Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/20/2024 - 4:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail.
Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is new.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/20/2024 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska on Monday became the first state to sue Tennessee-based Change Healthcare over the company’s massive data breach that cost at least 575,000 Nebraskans their personal information and medical records.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 6:00am
LATROBE, Pennsylvania -- The making of whiskey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has often been fraught with a fair amount of drama. Whether it was those trying to make it or those trying to drink it, the government has sought to tax and sometimes even ban both activities.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 5:00am
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — The man charged with murder in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare made it clear he wasn’t going to make things easy for authorities, shouting unintelligibly and writhing in the grip of sheriff’s deputies as he was led into court and then objecting to being taken to New York to face trial.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 3:00am
President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his second term.
Trump has pledged to carry out this work by using an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 3:00am
A federal judge in Texas rejected the auction sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet, criticizing the bidding for the conspiracy theory platform as flawed as well as how much money families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting stood to receive.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON — House Democrats will face a tough vote this week on the final compromise annual defense bill that includes pay raises for troops but also bans coverage for U.S. service members’ children who seek transgender care.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 2:00am
WASHINGTON — House Democrats will face a tough vote this week on the final compromise annual defense bill that includes pay raises for troops but also bans coverage for U.S. service members’ children who seek transgender care.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Advocates for removing the requirement for a state permit to carry a concealed handgun argued that Nebraska gun owners would still obtain the license because it lets them legally carry in some other states.
But state statistics indicate that hasn’t been the case.