Nebraska

Man accused of restaurant shooting charged in jail assault

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PAPILLION, Neb. — The man accused of killing two workers and wounding two others during a shooting at a Nebraska fast-food restaurant last fall...

USDA rejects request for faster pork slaughterhouse speeds

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declined a request by the pork industry to increase the speed at which pigs...

Pork group asks USDA to support faster slaughterhouse speeds

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DES MOINES, Iowa — A group representing slaughterhouses urged the federal government Tuesday to let them continue an effort to speed up the processing...

Nebraska inmates’ fight to wed ends after one of them dies

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LINCOLN, Neb. — A man and a woman convicted in separate murders who fought the state of Nebraska for years for the right to...

Hearing postponed for Nebraska man accused in kids’ deaths

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OMAHA, Neb. — A court hearing in California for a Nebraska man charged in the deaths of his two children was postponed on Tuesday. ...

Missouri man charged in brother’s deaths accused of fraud

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A Missouri farmer accused of attempting to cover up a $215,000 cattle fraud scheme by killing two Wisconsin brothers was indicted Tuesday on a...

Buffett’s firm sells off financials, halves Chevron stake

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OMAHA, Neb. — Investor Warren Buffett's company pared back its holdings in financial firms further during the first quarter and also halved its new...

2 Nebraska kids found dead, father arrested in California

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BELLEVUE, Neb. — The father of two young children found dead in his eastern Nebraska home, where they had been staying for a court-ordered...

US rail industry defends safety record amid staffing cuts

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OMAHA, Neb. — Even as railroads are operating longer and longer freight trains that sometimes stretch for miles, the companies have drastically reduced staffing...

Virus testing strategies, opinions vary widely in US schools

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MISSION, Kan. — Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore,...