Alvaro M. Miller

REGION SELECTION RectangleCreated with Sketch. New Region 1 Behavioral Health Authority funds a Local Suicide Survivor Outreach Team (LOSS) in the community. Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 3:42 p.m. CDT Updated: Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 9:00 p.m. CDT SIDNEY, Neb. – Region 1 Behavioral Health Authority funds a Local Suicide SurvivorRead More →

By CARA ANNAAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Polls opened Tuesday in Kenya’s unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader backed by the incumbent faces the vice president who is running as the underdog . The election is believed to be close and East Africa’s economic hub could seeRead More →

By HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been quite a week for Russian professional tennis players — four tournaments, three titles. One of them, Liudmila Samsonova, thinks it might not be a mere coincidence that this recent string of success for her, Daria Kasatkina and Daniil Medvedev comesRead More →

By BASSEM MROUÉAssociated press BEIRUT (AP) — The scheduled arrival Sunday of the first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under a wartime deal has been delayed, a Lebanese cabinet minister and the Lebanese embassy said. ‘Ukraine. The cause of the delay was not immediately clearRead More →

By SUSIE BLANNAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched an assault on two key towns in the eastern region of Donetsk on Saturday and continued rocket and shelling attacks on other Ukrainian towns, including one near the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Ukrainian military and local officialsRead More →

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Northern California prosecutors have filed murder charges against the parents of a 15-month-old child who died in May after ingesting fentanyl. Authorities believe his mother had consumed it. Prosecutors on Thursday also charged Evan Frostick, 26, and Madison Bernard, 23, with child cruelty and addedRead More →

By JONATHAN J. COOPERAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, a former news anchor who walked away from her journalism career and was embraced by Donald Trump and his staunch supporters, won the Republican primary for governor of Arizona on Thursday. Lake’s victory was a blow to the GOP establishment,Read More →

By BOBBY CAINA CALVANAssociated press NEW YORK (AP) — Even in hindsight, Nichole Schmidt isn’t sure if anything could have been done to save her daughter Gabby Petito from a messy and abusive relationship that ended in murder nearly 10 years ago. a year in the western desert. But thereRead More →

By HUIZHONG WUAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan after a visit that heightened tensions with China, saying Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in her delegation showed that they would not abandon their commitment to the self-governing island. Pelosi, the firstRead More →

By MATT ROURKE and SHAWN MARSHAssociated press NATIONAL PARK, NJ (AP) — Researchers believe they have discovered the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War in a mass grave in New Jersey, officials said Tuesday. The remains, found at the site of FortRead More →

By JIM HEINTZAssociated press MOSCOW (AP) — Since Brittney Griner last appeared in her cannabis possession trial, the question of her fate has escalated from a small, cramped courtroom on the outskirts of Moscow to the highest levels of Russian diplomacy. American. The WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalistRead More →

LONDON (AP) — Just when it looked like England might once again be weighed down by expectations and history, Chloe Kelly made the breakthrough. Kelly’s goal in the second half of extra time – the first she has ever scored in a competitive international game – propelled England to theirRead More →

Nebraska defensive coordinator Erik Chander meets with members of the media after day three of fall camp on Friday. Chander talked about practice Friday and what he asks of the defense. “I don’t think there were things we asked them to do differently,” Chinander said. “I also feel good thatRead More →

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated press UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday there should be no doubt that Russia intends to dismantle Ukraine “and dissolve it entirely from the map of the world”. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council that the UnitedRead More →

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Heavy rains caused another round of flooding in the St. Louis area that was already recovering from record rains earlier this week, prompting firefighters to help dozens of people escape floodwaters . No injuries were reported in Thursday’s flooding, but the St. Louis Fire Department saidRead More →

BOGALUSA, La. (AP) — Louisiana rapper JayDaYoungan was fatally shot in his hometown of Bogalusa, north of New Orleans, police said. The musician, whose real name is Javorius Scott, was killed shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday. He was 24 years old. Police said they received a call about aRead More →

By LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” gives himself two answers to the question of who can host the quiz show – Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. Bialik and Jennings have served as rotating hosts since Mike Richards left the show amid controversy after a short tenureRead More →

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUGAssociated press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s minister for gender equality and children’s issues has called the country’s record low birthrate and population slump a national crisis and blamed “indifference and ignorance” on Japanese male-dominated parliament for negligence. In an extensive interview with The Associated Press,Read More →

By CLAIRE RUSHAssociated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Temperatures in Portland, Ore., could top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) on Tuesday, likely making it the hottest day in a weeklong heat wave for the region. of the Pacific Northwest which rarely sees such scorching weather. Forecasters have issuedRead More →

By DAVID RISINGAssociated press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s government confirmed on Monday that it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, suspending a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners who had been charged with murder. targeted after the military takeover of the countryRead More →

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A gunman opened fire on a college campus in the Philippines’ capital region on Sunday, killing a former mayor of the city and two others in a brazen attack ahead of a graduation ceremony , police said. The suspect was armed with two pistols and wasRead More →

WAWONA, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park erupted Saturday and prompted evacuations even as firefighters made progress against an earlier blaze that was burning at the edge of a grove of giant sequoias. The Oak Fire, which started Friday afternoon southwest of the park near MidpinesRead More →

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the United States, health officials said Friday. One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who does not reside in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease ControlRead More →

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 House committee is wrapping up its series of summer hearings by focusing in more detail on the investigation’s primary target: former President Donald Trump. The panel examines Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021, as hundreds of his supporters stormedRead More →

BERLIN (AP) — Natural gas began flowing through a major gas pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance, the operator said. But the gas flow was expected to be well below full capacity. The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany had been closedRead More →

By MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated press WASHINGTON (AP) — The firing of senior officials by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sheds an uncomfortable light on an issue the Biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with Russia: the history of endemic corruption and Ukraine’s fragile governance. AsRead More →

By FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated press ROME (AP) — Italy’s Arts Squad police said on Tuesday they foiled a potential illegal sale by a Vienna auction house of a 17th-century painting by renowned Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi . Carabinieri police said art dealers allegedly described the work as being painted by aRead More →

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who transformed the mundane into the monumental with his oversized sculptures of a baseball bat, clothespin and other objects, has died at 93. Oldenburg died Monday morning in Manhattan, according to his daughter, Maartje Oldenburg. He had beenRead More →

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, but “extremely poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the shooter who claimed the lives of 21 peopleRead More →

REGION SELECTION RectangleCreated with Sketch. New Hundreds of people gathered in Omaha’s Old Market to celebrate the Heartland Pride Parade on Saturday morning. Saturday, July 16, 2022, 8:56 p.m. CDT Photo courtesy of WOWT OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – It was a celebration of love and unity on Saturday morning duringRead More →

By STEFANIE DAZIOAssociated press Six people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts exceeding 60 mph caused a pileup Friday night on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said. Twenty-one vehicles crashed and Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson said authorities believe the weather was the cause. “ItRead More →

By KRUTIKA PATHI, KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHIAssociated press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president of Sri Lanka on Friday until parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests against the country’s economic collapse forced him outRead More →

Months after BBC chief executive Tim Davie revealed the company would merge the BBC News and BBC World channels among a host of other budget-induced changes, the Beeb has confirmed it is launching a single channel of information. The plans are currently managed by staff and unions. The new channel,Read More →

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency on Wednesday celebrated the maiden flight of its Vega-C rocket, designed to bring more money to customers in the increasingly competitive business of launching satellites into orbit. Vega-C is an upgrade of the Vega rocket that debuted in 2012 as a launch vehicleRead More →

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three people were charged Tuesday in an alleged conspiracy involving the handwritten lyrics of classic rock juggernaut “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits. Prosecutors said the defendants, even though they knew the material was stolen, lied to auction houses and buyers aboutRead More →

By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge in Phoenix on Monday blocked a 2021 state “personality” law that grants full legal rights to unborn children and which abortion rights groups say , put providers at risk of prosecution for various crimes. U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes saidRead More →

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly down on Monday, though Japan’s benchmark index rallied, welcoming a landslide legislative election victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns about global inflation and disruptions to economic activity caused by the coronavirus pandemic are negatively affecting investorRead More →

By HANNA ARHIROVAAssociated press ZHURIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Oleksandr Chubuk’s warehouse is expected to be empty, waiting for the new harvest, with his supply of winter wheat already shipped overseas. Instead, its storage bins in central Ukraine are full of grain it cannot ship because of the war with Russia.Read More →

REGION SELECTION RectangleCreated with Sketch. New The Nebraska City hitters were competitive at bats, hitting 13 hits while batting once against Hickman’s pitching staff. Saturday, July 9, 2022, 9:07 a.m. CDT Updated: Saturday, July 9, 2022, 9:08 a.m. CDT AUBURN — In a game that lasted 3 hours, fifth-seeded NebraskaRead More →

MONTECITO, Calif. – Santa Barbara County’s ReadySBC Emergency Alert Notification System will be tested throughout Montecito on July 21. The purpose of the test, which will take place at 11 a.m., is to ensure that all residents and community members have updated their contact information so that they can receiveRead More →