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A Nebraska Medicine patient becomes first to receive new therapy

August 5, 2025 • 1 min
A Nebraska Medicine patient has become the first person in the world to receive a new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). The potential breakthrough treatment is part of a clinical trial that has, so far, been deemed effective.
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Mike Flood met with boisterous opposition at Lincoln town hall

August 4, 2025 • 59 secs
Congressman Mike Flood’s third town hall of the year was his biggest, and arguably most contentious one yet. The 850-seat Kimball Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus was filled with a crowd that wasted no time vocalizing their criticisms of the representative. Following an invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and performance of ‘God Bless America,’ Flood began touting the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that he and 217 of h...
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Supervillians beware, Comic Con Nebraska is here

August 4, 2025 • 4 mins
Comic Con Nebraska held its inaugural event at Omaha’s C-H-I Health Center this weekend. The con was host to artists, authors, vendors and even an arcade, but according to those attending the con, it was more than that.
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Objections raised to bans smoking, flavoring of cannabis

August 4, 2025 • 1 min
Testifiers at a public hearing objected to regulations prohibiting smoking and flavoring of medical cannabis.
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NU project to publish Walt Whitman’s journalism receives grant

August 4, 2025 • 1 min
The University of Nebraska was selected to receive a grant to continue its work uncovering and publicizing the journalistic writings of famed poet Walt Whitman. The National Endowment for the Humanities selected the project as one of 97 recipients across the country receiving grants for August 2025. The university will receive $300,000 over the course of three years for its research.
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Changes to Medicaid complicate process for those with disability

July 31, 2025 • 4 mins
With the passage of the expansive tax-and-spending bill, changes to Medicaid are coming. One of those changes is the addition of an 80-hour-a-month work requirement, something proponents say will help incentivize those on Medicaid to work. Others say it's not that simple, particularly for those who are disabled.
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Street in Omaha renamed after its first elected Black mayor

July 31, 2025 • 51 secs
Street in Omaha renamed after its first elected Black mayor
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Husker volleyball eyes 2025 season with practice underway

July 31, 2025 • 53 secs
Husker volleyball begins preseason practice Thursday, in the first year of Dani Busboom Kelly leading the program. The Big Red returns much of the talent from the 2024 Final Four team, Director of Operations Lindsay Peterson said.
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Benson’s New Americans Arts Festival highlights a new theme

July 31, 2025 • 54 secs
Benson is hosting its New Americans Arts Festival today, and organizers say it has a new meaning this year.
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Comic Con Nebraska opens in Omaha

July 31, 2025 • 54 secs
Comic Con Nebraska is coming to Omaha’s C-H-I Health Center this weekend. The new ‘con’ is the first event being put on by Octopus Events Group, whose members have previously put on comic cons in Portland and Seattle.
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Nebraska's prison contractor sues Iowa authorities in jail fight

July 30, 2025 • 1 min
Hausmann Construction sues Woodbury County Iowa and its Law Enforcement Center Authority over costly delays in building Sioux City jail.
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UNL team lands in France to help find remains from WWII plane

July 30, 2025 • 1 min
Students, professors and volunteers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Anthropology program just landed in France to help in a month-long project. The goal is to send home any remains from a WWII plane crash.
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How John Cook went from a Calif. kid to a rural Nebraska cowboy

July 29, 2025 • 5 mins
The changing of the guard is well underway for the University of Nebraska volleyball. Practice starts Thursday. It will be the first season this century when someone other than John Cook will coach and lead the program. Cook, a four-time national champion coach who retired in January, now spends more time on his acreage in Wyoming.
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Through rain and shine, 104th Burwell Rodeo draws 15,000

July 28, 2025 • 4 mins
Last weekend marked the 104th Burwell Rodeo. This year, the Burwell community literally weathered a storm to continue the tradition. It took many volunteers to make it happen.
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Engagement, sustainability help child care shortage in Nebraska

July 28, 2025 • 4 mins
Data shows a need for more than 12,000 child care spots across Nebraska. Communities across the state have utilized various tools and approaches to address the gap in their area. Child care leaders see engagement from most, if not all, stakeholders in the community as a common denominator of success.
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North Platte battles housing issues with economic development

July 28, 2025 • 1 min
North Platte is struggling with housing issues. Community leaders say the problem has been occurring for decades. With a new surge in economic development and employers moving into the city, the need for housing has been exacerbated.
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Your food traveled a long way before reaching the grocery store

July 28, 2025 • 3 mins
The interest in local food systems, like farmer’s markets and direct farm-to-consumer sales, is on the rise. But the U.S. is still more reliant on imported foods than ever before.
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Creighton Prep alum's motion denied in Federal suit v. NCAA

July 25, 2025 • 1 min
In a lawsuit pitting former Creighton Prep football player Jack Hasz against the NCAA, the U.S. District Court in Omaha ruled against Hasz’s motion for preliminary injunction. Senior District Judge Joseph Battaillon submitted the ruling Thursday.
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Playing with Fire back is in Omaha

July 24, 2025 • 1 min
Omaha non-profit ‘Playing with Fire’ is putting on their 21st Playing with Fire event this Friday and Saturday. The event, held for the first time inside the Slowdown, will host 6 blues artists, including four from outside the U.S.
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Creighton Prep graduate suing NCAA in District Court

July 23, 2025 • 4 mins
Jack Hasz wants one more year. The former Creighton Prep offensive lineman is suing the NCAA, in hopes of playing one more season of college football.
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