Warmer weather ahead for the Omaha area this weekend and next week

Warmer weather ahead for the Omaha area
Video: Coast Guard rescues stranded boater from an island off California’s coast as wildfire burned

Amid a wildfire on Santa Rosa Island, the Coast Guard rescued a 67-year-old man who crashed his boat and signaled for help.
Nearly a third of National Park island has burned in spate of Southern California wildfires

A large wildfire has burned nearly a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some found nowhere else in the world.
Trump IRS settlement: Why $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund lacks legal precedent

Trump IRS settlement: Why $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund lacks legal precedent
Omaha woman arrested in connection to sex trafficking ring, now six people in custody

An Omaha woman is arrested in connection to the sex trafficking ring that already involves a former city employee and four others.
Trump ‘wasn’t involved’ in the settlement that drops tax claims against him

The Justice Department has granted President Trump and his family immunity from ongoing inquiries into their taxes, but experts question the legality of the settlement.
Is Trump eliminating FEMA? Here’s where reforms stand ahead of hurricane season
Experts say the agency’s mission has not been meaningfully changed, at least not yet.
No evidence that San Diego mosque shooting suspects were transgender couple

After a shooting at a San Diego mosque on May 18, social media users began to speculate that the suspects were transgender. That claim is unsubstantiated
‘It’s been a roller coaster’: Nebraska farmers face high fertilizer and fuel costs, turbulent weather

Nebraska farmer Matthew Erickson put his plants in the ground this spring. But conditions across the globe will make bringing those crops to market more costly than in previous years.
Veterans Affairs food pantry asks for food and hygiene donations

The Omaha Veterans Affairs office says 40,000 veterans experience food insecurity in Nebraska and Western Iowa. The office’s food pantry is helping out, but they turn to community donations as shelves grow sparse.