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A US company is accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants

Feb. 22, 2024 13:10 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common. The Labor Department...

Man accused of killing a priest in Nebraska pleads not guilty

Feb. 08, 2024 14:33 PM EST

BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of killing a priest in a small Nebraska town pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges on Thursday. Kierre Williams, 43, of Sioux City, Iowa, also is accused of using a deadly weapon to commit a felony, burglary and possession of a...

Federal judge approves election map settlement between Nebraska county and 2 tribes

Feb. 06, 2024 15:41 PM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has approved an agreement between two tribes and an eastern Nebraska county that gives Native American voters a majority in five of the county's seven board districts. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Rossiter Jr. called the agreement a “fair,...

Iowa man killed after using truck to ram 2 police vehicles at casino, authorities say

Jan. 11, 2024 16:32 PM EST

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man whose truck rammed two police vehicles and then used a chain to swing a metal object at officers was shot to death by police outside of an Iowa casino, state authorities said. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation identified the man killed as...

Nebraska judge allows murder case to proceed against suspect in killing of small-town priest

Jan. 03, 2024 17:16 PM EST

BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska judge agreed Wednesday that the fact that the suspect was found lying on top of a badly wounded priest covered in blood stains last month inside the home where the priest lived next door to his small-town church suggests that Kierre Williams was responsible for the...