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Teen accused of derailing train, recording the crash and posting it online
A Nebraska teenager has been charged with two felony counts of criminal mischief after he was accused of causing a train to derail, recording the crash and posting the video on YouTube, according to court records.
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Nebraska woman arrested after death of 5-year-old who was left alone in car for hours
A woman was arrested this week in the death of her 5-year-old foster son after he was found unresponsive in a hot car in Omaha, Nebraska.
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7 injured, including 4 children, at Nebraska home after neighbor opens fire
Seven people, including four children, were shot by a neighbor at a Nebraska home Friday evening, according to authorities, who said the crime could potentially be racially motivated.
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Declared dead at nursing home, 74-year-old was alive at funeral home 2 hours later
A 74-year-old woman declared dead at a nursing home was found alive two hours later by funeral home employees attending to what they believed were her remains, a Nebraska sheriff’s official said.
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A NICU baby was deemed a ward of the state. Then her nurses adopted her
“I would read to her and hold her for hours. It was so important to me that she felt loved,” Taylor Deras says.
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Veterinarians at Nebraska zoo remove 70 coins from stomach of rare white alligator
A zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, is urging its visitors to not toss coins into enclosures after a rare white alligator had to undergo an emergency veterinary procedure to remove dozens of coins from its belly.
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Lawmaker looks to make Nebraska the latest state to enact controversial ‘stand your ground' law
Nebraska would become one of the last Republican-led states to enact a so-called “stand your ground” law under a bill presented to a legislative committee on Thursday.
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Nebraska woman brings horses into her house amid freezing temperatures
A Nebraska woman brought her horses into her house so they could keep warm as temperatures in the area dipped below zero.
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Texas official accidentally shoots his grandson at wedding, faces criminal charges
A Texas politician who accidentally shot his grandson during a wedding he was officiating in Nebraska is facing a child abuse charge.
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Texas grandfather arrested after accidentally shooting 12-year-old grandson during wedding
A Texas man was arrested for felony child abuse after firing a gun during a wedding ceremony in Lancaster County, Nebraska, striking his 12-year-old grandson in the shoulder.
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Nebraska mother sentenced to 2 years in prison for giving abortion pills to pregnant daughter
A Nebraska mother who pleaded guilty to giving her teenage daughter pills for an abortion and helping to burn and conceal the fetus has been sentenced to two years in prison.
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Explosion at world's largest railyard in Nebraska releases toxic smoke, forcing evacuations
An explosion inside a shipping container at the world’s largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire.
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Watch: Suspected drunk driver accidentally reports himself to Nebraska cops in 911 call
The driver had a blood alcohol content level of more than twice the legal limit, according to authorities.
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WATCH: Drunk driver calls 911 on himself
A sheriff’s deputy in Lancaster County, Nebraska, responded to a 911 call in March 2023 reporting a wrong-way driver on a highway.
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Nebraska man pulled over with bull riding shotgun, video shows
A live bull riding shotgun in a car sounds impossible, yet one Nebraska man made it happen.
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WATCH: Man pulled over for driving with huge bull in car
A man in Nebraska was pulled over for driving with a Watusi bull in the car.
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Nebraska volleyball breaks world attendance record for women's sporting event
The Cornhuskers broke the previous world record of 91,648 fans.
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1-year-old dies in hot day care van as scorching weather hits central US
Prosecutors charged the 62-year-old van driver on Tuesday with a felony count of child negligence resulting in death
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1-year-old dies in hot day care van as scorching weather hits central US
Officers and medics were called Monday afternoon to Kidz of the Future Childcare in Omaha for an unresponsive baby inside the van, police said.
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FedEx driver kills rattlesnake balled at customer's front door, video shows
A homeowner in Nebraska is calling for one FedEx driver to be named employee of the year after he took care of a rattlesnake that had balled up right outside the front door.