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Teen wanted on murder warrant in Nebraska mall shooting

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OMAHA, Neb. — A murder warrant has been issued for a teenage boy suspected in a shooting at a Nebraska mall that left one...

Former Nebraska football player acquitted of sex assault

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LINCOLN, Neb. — A jury has acquitted former Nebraska football player Katerian LeGrone of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old fellow student in 2019. ...

Nebraska US Rep. Bacon says he believes he had COVID-19

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OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said Thursday that he believes he had COVID-19 late last year, developing coronavirus symptoms and...

Nebraska college IDs aviation students killed in accident

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SIDNEY, Neb. — A Nebraska community college has identified two international students who were killed last week at the school’s aviation maintenance facility. ...

Complaint may spur review of meat industry’s virus response

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OMAHA, Neb. — A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the...

Man’s Ebola relapse spawned dozens of new cases in Africa

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A man in Africa who developed Ebola despite receiving a vaccine recovered but suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led to 91...

AP Exclusive: Pandemic means far fewer eyes on kids’ welfare

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LANSFORD, Penn. — Ava Lerario lived in a home marked by both love and chaos, even before the walls of the pandemic started closing...

Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism

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Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black...

Nebraska unemployment rate ticks down for February

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska’s unemployment dropped slightly last month to 3.1%, down 0.1 percentage point from January and marking the third-lowest rate in the...

Ruling denying adoption by same-sex Nebraska couple reversed

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OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday reversed a ruling by a lower court judge who denied a same-sex couple’s petition to...