06/15/21 • Nebraska vaccine data • Nationwide case trends
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Reed Moore’s Daily Rundown
Happy National Megalodon Day!
Go ahead, sink your teeth into today’s news: The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials will honor a heroic Black WWII sailor, organizers get ready for Native Omaha Days, and the Douglas County Health Department tells Omahans to respect people wearing masks.
~ Harper’s Index Facts of The Day ~
- Number of U.S. workers who were projected, before the pandemic, to be displaced by automation by 2030: 36,900,000
- Number of U.S. workers who are now projected to be: 45,300,000
Source: McKinsey Global Institute (San Francisco)
Around Omaha
- The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials will honor Charles Jackson French, a Black WWII sailor whose heroic feat had been forgotten. Here’s his story.
- Following 13 infertility treatments, an Omaha couple brings home quadruplets.
- Organizers prepare for the 23rd Biennial Native Omaha Days Festival from July 26 to Aug. 2.
- Dog-walk attacks traumatize pets and their owners throughout Omaha and Council Bluffs.
- Local bicycle nonprofits request volunteers to help with the College World Series bike valet.
- The Douglas County Health Department reminds Omahans to respect people who decide to continue wearing masks.
Around Nebraska
- Lawyers for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and political advocacy group Bold Nebraska ask state officials to rescind land easements from the Keystone XL pipeline.
- Some Nebraskans’ personal information, including phone numbers and partial Social Security numbers, is sent to a third party after a software error at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
- State officials warn about kissing bugs, which can cause parasitic infection.
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Reporter Anton Johnson is sitting in on meetings of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners and Omaha City Council today. Follow him at @AntonIsWriting for live tweets, and to catch up on important items from today’s agendas.
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