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October 18, 2019

Colorado woman indicted in attempted sale of 1920s fetuses

A Colorado woman suspected of trying to sell three human fetuses from the 1920s and a fetal skeleton online has been indicted ...

October 17, 2019

Slowing economy, trade wars, drag on US rail companies

The slowing economy and ongoing trade disputes are dragging railroad profits down in the second half of the year.

October 03, 2019

Huskers doing Spanish radio broadcast with eye toward future

Nebraska will be the first school in the Big Ten to offer a Spanish-language radio broadcast for a football game when the ...

September 29, 2019

No. 5 Ohio St. throttles Huskers 48-7 behind Fields, defense

Ohio State was supposed to get its first big test of the season at Nebraska. It hardly turned out that way. Justin Fields ...

September 26, 2019

Coveted 'GameDay' visit bolsters Nebraska's building project

With nary a conference championship since 1999, and now on its fifth coach since Tom Osborne's teams ruled the mid-1990s, ...

September 18, 2019

Woman burning love letters sparks Nebraska apartment fire

It seems this love was too hot to handle. Police in Lincoln say a 19-year-old woman sparked an apartment fire Monday by ...

September 05, 2019

Union Pacific railroad trims volume outlook for rest of 2019

Union Pacific expects to haul less freight in the second half of the year than it previously predicted, which isn't a good ...

August 23, 2019

Nebraska court upholds state's approval of pipeline path

Nebraska's highest court lifted one of the last major hurdles for the Keystone XL pipeline in the state on Friday when it ...

August 21, 2019

Watchdog warns of 'alarming' conditions in Nebraska prison

Nebraska's largest prison faces "alarming" conditions driven by staffing shortages, record overtime and inmates who are ...

August 20, 2019

Another first for Clemson: No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25

Cross off another milestone for Clemson, college football's newest superpower. For the first time, the defending national ...

August 13, 2019

Michigan, Nebraska look set to make breakthroughs in Big Ten

The power structure in the Big Ten could be in for a shakeup. Jim Harbaugh enters his fifth year at Michigan overdue for a ...

August 06, 2019

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse kicks off re-election campaign

U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska kicked off his re-election campaign Monday surrounded by top Republicans who vouched for the ...

August 03, 2019

Profit at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway rises 17%

Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett, said Saturday that its second-quarter profit ...

August 01, 2019

Frost: B10 West favorite label fueling Huskers' confidence

Scott Frost starts his second year at Nebraska with an experienced quarterback and high expectations. The Cornhuskers, who ...

July 18, 2019

Union Pacific delivers 4% better 2Q profit on lower expenses

Union Pacific Corp. delivered 4% more profit in the second quarter even though it hauled less freight because it cut its ...

July 16, 2019

Nebraska woman arrested, fined for climbing Mount Rushmore

A Nebraska woman has been fined $1,000 for climbing the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. Authorities say ...

July 12, 2019

Judge: Police acted 'reasonably' in man's shooting death

A Nebraska judge dismissed a wrongful death case brought by the family of a sound technician for the TV show "Cops" who was ...

July 12, 2019

Who's behind voting-machine makers? Money of unclear origins

The voting-machine makers that aim to sell their systems in North Carolina are largely owned by private equity firms that ...

July 04, 2019

Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor

The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing to posthumously award an African American soldier the Medal of Honor for his ...