Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:00am
My guess is that most Nebraskans associate Los Angeles with the Hollywood sign, Disneyland, movie stars, mud slides, fads, freeways, Rodney King, Valley girls (and boys), the beach, earthquakes, horrific fires and a Southern California vibe that far too many disparage as being the home office of the “Left Coast.” Indeed, a recent sloganeering barb from the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce aimed at the entire Golden State (and others) bragged, “We don’t coast!”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump family said it is licensing its name to a new mobile phone service, the latest in a string of ventures that have been announced while Donald Trump is in the White House despite ethical concerns that the U.S. president could mold public policy for personal gain.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:00am
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is also vying to join the autonomous race.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:00am
SEWARD, Nebraska — A 300-acre regional industrial campus a half hour west of the capital city is adding another major piece: a $186 million milk processing facility that will employ about 70 workers.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/17/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Small business owners and community leaders from rural regions in Western states including Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah pressed lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week to preserve clean energy tax credits on the chopping block in the Republicans’ “one big beautiful” mega-bill, now in the Senate.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/17/2025 - 12:00am
Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant.
The deal announced Thursday reflects a push by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to revive AI efforts at the parent company of Facebook and Instagram as it faces tough competition from rivals such as Google and OpenAI.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/17/2025 - 12:00am
When a waiter dressed in a smartly pressed, forest green workwear coat heads toward you pushing a cart overflowing with steaks, you know you’ve got it good.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
However it happens be it through work or habit, for some of us our internal clock has shifted, settling into the same waking hours as a nightbird. Somewhere in the string of nights that have made up our lives more than the days, when distant mountains beckoned through bedroom windows at dusk, there was a need to keep the muse awake and whispering. Coffee or tea were sought, or were they instead a gift shared by that sable-haired dream over a polished hardwood table, enchanting you to stay?
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 12:00am
In old Western movies, the bad guys always had a bandana covering their face before they held up a stagecoach. In more modern movies, the bad guys have nylon stockings over their faces before they rob a bank or kidnap an heiress.
In today’s real world, ICE agents cover their faces before they storm into a restaurant, a packing plant, or a home to take an immigrant away from their work and family.