The way Sam Roberts sees it, every game he refs is a big game.

Whether it’s the eight-man football season opener in Laurel or a high-stakes contest involving Class D2 defending state champ Wynot in its game in Beemer, Roberts said, “You treat every game like it’s the biggest game of your life.”

Roberts studies game video, physically prepares himself to be in tip-top shape and is fully aware he’s accountable if he screws up. At the age of 20, Roberts is one of the youngest full-time varsity high school football officials in Nebraska.

The Hague, NETHERLANDS (AP) — Navi Pillay, the veteran South African-born jurist who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, made a name for herself defending the rights of Nelson Mandela and leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.

She has also worked for years as a judge in international courts that have sought to deliver justice for atrocities such as the Rwanda genocide and to adjudicate divisive issues of law between nations.

The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón's body like shattered glass.

One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a vertebra.

Lincón was among dozens of U.S. soldiers injured in an Iranian drone strike on March 1. The attack on the second day of the U.S. war with Iran killed six troops who were providing logistical support of critical supplies at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait.