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Nebraska Lawmakers Asked To Restore Funding For Chief Standing Bear Museum, Lake Projects

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 7:00am

A portrait of Chief Standing Bear was displayed on the first floor of the Nebraska Capitol on Monday.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN – State lawmakers were told Monday that restoring funding for a Standing Bear museum and improvements at two large lakes would enhance tourism and economic development and honor “an extraordinary Nebraskan.”

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America, Part Two

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 6:00am

There are many reasons why “Part 2s," and successive iterations in films do worse than those that came before. Generally though, eventually a series will bleed out as more are made until it is forgotten, or laughed at. Usually because the first movie in a series was inspired by some novel idea, moral, or angle that captivated audiences.

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Miami Beach Mayor Says No To Getting Back Together A Year After Breaking Up With Spring Breakers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 5:00am

City of Miami Beach police officers are staged along Ocean Drive during spring break on South Beach, in Miami Beach, Fla., March 9, 2024.
(Pedro Portal / Miami Herald via AP)

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach broke up with spring break last year and city leaders still aren't interested in couples counseling.

Officials recently announced they were bringing back enhanced security measures for practically the entire month of March, including parking restrictions and increased fees for nonresidents.

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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living In A D.C. House That Is The Center Of A Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 4:00am

From left: President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife Kelly Johnson listen after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 in the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
(Graeme Jennings / Pool Photo via AP)

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

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Brazil Rejoices Over First Oscar Win. 'I'm Still Here' House To Be Transformed Into A Film Museum

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 3:00am

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced “I'm Still Here” as the winner of the international feature at the Academy Awards, millions of Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday.

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Nebraska Should Encourage AI Innovation

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 02/27/2025 - 6:00am

Search online for “artificial intelligence.” Do it daily for a week. Thanks to how quickly this technology is advancing, you’ll get seven very different search results.

As quickly as AI is developing, state legislatures are moving just as quickly to try to control it — including here in Nebraska.

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A Western Nebraska Village Voted Itself Out Of Existence. Its Remaining Residents Are OK With Their Fate.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 02/27/2025 - 5:00am

A stretch of vacant buildings in Lamar. The community’s population has dwindled from about 120 people in the 1930s to 28 people.
(Chris Loeffler Photography / Flatwater Free Press)

A year ago, Rodd Wiest wasted no time sharing his quick sales pitch with anyone who would listen: land for sale in Lamar.

The then-chairman of the village board was eager to sell his vacant lots and hopeful he’d find a buyer. Today, Wiest has largely given up.

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Desperation Grows In Northern Gaza As Palestinians Struggle To Rebuild Their Homes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 02/27/2025 - 5:00am

Rawia Tambora and her husband Ahmed prepare a meal in their home in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.
(Abdel Kareem Hana / AP Photo)

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — When night falls over northern Gaza, much of the cityscape of collapsed buildings and piled wreckage turns pitch black. Living inside the ruins of their home, Rawia Tambora’s young sons get afraid of the dark, so she turns on a flashlight and her phone’s light to comfort them, for as long as the batteries last.

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Rising House Prices Don’t Just Make It Harder To Become A Homeowner – They Also Widen The Racial Wealth Gap

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 02/27/2025 - 4:00am

Homeownership – long a cornerstone of the “the American dream” – is increasingly out of reach for the average American. Over the past four decades, U.S. house prices have risen by 75% in real terms, pushing the costs of homeownership for the typical first-time homebuyer to a record high. At the same time, these rising prices have significantly boosted the wealth of existing homeowners.

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$114M Omaha Mental Health Center For Kids On Track For 2026 Opening

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 02/20/2025 - 7:00am

A nighttime rendering of the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Nebraska. The nonprofit Mental Health Innovation Foundation leads the project that will be operated by Children’s. Kiewit Building Group Inc. is the design-builder, with HDR as its design partner.
(Courtesy of HDR)

OMAHA — A “no wrong door” philosophy, which means every youth under 19 that walks in will be seen, is among the highlights of a new four-story pediatric mental health center rising in Nebraska’s largest city.

The Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Nebraska is to span 107,250 square feet on seven acres of the Children’s medical campus at 84th Street and West Dodge Road in Omaha.

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Nebraska Lawmakers Asked To Restore Funding For Chief Standing Bear Museum, Lake Projects

America, Part Two

Miami Beach Mayor Says No To Getting Back Together A Year After Breaking Up With Spring Breakers

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living In A D.C. House That Is The Center Of A Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

Brazil Rejoices Over First Oscar Win. 'I'm Still Here' House To Be Transformed Into A Film Museum

Nebraska Should Encourage AI Innovation

A Western Nebraska Village Voted Itself Out Of Existence. Its Remaining Residents Are OK With Their Fate.

Desperation Grows In Northern Gaza As Palestinians Struggle To Rebuild Their Homes

Rising House Prices Don’t Just Make It Harder To Become A Homeowner – They Also Widen The Racial Wealth Gap

$114M Omaha Mental Health Center For Kids On Track For 2026 Opening

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