Nebraska

News from the state of Nebraska

Union Pacific Q2 profit jumps 59% as volume grows 22%

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OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific's second-quarter profit jumped 59% as the railroad hauled 22% more cargo than a year ago when shipments fell to...

Nebraska patrol officials defend mission to Mexican border

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Officials from the Nebraska State Patrol defended their state-funded mission to the U.S.-Mexican border on Thursday, arguing that they were answering...

‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy US hospitals

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The COVID-19 comeback across the U.S. is putting pressure on hospitals at a time when some of them are busy just trying to catch...

Nebraska agreed to no reimbursement for troopers in Texas

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OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska agreed not to seek reimbursement from Texas for the state patrol troopers that it sent down to the U.S.-Mexican border...

US regulators criticize Buffett’s failed $1.3B pipeline deal

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OMAHA, Neb. — Federal regulators say Berkshire Hathaway's $1.3 billion deal to buy a natural gas pipeline from Dominion Energy that fell apart this...

Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxes

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Media mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to his own...

Nebraska COVID-19 cases jump to 456 last week

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OMAHA, Neb. — The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Nebraska jumped last week, but the rate of new cases remained below the national...

New US rules to protect animal farmers expected this week

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OMAHA, Neb. — The Biden administration plans to issue a new rule to protect the rights of farmers who raise cows, chickens and hogs...

Death hearing begins for Nebraska woman convicted of murder

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WILBER, Neb. — A three-judge panel began hearing evidence Wednesday to decide whether a woman should become the first female sentenced to death in...

Warren Buffett says pandemic’s impact still hard to predict

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OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett says the one constant throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been that it has been difficult to predict how...