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Black, red or dead: How Omaha became a hub for black squirrel scholarship
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Black, red or dead: How Omaha became a hub for black squirrel scholarship

Associated Press  

Three taxidermied penguins preside over Room 426 in Allwine Hall, standing atop a row of metal cabinets in the back corner. A meticulous “spot count” he performed in Council Bluffs as a UNO graduate student found a nearly even split between black and red squirrels, according to his 1973 master’s thesis. Plus, he saw black squirrels as “super cute.” “Omaha …

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‘Not the moment’: Key Republican dims Trump’s hopes of making Nebraska winner-take-all
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Not the moment’: Key Republican dims Trump’s hopes of making Nebraska winner-take-all

Raw Story  

LINCOLN — The Republican push to change how Nebraska awards its Electoral College votes and boost former President Donald Trump ran into political reality Monday as a key lawmaker, State Sen. Mike McDonnell, announced he won’t support the change. Jim Pillen his stance and suggested that the Legislature put winner-take-all to a vote of the people, as a proposed constitutional …

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How Nebraska’s special legislative session on taxes came about and what to expect
5 months, 1 week ago

How Nebraska’s special legislative session on taxes came about and what to expect

Associated Press  

Nebraska lawmakers have introduced more than 100 proposals aimed at easing residents’ soaring property tax bills -- from a vast expansion of goods and services subject to the state’s sales tax base to legalizing marijuana to reap new tax revenue. Jim Pillen recalled state lawmakers to the State Capitol on July 25 after the Legislature failed to pass a property …

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Yoga, meditation and prayer: Urban transit workers cope with violence and fear on the job
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Yoga, meditation and prayer: Urban transit workers cope with violence and fear on the job

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In a dimly lit room strung with fairy lights and ivy, transit workers file in and lie on inflated cots. “At the sound of the chime,” she says, “take a deep breath in.” The relaxation class, held at a union hall for New York City transit employees, has emerged as one of the ways in which transportation …

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‘Historic’ Nebraska tornadoes and storms leave damage in their wake
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Historic’ Nebraska tornadoes and storms leave damage in their wake

Raw Story  

WAVERLY, Nebraska — A wave of at least six tornadoes that local meteorologists called “historic” swept across eastern Nebraska on Friday, flattening a business, flipping a train and destroying dozens of suburban homes near Omaha. “There could be objects or infrastructure that could injure or kill you.” In Omaha, Eppley Airfield reported significant damage to the private plane air service …

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US election conspiracies find fertile ground in conferences
2 years, 4 months ago

US election conspiracies find fertile ground in conferences

Associated Press  

— On a quiet Saturday in an Omaha hotel, about 50 people gathered in a ballroom to learn about elections. Billed as the “Nebraska Election Integrity Forum,” the conference featured some of the nation’s most prominent figures pushing conspiracy theories that the last presidential election was stolen from Trump through widespread fraud or manipulation of voting machines. As part of …

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Kellogg’s files lawsuit against its striking cereal workers
3 years, 1 month ago

Kellogg’s files lawsuit against its striking cereal workers

Associated Press  

— The Kellogg Co. has filed a lawsuit against its local union in Omaha complaining that striking workers are blocking entrances to its cereal plant and intimidating replacement workers as they enter the plant. The company also said in the lawsuit that people picketing outside the plant have threatened the lives of people working at the plant including “threatening that …

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Kellogg's Files Lawsuit Against Its Striking Union Workers
3 years, 1 month ago

Kellogg's Files Lawsuit Against Its Striking Union Workers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING OMAHA, Neb. — The Kellogg Co. has filed a lawsuit against its local union in Omaha complaining that striking workers are blocking entrances to its cereal plant and intimidating replacement workers as they enter the plant. Rey Del Rio via Getty Images Kellogg’s lawsuit comes after a vehicle struck and killed a United Auto Workers member last …

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Democrats fight for relevance in red-state Nebraska
4 years, 6 months ago

Democrats fight for relevance in red-state Nebraska

Associated Press  

— It’s never been easy to be a Democrat in Nebraska, but somehow it keeps getting even harder. The local Republican Party chapter in Omaha put it bluntly in a recent tweet: “Nebraska Dems have a dumpster fire on their hands.” Or as former Nebraska Democratic Party executive director Paul Landow noted, “For a Democrat to win statewide office, something …

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US coronavirus: More Americans flee Wuhan as 12th US case is reported
4 years, 11 months ago

US coronavirus: More Americans flee Wuhan as 12th US case is reported

CNN  

CNN — Planeloads of Americans fleeing the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak in China are arriving at military bases across the United States this week on what could be the final chartered flights. 350 passengers taken to two bases Evacuations of Americans from Wuhan started last month as one flight landed at a base in California with nearly 200 Americans aboard. Two …

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U.S. veterans find a warm welcome in Normandy 75 years after D-day
5 years, 7 months ago

U.S. veterans find a warm welcome in Normandy 75 years after D-day

LA Times  

In village after village along the winding roads of France’s Normandy coast, the flags were out Tuesday. “When veterans started coming back here years ago, local people used to turn out to hug and kiss them,” said resident Francine Duchemin Noyon, whose organization Normandy Chapters arranges exchange visits for veteran men and women who served in the area during World …

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