WATCH: Suspect catches fire as pair try to torch Michigan cannabis shop

Security footage from a Michigan cannabis shop shows the wild moment two people smash a vehicle into the store, and then try to burn it down.
Motorcyclist critically injured in crash near Ed Creighton Avenue and Park Avenue

A 57-year-old motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash Tuesday after attempting to turn near Ed Creighton Avenue and Park Avenue
Video shows Florida deputy rescue 3 girls from rip current

The deputy jumped in the water with flotation devices and swam out to the girls. His quick response and bravery helped bring all three girls safely back to shore.
With SNAP aid cut off, a refugee father of 8 wonders how he’ll keep food on the table
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Potential Top 10 Day Wednesday in Omaha area

Potential Top 10 Day Wednesday in Omaha area
French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.
Powell leads Cavanaugh in too close to call NE-02 Democratic U.S. House primary

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — Nebraskans and the country will have to wait a bit longer to know who won the Democratic nomination to face Republican Brinker Harding in the state’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District. At last count late Tuesday, political action committee co-founder Denise Powell led with roughly 39% of […]
Nebraska legislative race voters narrow candidates in 11 crowded primaries

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Two incumbent state lawmakers trailed primary election opponents for the Legislature by the unofficial close of counting Tuesday, and another could be in trouble come November after facing three Democratic opponents. In total, 25 legislative races are up for election this year. Eleven of those had […]
Nebraska voters narrow 2026 candidates for NU Regents, State Board of Education

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Nebraskans took to the polls Tuesday to narrow the candidate fields in three of seven races for the State Board of Education and the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. The education-related offices are officially nonpartisan, so a candidate’s political party affiliation won’t appear on the […]
Backemeyer to face Flood in NE-01; Smith advances in NE-03

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Democrats in eastern Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District picked former diplomat Chris Backemeyer as the party’s nominee to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood this fall. And Republicans in Nebraska’s 3rd District, its largest and most conservative, advanced U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., again after a spirited […]