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Robert Lyman Caliban (“Bob”), 87, of Lake Delton, passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at his home.

The Omaha Star, Omaha's oldest Black-owned newspaper, is now owned by a Black woman named Terri Sanders.

According to NBC 6 News, Sanders becomes the fifth woman to take charge of The Omaha Star but the first to have sole ownership.

COVID-19 has helped to highlight the racial disparities in health-care services that stem from implicit bias from doctors and medical algorithms. But for many Black patients, the discrimination goes beyond negative attitudes.

What should Pa. learn from COVID-19? And will we embrace the lessons in such divided times? Updated 9:53 AM; Facebook Share Hurricane forecasting has advantages over pandemic forecasting. If people follow an evacuation order and no one dies, the hurricane still leaves behind floods and downed trees and plenty of justification for the order. With a pandemic, closing businesses and schools might prevent sickness and death, but also eliminate evidence of what might have been. That makes it harder...