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At Normandy D-Day celebrations, echoes of Ukraine's looming fight
STE MARE EGLISE, France (AP) — While U.S. military officers caution against too direct a comparison between the 1944 D-Day landings and Ukraine's upcoming counteroffensive, the echoes of what Kyiv faces today are a dominant theme of this year's commemorations of the young U.S. soldiers who died...
Veteran character actor John Beasley, who appeared in the TV drama 'Everwood,' dies at 79
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — John Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama “Everwood” and appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s, has died. He was 79. Beasley died Tuesday after a “brief and unexpected illness” at a...
Top MLB prospects Crews, Skenes lead LSU into NCAA tournament
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When 6-foot-6, 247-pound right-hander Paul Skenes steps on the mound at LSU's Alex Box Stadium — as he will this weekend in the NCAA baseball tournament — sellout crowds 13,000 strong buzz with anticipation of 100 mph fastballs and strikeouts galore. ...
Dickerson's 3-run HR highlights Nationals' highest scoring inning in win over Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo (AP) — Lane Thomas opened the game with a home run, Corey Dickerson's three-run shot highlighted an eight-run sixth inning and Luis Garcia had six hits as the Washington Nationals outslugged the Kansas City Royals 12-10 on Friday night. The eight-run inning was the...
Train engineers deal with Union Pacific will improve schedules and address quality-of-life concerns
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Engineers who operate trains for Union Pacific will soon have much more predictable schedules that will allow them to plan when they are going to be off, a change addressing one of the key quality-of-life concerns that pushed the rail industry to the brink of a strike last...
Warren Buffett's company recommits to Bank of America stock while dumping other banks
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett recommitted to his favorite bank stock, Bank of America, during the first quarter while dumping two other banks as part of a number of moves in Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio. Berkshire provided a quarterly update on its U.S....
Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans health bans
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session’s most contentious proposals — one to restrict abortion and another that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. The...
US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp
A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored Friday with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait. The release of the stamp of Chief Standing Bear comes 146 years after the...
Boston Omaha: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Boston Omaha Corp. (BOC) on Friday reported a first-quarter loss of $3.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents. ...
Parents accused of helping son flee country before trial
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The parents of an Iowa man who fled to Jordan before his attempted murder trial have been arrested after prosecutors accused them of helping their son escape the country. Ali Younes, 19, had been set to go on trial next week for allegedly attacking a woman on...
