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Despite universal poverty and fading hope for women in Afghanistan, diplomat Thomas West believes talking with the Taliban is better than isolating the regime. Go to Source Author: STEVE LIEWER Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Officials from Bryan Health said they have reached record numbers of patients twice in the past few weeks. Go to Source Author: MATT OLBERDING Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The program, which the company hopes to start next year, would allow customers to purchase monthly offset “blocks” that would represent a portion of their natural gas usage. Go to Source Author: MATT OLBERDING Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The groundbreaking comes a day shy of the fourth anniversary of the original Prairie Flower opening. The addition will increase the Iowa casino’s footprint to more than 70,000 square feet. Go to Source Author: Dan Crisler Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Two bidders drove the final $10,400 in the online auction: Charles Herbster and a pair of farmer-brothers. Go to Source Author: PETER SALTER Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Ben Sasse’s appointment as president of the University of Florida must be approved by the state’s Board of Governors. Sasse is expected to resign from the Senate in late December. Go to Source Author: DON WALTON Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

A couple made their farmhouse an Airbnb, and this month, a haunted farm experience. But two summer guests say ghostly spirits have been flitting around the place long before October. Go to Source Author: MARY JANE SKALA Kearney Hub Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said there already have been 238 confirmed RSV cases in October, nearly four times as many as there were in September. Go to Source Author: MATT OLBERDING Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Former Nebraska player and assistant Ryan Held has taken over as the interim head coach at North Alabama for the rest of the season. Go to Source Author: EVAN BLAND Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Republican gubernatorial nominee Jim Pillen has advocated for shifting to per-pupil funding for K-12 education in Nebraska. An analysis says that could cost some districts $270 million per year. Go to Source Author: Erin Bamer Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Corn is the main crop of Nebraska’s No. 1 industry. But what we spray on it to make it thrive may be the culprit behind pediatric cancers, experts say. Go to Source Author: Yanqi Xu Flatwater Free Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

In less than three hours, a jury of four women and eight men found Steve Danon guilty of 14 sex assault charges involving five different boys ages 12 to 16. Go to Source Author: ALIA CONLEY Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Nebraska Republicans are facing a challenge to get enough votes in the Legislature to enact an abortion ban, even though they are expected to easily retain a voting majority. Go to Source Author: MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

State and local officials celebrated the official opening of the Alliance south section of the Heartland Expressway during a ceremony this month. Go to Source Author: KAY BAKKEHAUG Scottsbluff Star-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Jason Jones spent 82 days in a Lincoln hospital, and during that time Cedar County contracted with a private security firm to keep watch over him 24 hours a day. Go to Source Author: NICK HYTREK Sioux City (Iowa) Journal Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Throughout the short proceeding, Gage Walter repeatedly interrupted the judge and prosecutors with comments about baby snatchers, nanobots and the Cold War. Go to Source Author: Molly Ashford Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Pete Ricketts issued a proclamation Friday officially designating Nebraska’s only native land turtle as the state reptile. Go to Source Author: Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

An extradition hearing for a 17-year-old Texas youth suspected of murdering his mother has been scheduled for Nov. 30 in Hall County Court. Go to Source Author: LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

A coalition of 322 business groups signed off on a letter to President Joe Biden Thursday urging him to make sure the deals get approved. Go to Source Author: JOSH FUNK Associated Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

A 44-year-old Council Bluffs man pleaded no contest Wednesday to misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide in connection with a deadly crash near Eppley Airfield. Go to Source Author: Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The body of Ronald G. Mayo, 57, of Holdrege, was discovered by rescue crews Monday, a day after the fishing boat he was in capsized due to the high winds. Go to Source Author: Lexington Clipper-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

A 27-year-old Omaha man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his grandmother and great-grandmother has been booked into the Douglas County Jail. Go to Source Author: Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service