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BREAKING -- Suspect killed in shootout with Omaha Police entered U.S. as unaccompanied minor, Homeland Security says
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December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING -- Suspect killed in shootout with Omaha Police entered U.S. as unaccompanied minor, Homeland Security says
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Police officers in Georgia delivered more than 70 packages to residents after a delivery driver quit mid-route and abandoned the parcels in an Athens neighborhood.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Police officers in Georgia delivered more than 70 packages to residents after a delivery driver quit mid-route and abandoned the parcels in an Athens neighborhood.
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Thank you Omaha, Council Bluffs, and Fremont for helping us Stuff the Truck with food, toys, and more today!
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Thank you Omaha, Council Bluffs, and Fremont for helping us Stuff the Truck with food, toys, and more today!
Rivers ranked among the NFL’s career leaders in yards passing with 63,440, 421 touchdown passes and 12 4,000-yard seasons when he retired and was a semifinalist in his first year of eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame last month.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Rivers ranked among the NFL’s career leaders in yards passing with 63,440, 421 touchdown passes and 12 4,000-yard seasons when he retired and was a semifinalist in his first year of eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame last month.
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BREAKING -- Multiple injured in shooting at Kentucky State University, officials say
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December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
BREAKING -- Multiple injured in shooting at Kentucky State University, officials say
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Police in Pennsylvania were stumped when a deer walked into a business with the word “pet” spray-painted on both sides.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Police in Pennsylvania were stumped when a deer walked into a business with the word “pet” spray-painted on both sides.
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On this day five years ago, crews began major demolition work at the Crossroads Mall in Omaha.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On this day five years ago, crews began major demolition work at the Crossroads Mall in Omaha.
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Come on out to our 'Stuff the Truck' donation sites until 6 p.m. Tuesday at four Methodist locations throughout Omaha, Fremont and Council Bluffs.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Come on out to our 'Stuff the Truck' donation sites until 6 p.m. Tuesday at four Methodist locations throughout Omaha, Fremont and Council Bluffs.
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Kimmel’s previous, multiyear contract had been set to expire next May, so the extension will keep him on the air until at least May 2027.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kimmel’s previous, multiyear contract had been set to expire next May, so the extension will keep him on the air until at least May 2027.
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BREAKING -- Nebraska senator charged after further investigation into groping allegations
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December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
BREAKING -- Nebraska senator charged after further investigation into groping allegations
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Trump to road-test claims that he is tackling Americans’ affordability woes at Pennsylvania rally
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December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump to road-test claims that he is tackling Americans’ affordability woes at Pennsylvania rally
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In addition to seeking reinstatement, the lawsuit also asks for a court judgment declaring the firings unconstitutional, backpay and other monetary damages and an expungement of personnel files related to the terminations.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In addition to seeking reinstatement, the lawsuit also asks for a court judgment declaring the firings unconstitutional, backpay and other monetary damages and an expungement of personnel files related to the terminations.
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Drone delivering drugs and crab legs to inmates for feast intercepted at South Carolina prison, officials say
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December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Drone delivering drugs and crab legs to inmates for feast intercepted at South Carolina prison, officials say
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Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
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December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
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December 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The public is invited to hear updates on the Omaha Streetcar Project at an upcoming open house.https://on.wowt6.com/3YjtDje
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The public is invited to hear updates on the Omaha Streetcar Project at an upcoming open house.https://on.wowt6.com/3YjtDje
On this day 24 years ago, Nebraska football’s Eric Crouch won Nebraska’s third Heisman Trophy.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On this day 24 years ago, Nebraska football’s Eric Crouch won Nebraska’s third Heisman Trophy.
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The Iowa Department of Corrections is reporting the escape of a work release inmate from a Council Bluffs facility.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Iowa Department of Corrections is reporting the escape of a work release inmate from a Council Bluffs facility.
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BREAKING -- Police are investigating after a body was found in central Lincoln.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING -- Police are investigating after a body was found in central Lincoln.
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Co-workers of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash in Omaha last month gathered Sunday night to honor his life at the scene where he died.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Co-workers of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash in Omaha last month gathered Sunday night to honor his life at the scene where he died.
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Unseen photos of Rosa Parks return to Montgomery, Alabama, 7 decades later
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December 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Unseen photos of Rosa Parks return to Montgomery, Alabama, 7 decades later
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Architect Frank Gehry, who designed Walt Disney Concert Hall and Guggenheim Museum, has died
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December 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Architect Frank Gehry, who designed Walt Disney Concert Hall and Guggenheim Museum, has died
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President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are close allies, and Infantino had made clear that he thought Trump should have won the Nobel for his efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
President Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are close allies, and Infantino had made clear that he thought Trump should have won the Nobel for his efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.
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For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses.
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Walz said Trump slandered all Minnesotans and that his expressions of contempt for the state’s Somali community — the largest in the U.S. — were “unprecedented for a United States president."
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December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Walz said Trump slandered all Minnesotans and that his expressions of contempt for the state’s Somali community — the largest in the U.S. — were “unprecedented for a United States president."
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