Mayor: Public art gives Lincoln an identity
Count them. More than 35 pieces of publicly owned art have been added to the Lincoln landscape since Chris Beutler became mayor 10 years ago.
Category Archives: Country
Should California Deputies at the Vegas Shooting Get Worker’s Comp?
The Orange County deputy sheriffs' union president, in a recent interview with the Orange County Register , made a shockingly cynical statement about the men and women he represents. His words probably were meant as a rhetorical device to muscle county taxpayers into paying some controversial workers' compensation claims, but I was nonetheless floored by what Tom Dominguez was quoted saying.
Mark Cuban: I’ll Challenge Trump as a Republican, If I Run for President in 2020
Cuban was profiled on the Fox News Channel show " OBJECTified " Sunday night, and he declared which party he'd choose if he were to run ... he says it'd be Republican. The Mavericks owner says he's still deciding whether he'll throw his hat in the ring, and that a lot depends on whether his wife is down with the run.
Lady Gaga Made A Surprise Appearance At One America Appeal, Helped Raise $31M For Hurricane Relief
Lady Gaga came alongside the five living, former U.S. presidents for an important cause last night: hurricane relief. As a surprise performer and speaker at the One America Appeal relief concert held at Texas A&M University, Gaga shared a message of unity and resilience which she echoed in an Instagram post.
Authorities make final arrest in border agent’s killing
Former employees of a New Hampshire dog breeder say her home's floors were covered in dog urine and feces, and a police K9 officer says the property was such a mess it looked as though it had been burglarized when... Former employees of a New Hampshire dog breeder say her home's floors were covered in dog urine and feces, and a police K9 officer says the property was such a mess it looked as though it had been burglarized when 84 Great Danes were seized in June. Members of Minnesota's large Somali community are stunned by the bombing in their homeland that killed more than 300 people and left hundreds more injured.
County duo Big & Rich to perform at Las Vegas benefit
With the winds dying down, fire crews gained ground as they battled the wildfires that have devastated California wine country and thousands of people got the all-clear to return home. With the winds dying down, fire crews gained ground as they battled the wildfires that have devastated California wine country and thousands of people got the all-clear to return home.
Senate Democrats Urge Regulators To Review Possible Sprint Merger With T-Mobile Raw a ” 14 minutes ago
A merger between wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint could harm consumers, particularly low-income ones, Senate Democrats say in a letter to regulators. "Aggressive antitrust enforcement benefits consumers and competition in the wireless market," Sens. Amy Klobuchar , Al Franken and seven other lawmakers write in a letter sent late last week to the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice.
A weakened Nate brings flooding, power outages to Gulf Coast
Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly Sunday, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. Nate - the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Katrina in 2005 - quickly lost strength, with its winds diminishing to a tropical depression as it pushed northward into Alabama and toward Georgia with heavy rain.
‘We hurt with you’: Jason Aldean opens SNL with tribute to Las Vegas victims
Saturday Night Live didn't begin how it normally does - with jokes at the president's expense - but rather with an emotional tribute to those affected by the Las Vegas shooting massacre. Country singer Jason Aldean delivered a brief monologue on the SNL main stage, saying "I'm struggling to understand what happened that night" and "so many people are hurting."
TS Nate kills 20 in Central America as it heads toward US
It is forecast to make landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Friday with up to 8 inches of rain. An advisory from the US National Hurricane Center said warnings had been issued for portions of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastlines, with the storm expected to hit the region late Saturday or early Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane.
In a changing Virginia suburb, a slate of diverse Democrats hopes to show path back to power
Prince William Democratic House candidates, top row, left to right: Jennifer Foy, Danica Roem, Elizabeth Guzman, Lee Carter, Hala Ayala. Their Republican opponents, bottom row, left to right: Michael Makee, Robert Marshall, Scott Lingamfelter, Jackson Miller, Rich Anderson.
California Republicans Are Starting to Act Like Democrats
For the past decade, Democrats hoping to pass a big climate law have played Charlie Brown to the Republicans' Lucy. Despite the GOP making it clear it has no intention of holding the ball for a global warming kick, the left routinely convinces itself that their counterparts will kneel into position once it gets a running start.
California school would like students to stop “intolerant” chants of “USA!”
Folsom, California is a suburb of Sacramento, probably best known for the iconic Folsom Prison of Johnny Cash fame. It's also home to Vista Del Lago High School where a different sort of trouble is brewing.
Menendez’s corruption trial resumes with FBI agent testimony
The bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy donor has resumed with testimony from an FBI agent who investigated the New Jersey Democrat beginning in 2013. The trial is in its second week.
FEMA: About 25% of homes destroyed in Florida Keys
Initial estimates indicate 25% of the houses in the Florida Keys have been destroyed, and 65% have major damage, said Brock Long, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's administrator. "Basically, every house in the Keys was impacted some way," Long said Tuesday.
Sing Me Back Home: RIP Don Williams
The great, tender, plain-spoken, big-hearted Don Williams, "gentle giant" of a Zen country music of grace and soul, has died at 78. Yeah, we know: country music? But Williams stood out from what was often dreck, and it's a grievous loss for those of us who used to listen to him on 8-track in our pick-ups gliding through the beatific woods. In scores of No 1 hits starting in Nashville in the '70s through his 2010 inductment into the Country Hall of Fame until his retirement last year, he crooned ballads of love and loss in a deep smooth voice "that walked the seam of a porch-front baritone and stage-ready tenor."
Public education in Michigan is in a free-fall
Don't let the opening days of another school year, or another Michigan win at the Big House, fool you: public education in this state is in steep decline. Out of the 50 states, Michigan ranks 37th in eighth-grade math and 41st in fourth-grade reading, says the nonpartisan Public Sector Consultants.
Helicopter crash kills country singer Troy Gentry and pilotAssociated Press
In this image from video provided by NBC10 Philadelphia, first responders are positioned near the wreckage of a helicopter in Lumberton, N.J., Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
Montgomery Gentry singer dies in New Jersey helicopter crash
In this image from video provided by NBC10 Philadelphia, first responders are positioned near the wreckage of a helicopter in Lumberton, N.J., Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
The US celebrates Labor Day because of a bloody clash over 100…
Workers across the country typically receive a Monday off to enjoy the unofficial end of summer and shop the sales . But the history behind the day is far more dramatic and charged than this modern day observance suggests.