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Apr 17 2024
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911 outages reported in Nevada, Nebraska and all of South Dakota — Las Vegas residents asked to text instead
911 service crashed across at least three states Wednesday evening. Several municipalities in Nevada and Nebraska — and the entire state of South Dakota — reported emergency outages. The service seemingly dropped at the same time, with Las Vegas police first reporting that 911 calls weren’t making it through to dispatchers. “Dial 911 on a mobile device, and we will be able to see your number
New York Post (News)Mar 19 2024
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Nebraska extends Hoiberg on heels of NCAA bid
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg has received a two-year contract extension through the 2028-29 season and a raise to $4.25 million annually beginning April 1, interim athletic director Dennis Leblanc announced Wednesday. Hoiberg led the Cornhuskers to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2014. They are a No. 8 seed and play Texas A&M in Memphis,
ESPN.comApr 03 2024
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Nebraska’s proposed transgender athlete ban is constitutional, state AG says
A Nebraska bill seeking to bar transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams that match their gender identity is constitutional, the state’s Republican attorney general said Tuesday. Nebraska’s Legislative Bill 575, also known as the Sports and Spaces Act, would prevent transgender students from using public school restrooms or locker rooms consistent with their gender identity
The HillMar 12 2024
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‘Crocs and Glocks’ rapist sentenced in Nebraska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A man whose probation was revoked in Alaska and then fled to Nebraska was sentenced Monday to 45 years in prison after numerous women say he raped them. Omaha Police created a task force, known as Crocs and Glocks, because of the type of shoe the suspect wore and the gun he carried while he terrorized people. This past Monday, Puoch Puoch, 23, was sentenced to 45
Alaska's News Source KTUU/KYESApr 10 2024
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Nebraska Republicans float special session to revive Trump-backed election rule change
The state has for decades divided its electoral votes in an unusual system where the statewide vote winner gets two electoral votes and the vote winner in each of the state’s three congressional districts gets one vote. In 2020, now-President Joe Biden carried the state’s Omaha-based 2nd District, securing one of the state’s five electoral votes. He was the first Democrat to do so since Barack
PoliticoApr 15 2024
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Nebraska teacher arrested after police find her, teen boy naked in car, officials say
A Nebraska high school teacher was jailed on Monday after officials say they found her naked in a car with a teenage student after a car crash. Erin Ward, 45, a substitute teacher at Omaha Public Schools, was arrested over the weekend on one count of first-degree sexual abuse by a school employee after she admitted to having sex with the teen boy, Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson confirmed
The Columbus DispatchMar 24 2024
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Nebraska's NCAA tournament run ends in the second round
Nebraska’s NCAA tournament run ends in the second round CORVALLIS, Ore. (KLKN) – Number 6 Nebraska fell 61-51 to number 3 Oregon State in the second round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament on Sunday. Oregon State started the game hot, jumping out to a 12-4 lead in the early part of the first quarter. Nebraska would battle back but the Beavers would keep their lead and extend it to 19-
ABC 8 KLKNApr 06 2024
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Tucson restaurant owner indicted for stabbing Nebraska teen in Tonto National Forest
County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced on Friday that a suspect accused of fatally stabbing, decapitating, and dismembering a teenager in the Tonto National Forest last summer has been indicted by a Maricopa County grand jury. According to court records, Anthonie Ruinard Jr., 38, of Chandler, has been charged in the death of Parker League, an 18-year-old from Nebraska. League's remains were
AZ CentralApr 09 2024
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Anti-Trump Republicans launch Nebraska campaign against potential Electoral College change
A group of anti-Trump Republicans in Nebraska announced an ad blitz on Monday against a proposed change to the state’s Electoral College votes, which could net the former president an additional electoral vote if passed. The effort to change Nebraska from a split district to a “winner-take-all” state for electoral votes is backed by Trump, Gov. Jim Pillen (R) and Sen. Pete Ricketts (R). It
The HillApr 08 2024
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U. Nebraska Lincoln creates nearly 300 new admin positions in 10 years
The University of Nebraska at Lincoln added more than 350 new positions in the past decade – nearly all of them administrative – while student enrollment numbers remained steady, a College Fix analysis found. Among the new hires is a vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion. His salary for the current year is $267,585, according to a university personnel report. During the 2022-23 school
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