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People exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship could go home sooner than expected, a University of Nebraska Medical Center expert said Tuesday.

One passenger is hospitalized, and 15 are being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha. Dr. Mara Jana Broadhurst of UNMC said the incubation period can be up to six weeks, and the facility will remain available. ...


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A legal setback and potentially “ruinous” state fines have forced a trio of Omaha siblings to at least temporarily rename the family’s “Barber Shop Blackstone,” a speakeasy bar they christened in honor of their longtime hair stylist dad.

Here’s the long and short of it: A state board that oversees the professional barber trade demanded a change, arguing that state...


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The local business owners flanking Mayor John Ewing on the patio of Smokin’ Oak Wood-Fired Pizza smiled and clapped as he trumpeted progress on the Omaha streetcar line to TV cameras and a crowd of dignitaries.

When the speeches finished, party guests picked up colored markers and ceremonially


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Sounds of an indigenous Mayan language, along with Spanish prayer, guitar strumming and ceremonial incense, filled the South Omaha church previously a home base to European newcomers.

A May 2 service at St. Francis of Assisi parish in ...

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American passengers from a cruise ship that experienced a hantavirus outbreak arrived at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha early Monday morning as part of a coordinated effort to assess, contain and treat any potential infections.

One passenger who tested positive for the virus, but does not have symptoms, was admitted to the Nebraska Biocontainmen...


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