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New Nebraska Medicine Website Signals Ramped Up Fight Against NU Takeover

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 01/07/2026 - 12:00am

OMAHA — The Nebraska Medicine board announced Sunday that it had launched an “informational website” aimed at shaping public opinion against letting one of the nonprofit’s owners sell its 50% leadership stake to the other, the University of Nebraska.

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Bellevue Classics: Swine Dining

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 01/07/2026 - 12:00am

One of the first times I walked into Swine Dining, it was still the Old Fontenelle Gun Shop, my dad was working some part-time hours, and I had just finished school suspension at the “Success Center” across the street. I don’t remember what I did, but we can all rest assured it was an accumulation of infractions for either being late to class or talking too much. Of course, that was probably around the year 2000, and a lot has changed since then.

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The US Used To Be Really Dirty – Environmental Cleanup Laws Have Made A Huge Difference

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 01/07/2026 - 12:00am

Iron Eyes Cody, the ''Crying Indian'' whose tearful face in 1970s TV commercials became a powerful symbol of the anti-littering campaign, is pictured in this 1986 photo.
(AP Photo)

Growing up in the 1970s, I took for granted the trash piles along the highway, tires washed up on beaches, and smog fouling city air. The famed “Crying Indian” commercial of 1971 became a symbol of widespread environmental damage across the United States.

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This Jan. 6 Plaque Was Made To Honor Law Enforcement. It's Nowhere To Be Found At The Capitol

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 01/07/2026 - 12:00am

A replica plaque commemorating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot hangs outside the office of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, at the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found.

It’s not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though it’s believed to be in storage.

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How Museums Can Help Rebuild Trust In A Divided America

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 01/07/2026 - 12:00am

A guide leads a tour at the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side in New York, on Oct. 7, 2008.
(Kathy Willens / AP Photo)

Across the United States, political polarization has deepened to historic levels. In a report published in May 2025, the Pew Research Center found that Americans are more divided and less trusting of one another than at any point in recent decades. Yet museums remain among the few places where curiosity still draws people across political and cultural lines.

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Nebraska State Agency Awards Millions To Out-Of-State Nonprofit Formerly Run By Agency’s CEO

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/31/2025 - 12:00am

When Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services announced its plan to divvy up millions in opioid settlement money, one recipient stood out: The Central Wyoming Counseling Center.

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OPINION: Necessary Tasks, Challenging Session, First But Fair

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/31/2025 - 12:00am

Three thoughts …

Among the tasks waiting for the Nebraska Legislature when it reassembles after the first of the year will be a budget shortfall, the perennial pitch for lower property taxes and a roster of issues from education to fulfilling the wishes of the electorate … finally.

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How Seuk Kim's Tragic Plane Crash Built A Volunteer Army Of Pet Rescuers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/31/2025 - 12:00am

Katelynn Aldarondo says goodbye to the nameless dog she grew close to, Nov. 23, 2025, at Culpeper Regional Airport in Brandy Station, Va.
(Allison Robbert / AP Photo)

BRANDY STATION, Va. (AP) — On a sparkling late-fall Sunday at a rural Virginia airfield, 16 careworn passengers were getting off a flight that changed, even saved, their lives.

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The Ohio Grandma Racing To Help Haitian Parents Protect Children As More Deportations Near

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/31/2025 - 12:00am

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A ‘Wagon’ Of Shame Followed Her. Now, She’s Graduating From The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 12/24/2025 - 12:00am

Tessa Domingus holds up a staff photo from 2020 to show the growth of the Mental Health Association of Nebraska. The nonprofit has grown from a few employees to more than 70 when fully staffed, she said.
(Ryan Hoffman / Flatwater Free Press)

Tessa Domingus found purpose on the back deck of a Lincoln rehabilitation home, conversing with a man who didn’t want to spend his next paycheck on alcohol.

Sunlight shone through the leaves of a large tree in the backyard as they talked. It was the sort of day where, just a few years earlier, Domingus would have been out searching for a house party, a chance to use.