Mayors and police officials around the U.S. are rolling out familiar strategies in response to the traditional summer bump in violent crime.
Social media has law enforcement facing increasing pressure to release information fast amid a surge of mass shootings.
🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.
Maryland’s highest court has issued an order to prevent Adnan Syed’s murder conviction from being reinstated by a lower court as the court decides whether to hear an appeal of the lower court’s decision about the case made famous by the hit podcast “Serial.”
Listen to the final chapter of Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles that examines the circumstances surrounding a death in a New Jersey resort town.
Mourners gather in Harlem for the funeral of Jordan Neely, a onetime Michael Jackson impersonator whose chokehold death on the New York City subway set off a debate about vigilantism, homelessness and public safety.
The outcome for now is a victory for the tech industry, though the high court remains free to take up the issue in a later case.
The U.S. Virgin Islands is asking a federal judge to help it serve Elon Musk with a subpoena in its lawsuit seeking to hold JPMorgan Chase liable for sex trafficking acts committed by Jeffrey Epstein.
A jury convicted Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell Friday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival.
Postal carriers have more worries than snow, rain or the gloom of night keeping them from their appointed rounds. These days, they’re increasingly being robbed, often at gunpoint.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Lincoln Journal Star.
Eight people and one dog were displaced. No injuries were reported.
Find out how home sales have changed recently, which areas have the most home listings, plus the average sale price and more with these charts and maps.
Take a peek at fixer-uppers with potential to beautiful old homes around Southeast Nebraska
Justin Murray, 18, plans to attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney in the fall to study physical education while he continues to farm.
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion.
Last year, nearly 1,400 teachers left their positions in Omaha-area school districts. This year, fewer teachers appear to be leaving but it's still challenging to fill vacancies.
Rice is the world’s most widespread, most critical food grain, but climate change and other problems are making it harder to grow.
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A high-speed chase down I-80 that spanned across several southeast Nebraska counties ended in a fire and the arrest of a 31-year-old Washington woman in northeast Lincoln Friday night.
Lincoln Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a 31-year-old man Friday night, according to police.
Izia Rodriguez, 19, will face the possibility of up to three years in prison in July on the felony charge involving reckless driving for causing Bryshawn Williams' death.
The 30-year-old first tried to rob a woman of her GMC Yukon as she waited in the Taco Bell drive thru Thursday night, police alleged.
🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.
The confirmation hearing for Nebraska's incoming chief medical officer centered primarily around the official's role in a new law restricting access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Gov. Jim Pillen on Friday named Brig. Gen. Craig Strong to succeed Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac as adjutant general of the Nebraska National Guard.
The Appropriations Committee set the stage Thursday for a potential clash with Gov. Jim Pillen next week over three budget vetoes, accounting for less than half of his $119 million in vetoes.