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Iowa court storm leads to postgame confrontation between Hawkeye fan, Fred Hoiberg

Iowa court storm leads to postgame confrontation between Hawkeye fan, Fred Hoiberg

  • Sam McKewon

Iowa fans’ court storm after a 57-52 win over No. 9 Nebraska triggered a confrontation between a Hawkeye fan and NU coach Fred Hoiberg in the postgame handshake line.

Man in custody after southeast Omaha shooting injures one

Man in custody after southeast Omaha shooting injures one

  • Dan Crisler

Omaha police arrested a 22-year-old man who allegedly shot and injured an 18-year-old man in southeast Omaha early Wednesday morning.

Boy, 11, injured while crossing street near Omaha's Little Bohemia neighborhood

Boy, 11, injured while crossing street near Omaha's Little Bohemia neighborhood

  • Dan Crisler

Police responded to the incident near 13th and Center Streets at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Nebraska bill would require ICE to get judicial warrants before entering schools

Nebraska bill would require ICE to get judicial warrants before entering schools

  • Josh Reyes

The bill comes on the heels of high-profile incidents of ICE agents in Minnesota working near and on school grounds. 

Omaha baseball upsets 2025 College World Series qualifier Arizona

Omaha baseball upsets 2025 College World Series qualifier Arizona

  • Evan Bland

Omaha baseball’s first win of the year will be one of its most impressive all spring after the Mavericks took down Arizona on Tuesday night.

Travel the world with 10 classics to be shown at Omaha's Dundee Theater

Travel the world with 10 classics to be shown at Omaha's Dundee Theater

  • Marjie Ducey

Film Streams celebrates Dundee Marquee with movies from around the world, including some classics.

Plagued by extended droughts, Creighton basketball searching for 'better ways to score'

Plagued by extended droughts, Creighton basketball searching for 'better ways to score'

  • Jon Walker

Every year, coach Greg McDermott builds his roster around shot-making. But Creighton has frozen up far too often, failing to score for extended stretches at inopportune times.

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Husker Gap Hits: Sam McKewon and Evan Bland on a Nebraska transfer, spring intrigue

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A popular Omaha music store is 'getting out of Dodge' — but just relocating

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Business students at UNK gain real-world experience managing $400,000 portfolio

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A $100,000 gift in 2014 has grown into a $400,000 student-managed investment fund at UNK. Here’s how students pitch and vote on stocks.

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Omaha neighbors: Obituaries for February 18

Omaha neighbors: Obituaries for February 18

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Youth sports projects across Nebraska stalled awaiting Pillen's vote on tax incentive

Youth sports projects across Nebraska stalled awaiting Pillen's vote on tax incentive

Project sponsors say the proposed facilities are good for the state's kids — and its economy. Nebraska, they say, lags in developing the kind of sports facilities that neighboring states already are using to draw youth sports-related tourism. 

Alliance formed by Omaha businesses, residents to push change along streetcar construction route

Alliance formed by Omaha businesses, residents to push change along streetcar construction route

The group hopes to gain better communication and signage regarding street closures as well as financial relief for businesses impacted by construction. 

Omaha neighbors: Obituaries for February 17

Omaha neighbors: Obituaries for February 17

Read through the obituaries published today in Omaha World-Herald.

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Maybe you're a 'fish fry groupie.' Here's info from nearly 30 churches hosting fish fries for Lent

Maybe you're a 'fish fry groupie.' Here's info from nearly 30 churches hosting fish fries for Lent

  • Kevin Cole

Fish fries are already upon us as the Catholic tradition of Lent approaches. Get the details for when and where to go, along with menu and cost information.

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Amie Just: Iowa upsets No. 9 Nebraska in hostile homecoming for Pryce Sandfort

Amie Just: Iowa upsets No. 9 Nebraska in hostile homecoming for Pryce Sandfort

Through chants and chaos, Pryce Sandfort kept his composure — even as Nebraska fell at Iowa.

Hefflinger helps Marian basketball hold on for win over Norris

Hefflinger helps Marian basketball hold on for win over Norris

Omaha Marian led most of the way Tuesday night and held on for a 58-54  basketball win over Norris.

Stu's Views: Observations from day one of the Nebraska girls state wrestling tournament

Stu's Views: Observations from day one of the Nebraska girls state wrestling tournament

Prep sports beat writer Stu Pospisil shares observations from day one of the Nebraska girls state wrestling tournament.

Photos: Iowa men's basketball hosts Nebraska, February 17

Photos: Iowa men's basketball hosts Nebraska, February 17

The Iowa men's basketball team lost to Purdue in a Big Ten conference clash at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday. See photos from the action. 🏀

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Amy Tan, Ekow Eshun and Michael Connelly among L.A. Times Book Prize honorees and finalists

Amy Tan, Ekow Eshun and Michael Connelly among L.A. Times Book Prize honorees and finalists

LOS ANGELES — Finalists and honorees for the 46th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced Wednesday. Writer-curator Ekow Eshun is among the biography finalists for "The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them," which parses Black masculinity as embodied by various civil rights activists, philosophers and other visionaries. Contenders in the fiction categories ...

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When young adult author Courtney Summers got the rights back to her backlisted titles in 2024, she initially wasn't sure what to do with them. Summers' novels, the bulk of which enjoyed peak popularity in the 2010s, had by then faded into the periphery — despite a film adaptation of her 2012 zombie thriller "This Is Not a Test," which is slated to be released in theaters Feb. 20. But the ...

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