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A Nebraska woman is charged with helping her daughter have an abortion

10:23am August 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Police say that in Facebook messages they've obtained, Jessica Burgess tells her 17-year-old daughter that she has abortion pills to end her 24-week pregnancy. They're both charged with felonies.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, center, speaks with the media outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, on Thursday.

Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is found guilty in contributions probe

2:04am March 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Nebraska congressman was charged after denying to the FBI that he was aware he had received illicit funds from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent.

Workers install cryptocurrency mining computers inside a converted shipping container at the Compute North facility in Nebraska.

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How the U.S. benefits when China turns its back on Bitcoin

7:04am February 24, 2022

Until the middle of last year, most cryptocurrency mining took place in China. Then authorities pulled the plug. So Chinese bitcoin miners began moving their gear to U.S. towns like Kearney, Nebraska.

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There Can Only Be One: Battle Of The Joshes Brings Hundreds To Nebraska

7:12pm April 25, 2021

by Chloee Weiner

Armed with pool noodles, hundreds of people who share the first name Josh gathered Saturday in Lincoln, Neb., to vie for the right to their name.

People cross the road as a sign warns of heavy snow on Sunday in Denver. A winter storm closed roads, affected flights and knocked out power in Arizona, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado through the weekend.

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Winter Storm Slams The West With Heavy Snow, Strong Winds

10:05am March 15, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Lingering effects of the storm are expected to cause dangerous conditions through early Monday as residents dig out from under the weekend's record-breaking levels of snow.

Nebraska's longest serving state Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha addresses supporters on the stairs of the Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., on Aug. 13. Chambers helped keep Nebraska's electoral votes split.

How State Sen. Ernie Chambers Helped Keep Nebraska's Electoral College Votes Split

6:26pm November 09, 2020

by James Doubek

Longtime progressive state Sen. Ernie Chambers has been instrumental in keeping Nebraska's Electoral College votes split by district. Joe Biden won one Electoral College vote in Nebraska.

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Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles Director Rhonda Lahm has signed an agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to share the state's driver's license records. The bureau is planning to use the records as part of an effort to produce data about the citizens

Nebraska Is 1st State To Share Driver's License Records With Census Bureau

9:20pm November 20, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The state's Department of Motor Vehicles signed an agreement to share records that the Census Bureau says will help it produce data about the citizenship status of every person living in the U.S.

A weather-worn sign protesting the Keystone XL pipeline stands in Fullerton, Neb. On Friday the state's Supreme Court dealt the pipeline's protesters a significant defeat, approving an alternate route that runs through Nebraska.

Keystone Pipeline's Alternate Route Gets The Go-Ahead From Nebraska Court

3:34pm August 23, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

A group of activists, Native American tribes and local landowners had challenged the controversial pipeline's 2017 approval. But the state Supreme Court unanimously rejected that challenge Friday.

This Wednesday aerial photo shows flooding near the Platte River in in Plattsmouth, Neb., south of Omaha.

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Nebraska Faces Over $1.3 Billion In Flood Losses

9:53am March 21, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Historic flooding in the Midwest has caused unprecedented damage and led to at least three deaths.

A railroad crossing is flooded with water from the Platte River in Plattsmouth, Neb. Record high floodwaters inundated regions of the Midwest following an intense winter storm and rapid snowmelt.

Nebraska Floods: 74 Cities, 65 Counties Declare A State of Emergency

4:14pm March 19, 2019

by Dalia Mortada

Vice President Pence will visit Nebraska on Tuesday to survey damage caused by Midwest floods that have killed at least four people and displaced hundreds.