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Mother Arrested After Melodee Buzzard's Body Found

Missing girl hadn't been seen since road trip 2 months ago

(Newser) - The mother of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard was arrested on murder charges Tuesday after authorities determined that a body found in Utah earlier this month was that of the missing girl. Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown said the girl's decomposing body was found by the side of a road...

Ex-Sen. Ben Sasse Announces His 'Death Sentence'

Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis comes after he left Senate to lead University of Florida

(Newser) - Former Sen. Ben Sasse put up a candid social media post on Tuesday, announcing that he was diagnosed last week with metastatic Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, calling it "a death sentence" and adding bluntly, "I'm gonna die." The Nebraska Republican, 53, wrote that while the diagnosis...

Biden Blasts Trump, Says Nation Faces 'Dark Moment'

Ex-president makes 'wrecking ball' slam, says current president is undermining democracy

(Newser) - Joe Biden delivered a sharp critique of President Trump on Friday, warning that the nation is facing a "very, very dark moment" under Trump's leadership. Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser in Omaha, Nebraska, the former president accused Trump of worsening hunger in America, undermining the Constitution, and using...

Mom May Have Used Wig to Alter Missing Girl's Appearance

Search for Melodee Buzzard now focuses on weekend road trip

(Newser) - California authorities are intensifying their search for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard , now focusing on a road trip her mother took earlier this month. Investigators suspect Ashlee Buzzard may have tried to disguise Melodee at a car rental agency ahead of that trip. Surveillance footage from Oct. 7 shows Melodee in...

Pilot Killed in WWII Training May Have Saved 150 Kids

Excavation team recovers 5K artifacts from spot where Lester Lowry crashed in the UK in 1944

(Newser) - An archaeological dig on England's east coast is shedding new light on the fate of a young American pilot whose World War II training flight ended in tragedy more than 80 years ago. On Jan. 26, 1944, 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry, a 23-year-old from Pennsylvania, crashed while flying a...

Fearing Cockpit Intruder, Pilots Do a U-Turn
Knock on Cockpit Door
Triggers Emergency Landing
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Oct 25, 2025 3:30 PM CDT

Knock on Cockpit Door Triggers Emergency Landing

Pilots feared trouble, couldn't contact cabin crew, but it was a false alarm

(Newser) - Commercial pilots flying out of Omaha, Nebraska, got quite a scare Monday evening when they heard banging on the door of the cockpit and thought someone might be trying to break in. American Airlines Flight 6569 bound for Los Angeles, operated by regional carrier SkyWest, turned around and made an...

Omaha Cops Pull Boxing Champ Out of Car at Gunpoint

Terence Crawford's head of security says 'everyone thought we were going to die'

(Newser) - Omaha police ordered champion boxer Terence "Bud" Crawford out of his vehicle at gunpoint during a traffic stop for reckless driving early Sunday, hours after his hometown held a parade to celebrate his victory over Canelo Alvarez two weeks ago, the AP reports. A video circulating on social media...

Nebraska Plans Immigration Detention Center 'Cornhusker Clink'

It follows 'Alligator Alcatraz' and the like

(Newser) - Nebraska announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in the remote southwest corner of the state as President Trump's administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations, the AP reports. The facility will be dubbed the "Cornhusker Clink," a play on Nebraska's nickname...

Nebraska Basketball Player Drowns in Reservoir

Deng Mayar of the University of Nebraska previously played for North Dakota

(Newser) - A college basketball player with the University of Nebraska-Omaha drowned over the weekend at a reservoir in Utah, reports NBC News . Deng Mayar, a 22-year-old forward, drowned at Blackridge Reservoir near Salt Lake City while swimming with a friend, say authorities. Police received emergency calls Saturday evening about two...

GOP Rep Gets a Tongue-Lashing at Town Hall

Changes to Medicaid fuel heated exchanges in Nebraska

(Newser) - Shouts of "Vote him out!" echoed through a packed Nebraska town hall on Monday as Rep. Mike Flood struggled to defend President Trump's policy and tax bill—and faced an audience ready to challenge every word. About 750 attendees made their dissatisfaction clear during the event...

2 Girls Waiting for Adult Killed in Nebraska Plant Explosion

That employee died as well

(Newser) - Two girls and an adult missing since a huge explosion tore through a Nebraska biofuels plant are confirmed dead, officials said Wednesday, after firefighters had battled smoke and flames smoldering in the wreckage for nearly a day. "My heart hurts," Fremont Mayor Joey Spellerberg said at a news...

Pilot to ATC: Passenger Is Fighting My Flight Attendant

SkyWest flight to Detroit had to make emergency landing in Iowa after apparent scuffle on board

(Newser) - A regional airline flight heading to Detroit had to make an emergency landing in eastern Iowa after a passenger fought with a flight attendant and tried to open an exit door midair, according to the pilot's communications with air traffic controllers. The pilot of SkyWest Airlines Flight 3612 contacted...

One Modern Slaughterhouse Is Rebranding Dirty Work

A new meatpacking plant in Nebraska is attracting locals with high pay, cleaner conditions

(Newser) - You'd probably be hard-pressed to find an American kid who says they dream of working at a slaughterhouse when they grow up, but a new meatpacking plant in Nebraska could actually change that. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sustainable Beef, a $400 million facility in North Platte, is...

Heartland Farmers Are Giving Up on Wheat

There's a lot more money in corn, soybeans

(Newser) - Once known for endless golden wheat fields, America's heartland is watching its "amber waves of grain" fade as more farmers abandon wheat in search of crops that can actually turn a profit, reports Reuters . Wheat farmers across the Great Plains are facing a tough reality: low prices...

Governor Scrambles After Mistaken Vetoes

North Dakota's legislature might need a special session to fix the problem

(Newser) - When North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong took up an agency budget bill on Monday approved by the legislature, he vetoed a couple of line items. At least, that was his intention. Instead, he accidentally vetoed $35 million for the state's housing budget. Now the state is figuring out how...

Dad With Depression Kills Family on Graduation Day

Jeremy Koch's wife had described his long battle, previous suicide attempts

(Newser) - A man with depression fatally stabbed his wife, his two teenage sons, and then himself days after his release from a mental health facility in Nebraska, authorities say. Leading up to the deaths, Bailey Koch detailed her husband's battle with depression on Facebook and launched a since-deleted GoFundMe campaign...

One State Is Best in America for 3rd Year Straight

US News & World Report puts Utah at the top of its list

(Newser) - For the third year in a row, the Beehive State has topped the list of America's best US states to live in, per US News & World Report's annual rankings. To suss out the most (and least) competitive contenders, the outlet looked at all 50 Nifty using 70-plus...

Federal Agencies Investigate Plane Crash in Nebraska River

Three people were killed when the single-engine Cessna went down

(Newser) - The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a small plane in Nebraska that killed all three people on board. The single-engine Cessna 180 was traveling along the Platte River when it crashed into the water south of Fremont at 8:15pm Friday, Sgt. Brie Frank of the...

At Public Course in Nebraska, Good Luck Getting a Tee Time

Landmand might be the 'toughest tee time' in America

(Newser) - The Landmand Golf Club opened in 2022 in rural Nebraska, and it was an immediate hit: In 2023, all of the available tee times for the year sold out in two months, notes Golfweek . Last year, they sold out in two hours. And this year? It took all of 50...

The Cranes Are Back, and They Largely Dodged Bird Flu

Birds seem relatively unscathed as they stop in Nebraska on their way north

(Newser) - It's crane season in Nebraska, the time of year when hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes descend on the Platte River as part of their annual migration north. And as Smithsonian Magazine reports, this year's flock appears to be robust—and to have largely dodged bird flu , which...

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