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The Nebraska Legislature has advanced a contentious bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors, despite threats from several lawmakers that they would filibuster the rest of the session.

Charleston's Restaurant server Jordan Schaffer shares his 'exceptionally lucky' encounter serving pop star Jason Derulo and his family in Omaha, Nebraska.

Robert and Loveda Proctor of Aurora, Nebraska went missing in the middle of January. Authorities said on Saturday their bodies have been found, and foul play is not suspected.

A restaurant waiter at an Omaha restaurant made a TikTok thanking Jason Derulo for giving him a $5,000 tip.

A Nebraska school board passed a policy that would consider the participation of trans athletes in high school and middle school.

A pair of migrants from Honduras are accused of shooting and killing an American bald eagle in Nebraska with the intention of eating the bird, the local sheriff says.

Two Honduran nationals in Nebraska are accused of killing a North American bald eagle last week with plans to cook and eat the protected bird, authorities said.

Billionaire Warren Buffett has lived in the same home he purchased in 1958 and says it's his "third best" investment ever.

The two men shot the bald eagle with a rifle and were planning to cook and eat the bird, officials said.

Detransitioner Luka Hein calls out Nebraska State Senator for claiming transgender surgery "never happens" in the state, sharing photo of her scarred chest from a double mastectomy she underwent at the age of 16.

Conservative justices in the Supreme Court’s majority seem likely to sink President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans.

Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Heavican warned of staff and mental health resource shortages in his State of the Judiciary address Tuesday.

The news comes after a Norfolk Southern train derailment​ in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced reforms​ to improve the safety of the rail system.

Austyn Woolverton, 5, recently attended a local daddy-daughter dance with her grandpa after a sweet TikTok video showing Austyn inviting him went viral.

The Department of Labor says one of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country.

Warren Buffett's company has now sold nearly 95 million of its original 225 million shares of Chinese electric carmaker BYD's stock, but it remains a significant shareholder.

A United Airlines flight headed from Chicago to Las Vegas made an unplanned stop in Nebraska on Saturday after the pilot reported engine problems. Mark Grant, a communications operator at the Lincoln Airport, said 326 passengers and crew members were aboard the Boeing 777 when it took off from O’Hare International Airport. After the plane lost the use of one of its engines about 70 miles (112.65 kilometers) west of Lincoln, the pilot turned around.

Joseph Jones, who allegedly opened fire inside a Target in Omaha, Nebraska, before he was shot and killed by police, allegedly bought the gun four days before and had no prior record.

Hundreds of people crowded around the Nebraska state Capitol on Wednesday as a hearing on a potential fetal heartbeat bill gets underway.

Police say the man who was fatally shot by police after entering a Target store in Omaha, Nebraska, armed with an AR-15-style rifle had obtained the weapon just four days earlier at a sporting goods store.

Three young children were being treated for frostbite in Nebraska Sunday after police said two suspects stole an SUV while they were inside. Around 3 a.m. Sunday, when temperatures were around 0 degrees, a man reported that his 2012 Chevrolet Traverse had been stolen with his three children inside, said Grand Island Police. All three children had suspected hypothermia and frostbite.

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Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Jason Jones, a northeastern Nebraska man who is accused of quadruple homicide, arson, and several weapons counts.

Nebraska state troopers arrested a 13-year-old driver from Colorado after a chase that topped 100 mph along an interstate highway earlier this week. A state trooper spotted an SUV driving about 35 mph on Interstate 80 near the city of Kearney on Monday night, but the driver sped up and fled east when the trooper tried to pull her over. The chase continued at speeds over 100 miles (161 kph) until another state trooper put out stop sticks, the Nebraska State Patrol said in a news release.

Both kids were taken into protective custody, authorities said. Troopers later found a firearm, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the car.

Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen proposed a large K-12 education spending increase using excess money from the state's cash reserve.

A type of crystal that breaks the rules of ordinary crystallography has been found in a tube of melted sand from Nebraska.

An Omaha, Nebraska, high schooler was arrested and charged for illegally carrying a firearm. School staff were led to believe the boy was carrying after they broke up a fight.

Joel Klatt breaks down four college football programs he believes will take a big jump forward in 2023, starting with the Colorado Buffaloes.

Dustan Biegler, 41, and Colton Hill, 24, both of Nebraska, died Wednesday after a small Cessna aircraft they were flying in crashed in the state's southeastern corner.

In one of his first acts as Nebraska’s governor, Republican Jim Pillen named his predecessor to the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat on Thursday. Pillen surprised no one in naming fellow Republican Pete Ricketts to the seat vacated Sunday by Ben Sasse. The governor said 111 people applied for the vacant seat.

The University of Florida is spending $300,000 to build a swimming pool behind the mansion where the incoming president, former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, will live with his family.

Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific railroad to make sure a livestock producer gets the grain it needs in California to prevent millions of chickens and hundreds of thousands of cattle from starving. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board told the railroad it must improve service to Foster Farms to keep it from running out of feed for livestock it raises. It's is the second time in the past year regulators issued an emergency order related to delivery problems at Foster Farms, which is based in Livingston, California, as the railroad struggled with a shortage of crews.

Mackenzie Holmes scored 22 points, Sydney Parrish sank the go-ahead 3-pointer and No. 4 Indiana bounced back from its first loss with a 74-62 overtime victory over Nebraska.

Some new laws could affect access to abortion, others will ease restrictions on marijuana and concealed guns.

Taxes will be falling and wages rising as new laws take effect Sunday in numerous states.

A Nebraska company has expanded a recall of alfalfa sprouts after 15 cases of salmonella were linked to the food.

A 4-year-old rescue pit bull in Nebraska was caught on video helping his owner navigate a treacherous icy driveway by allowing the owner to hold on while he walked across.

A 4-year-old rescue pit bull in Nebraska was caught on video helping his owner navigate a treacherous icy driveway by allowing the owner to hold on while he walked across.

Human remains found in Minnesota more than four decades ago were identified, authorities said Tuesday

Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on certain businesses' shipments while it reviews the policy that federal regulators and shippers criticized at a hearing last week. Union Pacific has put more than 1,000 of these embargoes in place this year — significantly more than all the other major freight railroads combined — as part of its effort to clear up congestion along the railroad. CEO Lance Fritz said a brief letter to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board Friday that UP will put all new embargoes on hold.

Mickey Joseph, Nebraska’s interim football coach for nine games this season who was charged with felony assault, is no longer part of the Cornhuskers' program, the athletic department announced Friday. Joseph is accused of putting his hands around a woman’s throat, pulling her hair and punching her during a domestic dispute Nov. 30, according to a police affidavit. He was charged on Dec. 1 with assault by strangulation or suffocation. Joseph was placed on administrative leave after his arrest.

Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is expected to be appointed to the state's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse.

Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is expected to be appointed to the state's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse.

The operator of a pipeline with a large onshore crude oil spill has reopened all of it except for the stretch in Kansas and northern Oklahoma that includes the site of the rupture.

Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific's decision to temporarily limit some businesses' shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Martin Oberman, said Wednesday he's concerned about Union Pacific's increasing use of the embargoes because they disrupt operations of the businesses that rely on the railroad, and they haven't seemed to help its performance significantly. An embargo can force a business to consider cutting production or resorting to more expensive shipping options, like trucking, if that's even an option.

The storm system stretches from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico and is spawning blizzard-like conditions, ice, flash floods and tornadoes.

College football's coaching carousel continues to spin as bowl season approaches. Catch up on all the latest moves here.

A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as much of the central U.S. braced for blizzard-like conditions.

College football's coaching carousel continues to spin as bowl season approaches. Catch up on all the latest moves here.

A massive storm blowing across the country has spawned several tornadoes that wrecked buildings and injured a handful of people in Oklahoma and Texas.

College football's coaching carousel continues to spin as bowl season approaches. Catch up on all the latest moves here.

College football's coaching carousel continues to spin as bowl season approaches. Catch up on all the latest moves here.

College football's coaching carousel continues to spin as bowl season approaches. Catch up on all the latest moves here.

Over 50 million birds have already been killed nationwide as a result of this year's massive outbreak of the disease, which shows no signs of stopping.

Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found on a farm.

Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found on a farm.

Nebraska is reportedly zeroing in on Matt Rhule as its next head football coach. Rhule was fired by the Carolina Panthers in October.

A 1989 Pontiac Trans Am Indy 500 Pace Car replica that's been preserved with just 178 miles on its odometer has been listed for sale in Nebraska.

The Saga, a newspaper at Northwest High School, will be brought back in digital form next year. The paper was previously dismissed due to an LGBTQ-focused edition.

Warren Buffett's company slashed its stake in U.S. Bank's parent company in the third quarter and also sold shares in Chinese electric car maker BYD.

Warren Buffett's company revealed that it had cut its holdings in U.S. Bank's parent company and in Chinese electric car maker BYD ahead of offering a full update on its stock portfolio Monday. Berkshire Hathaway said in filings with the SEC and Hong Kong stock exchanges that it had sold off a significant amount of U.S. Bancorp and BYD stock in recent weeks. Many investors follow Berkshire's moves closely because of Buffett's remarkably successful track record over the decades.

College athletic programs of all sizes are reacting to inflation the same way as everyone else.

An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states, federal authorities said.

Warren Buffett's conglomerate has completed its largest acquisition in years with its $11.6 billion purchase of the Alleghany insurance conglomerate.

Billionaire Warren Buffett’s successor bought nearly $70 million worth of stock in the conglomerate he is slated to one day lead.

The mining company that wants to extract an assortment of rare elements from under the ground in southeast Nebraska has announced a deal that will give it up to $285 million to help cover the roughly $1.1 billion cost of building the mine.

In the postgame analysis, free beer at the Nebraska-Northwestern game in Ireland was the right call.

Ryan Hilinski threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns to help Northwestern rally for a 31-28 victory over Nebraska in Saturday’s season opener in Ireland.

Authorities in Nebraska are trying to determine who released 16 million gallons of water by opening a dam on an irrigation channel one night this month — and why.

Federal health officials have confirmed that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba.

Health officials say a child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska on Sunday.

The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agency’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.

A Nebraska woman has been charged with helping her teenage daughter have an abortion.

Police say three family members were shot to death while camping in a state park in eastern Iowa, and the suspected gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Nebraska state Sen. Mike Flood has won a special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a fellow Republican who was sentenced to two years of probation earlier in the day for a conviction on charges that he lied to federal agents.

A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official.

An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in New York City.

Horse races are regularly held in only two spots in Nebraska, but the tracks in Grand Island and Columbus are usually pretty quiet apart from the rumble of thoroughbreds that stomp past the often empty grandstands.

Police say two people are dead and 20 others injured in a crash that sent two cars careening into a crowd of bystanders at an annual Memorial Day weekend “cruise” night in Nebraska’s capital.

About 400 workers at Planned Parenthood offices in five Midwestern states plan to unionize.

The mining company that wants to extract a rare heat-resistant element from the ground under southeast Nebraska says a new report shows the deposit it plans to mine holds a significant amount of other rare elements.

In Nebraska, the winner of a crowded Republican primary race for governor will be the overwhelming favorite to win in November.

Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida.

The world’s most expensive lunch will go on sale again this spring when investor Warren Buffett auctions off a private meal to raise money for a California homeless charity one last time.

Authorities say wind-driven wildfires sweeping through parts of Nebraska killed a retired fire chief and injured at least 15 firefighters.

A major fertilizer company says the limits Union Pacific is putting on rail traffic to clear up congestion will delay shipments that farmers rely on during the spring planting season.

Shares of HP gained nearly 15% after Warren Buffett's company snapped up 11.5% of the company that makes printers and computers over the past week in another uncharacteristic investment for the billionaire in a tech company.

The Alden Global Capital hedge fund is sending its own appeal to shareholders of newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises as part of its campaign to acquire the company.

A strike at Kellogg that has gone on since early October has ended after workers voted to ratify a new labor contract at the company’s four U.S. cereal plants.

Kellogg’s has reached a tentative agreement with its 1,400 cereal plant workers that will deliver 3% raises and end a nearly two-month-long strike if it is approved.

Investor Warren Buffett’s company made two new investments during the third quarter while trimming its holdings in several drugmakers and financial firms.

No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Cincinnati all moved up one spot behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Alabama in the second College Football Playoff rankings.

Warren Buffett’s company reported a third-quarter profit that was roughly one-third the amount of last year’s profit because of much smaller paper gains on the value of its investments, but most of its businesses were continuing to recover from the effects of the pandemic.

A Nebraska attorney general’s office investigation has identified 258 victims who made credible allegations of sexual abuse against 57 Catholic church officials in the state going back decades.

Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor’s office, the legislature or both are pursuing statewide ballot initiatives or veto-proof proposals to enact voter ID restrictions and other changes to election law.

During his time as Union Pacific’s CEO, Lance Fritz has had to find ways to keep the freight moving during the coronavirus pandemic as the economy nearly ground to a halt and then roared back to life.

Nebraska's Republican-controlled legislature is considering changes to the congressional map that would give them an edge in a competitive congressional seat — and the presidential election.

Conservative activists in Nebraska are turning to voters to enact a voter identification requirement, an issue that state lawmakers have blocked multiple times even though it's now common in other Republican-led states.

Fans headed back into stadiums for the start of college football season.