Nebraska

The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors. Conservative lawmakers wrangled just enough votes to end a filibuster, then pass it Friday.

Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill that allows people to carry concealed guns in the state without a permit.

Florida and Nebraska are poised to become the latest states to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit.

The Omaha, Nebraska, server said he’s now able to pay for a semester of college.

Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said the man had “plenty of ammunition” and that evidence suggests he fired multiple rounds, but it wasn’t immediately known if he fired at anyone.

A 13-year-old girl led Nebraska state troopers on a high-speed chase, hitting speeds exceeding 100 mph, before authorities were able to stop the vehicle, Nebraska State Patrol said.

Four teens — two of them only 13 — have been arrested in connection with the death of a 62-year-old man who was beaten with a baseball bat on an Omaha street, police said Friday.

In most past bird flu outbreaks the virus largely died off during the summer, but this year’s version found a way to linger and started to make a resurgence this fall with more than 6 million birds killed in September.

Beef and pork packaging plants in six Midwestern states were targeted in the multimillion-dollar theft ring. Federal officials say they don’t know where the stolen meat ended up.

Eleven children ages 6 to 15 were on the bus, and all were taken to the hospital ‘with a wide range of injuries.’

Interim head football coach Mickey Joseph became the first Black head coach in any sport at the University of Nebraska.

On Sunday, the University of Nebraska announced they fired head coach Scott Frost. The Cornhuskers had an overall record of 16-31 during his 5 years with the team. The announcement came after they lost 45-42 to Georgia Southern

Nebraska head coach Scott Frost was fired just three games into the 2022 season following a stunning loss to Georgia Southern.

Beer and other concessions were free at the Nebraska-Northwestern game in Ireland after credit card machines at Aviva Stadium went down.

 Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, according to the Douglas County Department of Health in Omaha. Health officials believe the child...

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.

Nebraska freshman Decoldest Crawford made use of the NCAA NIL policy by acting in a spot-on ad for a local heating and cooling company.

About 6,000 bees were recently removed from inside the walls of an Omaha couple’s 100-year-old home. Thomas and Marylu Gouttierre told the Omaha World-Herald they have been planting bee-friendly flowers outside theirhome, but they never expected the bees to move in. Gouttierre said he could hear buzzing when he put his ear to the wall after the couple discovered about...

Authorities say a large fire that raged through a Nebraska chemical plant was extinguished and nearby residents who were initially evacuated were allowed to return to their homes. Thick smoke billowed from the Nox-Crete facility just southwest of downtown Omaha that could be seen as far away Monday evening. Battalion Chief Scott Fitzpatrick said the first call for help came...

The deadly incident appeared to unfold as an “Americruise” event was taking place in the area