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Police say a man found unresponsive in a north Omaha home has died, and investigators are treating the death as a homicide.

A Douglas County jury deliberated for just one hour before acquitting an Omaha man of first-degree murder in the March 2012 slaying of Kyle McCroy.

A new task force will investigate whether last week's slayings of a Creighton University physician and his wife are connected to the stabbing deaths of an 11-year-old boy and his family's housekeeper five years ago.

A new president would be best positioned to carry out that unmistakable message.

The writer, of Omaha, was a Douglas County election commissioner and ran unsuccessfully for Nebraska's 2nd District congressional seat in 1976.

Sunday's storm that blew through the area missed Omaha and Council Bluffs, but areas south of the metro weren't so lucky.

An Omaha police officer is recovering after being bitten and punched by a 19-year-old woman who didn't want to follow instructions.

In a little shop near the Westroads food court, shelves of pastel-dyed high-waisted denim shorts and well-worn canvas Converse sneakers await shoppers ready for warm weather.

Nebraska lawmakers finished up an eventful week failing to vote on a repeal of the death penalty and overriding the governor's veto.

What: An evening with Garrison Keillor Where: The Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St.

Brooke Rubenthaler of Lincoln leaves because of a lightning delay that cleared the stadium for about 20 minutes.

Stothert must work to assemble a Cabinet as her June 10 inauguration approaches.

Her students know her as "Mrs. Barb." She's been at St. Thomas More School at 48th and Grover in Omaha for 25 years.

Aleese Kindopp listens up during a spelling quiz administered by Shannon. One of the words: "because," which Shannon calls her "least favorite word." The longtime teacher said that kids often misuse it and the word is "just an excuse." Donna Shannon, who will turn 72 next week, helps fourth-grade student Savannah Pykiet at Elkhorn Hillrise ... (more)

The threat for severe weather will continue this weekend. This next round of severe weather comes in the wake of storms on Friday which produced at least 10 tornadoes in the Plains.

Today and Sunday, the metro will see high temperatures in the 80s, but tonight the threat of severe weather moves in, said Cathy Zapotocny, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Valley, Neb.

The word you keep hearing at South High seems to have nothing to do with the ascendency of an inner-city Omaha high school that has captured our attention and hearts.

A pregnant woman was critically injured after a pickup crossed the centerline and slammed into her SUV Friday morning.

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Daniel Covin has landed a recurring role of Hunter on "All My Children." Covin, 19, is a graduate of Papillion-La Vista High School.