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Former Employee Accused Of Stealing $1.8 Million From South Dakota Child Protection Services

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/24/2024 - 5:00am

An Iowa woman who formerly worked for the South Dakota Department of Social Services is accused of stealing an estimated $1.8 million from the department’s Division of Child Protection Services over the course of 13 years.

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What To Know About The Kids Online Safety Act And Its Chances Of Passing

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/24/2024 - 4:00am

The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today's oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have enough bipartisan support to pass, though whether it actually will remains uncertain.

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Mike Bloomberg’s $1b Gift To Johns Hopkins Will Make Med School Free For Most Students – A Philanthropy Expert Explains Why That Matters

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 8:00am

A sign stands in front of part of the Johns Hopkins Hospital complex, July 8, 2014, in Baltimore. Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Starting in the fall, the gift announced Monday, July 8, 2024 will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000.
(Patrick Semansky / AP Photo, file)

Mike Bloomberg, the media mogul and former New York City mayor, has given Johns Hopkins University US$1 billion to eliminate tuition for most its current and future medical students, the school and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced on July 8, 2024. The gift will also expand financial aid for students studying several other fields at Bloomberg’s alma mater. He graduated from the university in 1964.

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Here I am! Send me.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 7:00am

My wife and I have always had a vision for who we want our kids to be. “We don’t care if you are a garbageman or a heart surgeon, but be kind, work hard, and serve others.” (As a family of faith, we add “love Jesus.”) A lot of the time, we follow it all up with a half-joking “just please don’t enlist in the Army.”

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After Beryl, Houston-Area Farmers Pull Together To Face Unique Challenges

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 6:00am

Student's boots are lined up on a rack at One Acre Farms, a functioning educational farm to help special needs kids, owned by Catherine Ward, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Porter, Texas. In addition to uprooted trees and damage to her livestock pens, Ward's farm has been without power since hurricane Beryl passed through and she is running the farm on a large portable generator, mainly used to keep the water well functioning for all the livestock.
(Michael Wyke / AP Photo)

PORTER, Texas (AP) — Hurricanes cause trouble for everyone, but farmers have a whole other list of problems.

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After Their Children Survived A School Shooting, These ‘Lifelong Republicans’ Entered The Gun Conversation

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 5:00am

Johnny Ellis (left) argues over gun law reform with Covenant School parent Mary Joyce outside the House chamber after a special session of the state legislature on public safety adjourned Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.
(George Walker IV / AP Photo)

Originally published by The 19th

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By Revealing Their Mental Health Struggles, Pro Athletes Are Scoring With Fans

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 1:00am

Naomi Osaka of Japan plays a backhand return to Emma Navarro of the United States during their match on day three at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Wednesday, July 3, 2024.
(Alberto Pezzali / AP Photo

On June 5, 2024, the Boston Red Sox placed relief pitcher Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list. It wasn’t for a sore shoulder, a tight elbow or a tweaked groin.

It was for anxiety.

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House Keys Carry Symbolic Weight For Gaza Families Repeatedly Displaced By War

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 4:00am

MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — On his key chain, Hassan Nofal keeps the keys to two homes. One is to the house of his grandparents in what is now southern Israel, which his family was driven out of by Israeli forces in 1948 and to which they’ve never been able to return.

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Federal Grant To Help Beatrice Beautify Its Downtown Area, Make It More Pedestrian Friendly

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/10/2024 - 7:00am

BEATRICE, Nebraska — A federal grant is expected to turn a long-discussed project to enhance downtown Beatrice into a reality.

The city recently was named a recipient of a $21.4 million grant from the federal infrastructure bill, which will be used to reroute U.S. Highway 136 one block south, around the downtown core, to make that area more pedestrian- and festival-friendly.

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A Bench And A Grandmother's Ear: Zimbabwe’s Novel Mental Health Therapy Spreads Overseas

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/10/2024 - 5:00am

Siridzayi Dzukwa, a grandmother (right) talks to a colleague while seated at a bench in Hatfcliffe on the outskirts of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, May 11, 2024. In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people with mental health issues. Now the concept is being adopted in parts of the United States and elsewhere.
(Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP Photo)

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo went into meltdown. In Zimbabwe, where clinical mental health services are scarce, her chances of getting professional help were next to zero. She contemplated suicide.