Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/10/2024 - 4:00am
JOANETES, Spain (AP) — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/10/2024 - 4:00am
BALTIMORE (AP) — New parents in Baltimore could receive a $1,000 “baby bonus” if voters approve a proposal that aims to help reduce childhood poverty from birth with a one-time cash payment.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/10/2024 - 3:00am
You might have heard that artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize everything, save the world and give everyone superhuman powers. Alternatively, you might have heard that it will take your job, make you lazy and stupid, and make the world a cyberpunk dystopia.
Consider another way to look at AI: as an assistive technology – something that helps you function.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 8:00am
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab green hospital gown.
Her cousin Giuliana Demma remembers looking at the 1-year-old and thinking how sad the scene was: a small child awash in an ugly gown several sizes too big for her.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 6:00am
Among my prized possessions was a Willie Mays home run ball, clubbed into a summer night where it stopped next to Walt Horn’s car. Horn made annual trips to watch Major League Baseball.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s state auditor has questioned the handling of public funds by a small nonprofit that helps manage the Niobrara Scenic River corridor.
Among eyebrow-raising items described Wednesday by Auditor Mike Foley is nearly $40,000 in unused leave pay that went to a top executive who had a purported two-decade-long perfect attendance streak.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s state auditor has questioned the handling of public funds by a small nonprofit that helps manage the Niobrara Scenic River corridor.
Among eyebrow-raising items described Wednesday by Auditor Mike Foley is nearly $40,000 in unused leave pay that went to a top executive who had a purported two-decade-long perfect attendance streak.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 4:00am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the months since Hamas’ surprise attack sent them scattering across fields or hiding in desert brush, thousands of survivors of a massacre at a trance festival in Israel have come together as a community to heal.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 1:00am
The voices ascended as the harmonies multiplied until they threatened to pull the song apart. Then something shifted. A few sang higher. Others descended. A chord and melody emerged.
With the sweep of his hand, the River City Mixed Chorus’s artistic director Barron Breland halted the cacophony.