Новости за 29.03.2017

Gov. Pete Ricketts has approved changes to Nebraska's unemployment system intended to keep it sustainable and in line with national standards.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge is putting a muzzle on lawyers and witnesses in a sexual assault case against a sports doctor.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise will likely miss the next three games, with bruising and swelling around his eye from a high stick to the face that led to blows to the head as he…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — PwC accountants won't be allowed to have their cellphones backstage during future Oscar telecasts.

A new suitor has emerged to potentially buy Cabela's World's Foremost Bank that's based in Lincoln.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL Referees Association has added four new members who will start work this season.

The Colorado owner of a western Nebraska bank is merging with a Missouri banking company.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Referee John Higgins of Omaha reported he received death threats after Kentucky's loss to North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament, a Nebraska law enforcement official said Wednesday.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco will not travel with the team when it heads north on Thursday for two exhibition games in Montreal.

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting in New Jersey involving hip-hop star Fetty Wap (all times local):

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus has no illusions about what 2016 AL Rookie of the Year Michael Fulmer is facing this season.

DALLAS (AP) — As a powerful storm system swept across Texas, storm chasers raced to record its fury and witness a tornado. But one such pursuit ended tragically when three men were killed as their vehicles collided at a rural…

The University of Nebraska Foundation has completed its divestiture of assets at the Nebraska Technology Park in northwest Lincoln.

If Daniel Baldwin wasn’t a composer, he may have been an author.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant has been cleared for non-contact basketball drills and could return from his knee injury before the end of the regular season.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel legal analyst Andrew Napolitano returned to the air Wednesday, saying he stood by his claim about spying on President Donald Trump that got him benched by the network for more than a week.

First-team all-staters Brooke Carlson of Elkhorn, Bishop Neumann’s Aspen Jansa and Taytem Coleman of Lincoln Christian lead the Nebraska Lasers’ select team 17-and-under girls basketball roster recently announced.

Two people have been arrested in the stabbing death of a 25-year-old Ogallala man and another man is being sought.

The Lancaster County Election Commissioner’s Office will be open extra hours for early/absentee voting for the April 4 city primary election.

Both honorary captains of the Super-State basketball teams — Nebraska women’s recruit Taylor Kissinger of Minden and Nebraska-Omaha men's recruit Ayo Akinwole of Papillion-La Vista — will be playing in the Buffalo Wild Wing/Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands…

South 27th Street between Van Dorn Street and Sheridan Boulevard will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday for tree removal.

Bison, pelicans, wolves and bears are just a few of the creatures visitors can view when the Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari reopens for the season on Saturday.

Kirk Penner of Aurora, who describes himself as a lifelong Republican, said Wednesday he's preparing to be either a GOP or independent candidate for Republican Rep. Adrian Smith's House seat in 2018.

OMAHA — Police say a 15-year-old driver involved in a crash that killed a teenage passenger in his car has been charged as a juvenile with felony motor vehicle homicide.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland junior guard Melo Trimble is forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility to enter the NBA draft and will sign with an agent.