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A newly released Department of Defense inspector general’s report chronicled a litany of problems on the $1.3 billion project, which was begun in 2012 and is now more than two years behind schedule.

2016-17 was a rough period in Creighton’s Ahmanson Law Center. A consultant came in and determined that while the law school wasn’t guilty of gender or race discrimination, the atmosphere in the school was “toxic.”

As temperatures climbed into the 90s, crowds poured into the area under sunny skies, headed to the Santa Lucia Italian Festival and the Omaha Summer Arts Festival.

Officers retrieved the body of Jennifer Norton of Bellevue, 32, from the Missouri River near the Plattsmouth Boat Ramps about 9:30 p.m. Friday after a three-day search, Bellevue police Capt. Tom Dargy said Saturday.

Beginning Wednesday, Judges Gary Randall and Russell Bowie of Douglas County and Ricky Schreiner of southeast Nebraska will listen to any mitigating circumstances that might weigh against imposing the death penalty. The sentence likely won’t be announced for a month…

When the bullets started flying, Moriah Clark-Dismuke was dancing. She was having fun at a birthday party for two 19-year-olds. Moriah managed to get up the basement stairs, out the side door and down the street to a friend’s car,…

For all the pages he covered with red ink, Jim Patten left an even greater mark on the countless young lives of those who sat in his classroom. The former University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism professor died Tuesday, two and a…

The average American adult travels 26 minutes to get to work, according to government surveys. And while Omaha is light-years from the worst commuting city, both census data and anecdotal evidence suggest our once-simple trips to work are getting longer…

Nebraska GenCyber, a cybersecurity camp June 18-29 for teachers and June 25-29 for students, will take place at Bellevue University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

It’s part of Warren Buffett’s effort to make sure everyone — including Omahans who serve — has a good time during Berkshire’s special week.