% higher than the preceding week. Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood reported a 760%...
The view is shown from Norfolk’s North Fork Whitewater Park and Johnson Park. (Courtesy of City of Norfolk)
01/14/2025 - 6:00am
NORFOLK, Nebraska — New Census estimates have Nebraska’s population topping 2 million for the first time. It’s a safe bet that recent population growth is primarily happening in our state’s major cities, which act as engines propelling new business...
01/14/2025 - 5:00am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers' lives — whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to cure loneliness or by...
