Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

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170 years ago, the U.S. Army massacred a Lakota village near Lewellen, Nebraska. Dozens of items plundered from the dead were recently returned to tribal descendants.

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The Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services committee heard from state officials, applied behavior analysis providers and representatives from other states about applied behavior analysis the...

Seventy years ago, two white men brutally killed Emmett Till in Mississippi. It nearly never happened — Emmett’s mother planned to visit family in Omaha instead.

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Rep. Mike Flood of Nebraska's 1st Congressional District will hold a town hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Monday.

Thousands of Omaha Public Library’s local history and genealogy resources are being housed in a former shopping center. As the Central Library wraps up construction, staff members are preparing for an...

Last week, Congress approved $1.1 billion in funding cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.  That money funds the Public Broadcasting Service and National Pub...

Lynn Rathjen recently ran a 6:17 mile at a race in Lincoln, but said running is "down the line" from what's most important to him in life.

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Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Omaha has launched a campaign to ease medical debt for Nebraskans.

Tons of worn-down fishing gear winds up on the shores of Hawaii’s beaches. And in an effort to both clean up the ocean and find a way to recycle them, those materials end up in Nebraska’s biggest city...

The last fluent speaker for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska died in 2006. An Oklahoma tribe helped organize the first digital Ponca dictionary, which is also available in physical copies.

Students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln applied engineering skills to design a user-friendly content guide for Nebraska Public Media’s NextGen TV channel.

The Omaha Juneteenth parade is a tradition that started well before former President Joe Biden declared it a national holiday. But this year's parade marked the first year Nebraska’s largest city cele...

About 4,000 feet of Foundry Road was paved with the asphalt infused with shredded bags.

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The food of Afghanistan, made by several generations of Afghans who have fled wars in different centuries, is being served in Omaha homes, at grocery stores and in restaurants.

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Near the intersection of Omaha's 35th and Center streets sits a house that, unknown to many, was built for a very specific purpose. To create magic.

High school sports has become a core part of the local offering for PBS stations over the years. That could be at risk if federal funding gets cut.

Lincoln’s No Coast Roller Derby league rolled onto the scene in 2005. The female-founded nonprofit followed in the footsteps of other leagues created during a resurgence of roller derby in the 2000s.

Tara Blunt spent months asking officials at Falls City Public Schools for help as her son dealt with racism and physical abuse at school. Now, she’s sued a gutted U.S. Department of Education for taki...

A few years ago, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe was welcomed back to its ancestral lands in Nebraska. A new milestone being unveiled soon aims to continue that reconciliation.

A lifesaving program started in Virginia in 1999 continues to help find lost autistic children in Nebraska. Project Lifesaver is designed to help protect children with a tendency to wander.

Former Nebraska volleyball player Lexi Rodriguez won the James E. Sullivan Award on Tuesday. The award goes to the best college or Olympic athlete of the year.

Passover celebrates the biblical story of Exodus. Find out more about the story of Exodus and how Jews today honor the story with family and friends.

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Second District Rep. Don Bacon has introduced bipartisan legislation to restore Congress’ power of setting and approving U.S. trade policy, including tariffs.

After leading Creighton Volleyball to more than 500 wins in 22 seasons, head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth is stepping down to take an administrative role with League One Volleyball.

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts said he believes President Donald Trump's newly-announced tariffs will make U.S. products more competitive on the world stage. The Nebraska congressman said Presiden...

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