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Union Pacific on Wednesday started cutting management positions in Omaha and elsewhere.

The Northeast High School marching band -- and several local dignitaries -- welcomed English royalty in a packed auditorium Wednesday with music, speeches and gifts, and in return got an offic…

NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central said Wednesday it is reevaluating what to do about Steve Rannazzisi's planned stand-up special this weekend after the comic apologized for lying about working in…

OMAHA — Metered parking in downtown Omaha is about to cost more — in some cases, double the current rate.

A look at prep football games for Week 4.

WHITNEY — Firefighters have contained a wildfire that burned nearly 1,800 acres of grassland in northwest Nebraska Tuesday.

Work on the Koch Fertilizer nitrogen plant that brought approximately 1,000 construction crew members and others to the area, and apparently caused a spike in local traffic issues, is winding down.

Some of the key prep volleyball on this week's schedule.

LEXINGTON — A small plane crashed into an alfalfa field about a mile from the Lexington airport Wednesday morning.

The Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska has received nearly $450,000 in federal grant funding to address domestic violence against Native women.

SCHUYLER -- City and county workers trained Friday afternoon, learning how to bridge the levy gap on U.S. 30 northeast of Schuyler.

KEARNEY — A band instructor at Kearney High School is recruiting students to help fill the need for buglers at military funerals.

Gov. Pete Ricketts is headed to China for the next leg of his trade mission to meet with business and government leaders.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The day started out as a perfect Alaska excursion: Excited tourists heading for adventure at a remote fishing spot on a river.

RALSTON  — The Ralston City Council has raised property taxes and reduced spending in several departments so it can make next year's bond payment on its struggling arena.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Niecy Nash says the Emmy Awards have more work to do when it comes to the diversity of nominees.

A husband and wife think he and their 2-year-old son were poisoned by methamphetamine-tainted coffee he made in an Omaha hotel room.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Like the characters in her TV series "Transparent," which is nominated at this Sunday's Emmys, Jill Soloway understands the challenges of having a transgender parent: She ba…

NEW YORK (AP) — Taraji P. Henson says she's honored to receive the second Emmy nomination of her career for "Empire," but she's not letting the feat define her.

Waverly coach Tim Williams has a minimalist approach to football.

HARRIMAN, Tenn. (AP) — A former actress on the "Star Trek: Voyager" television series has been arrested in eastern Tennessee and is accused of exposing herself to children.

Tetrad Property Group, the real estate development company led by former Husker Zach Wiegert, has some big, tough competition to redevelop the building formerly occupied by Nebraska Bookstore …

Miki Esposito, the city's public works director, is trying to bring a little grace, levity and even gratitude to the frustrating inconvenience of street construction.