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The INBRE scholars receive a two-year scholarship and spend 10 weeks each summer gaining exposure to serious biomedical research.

A child was taken to the hospital in critical condition Saturday night after being pulled from an apartment pool in La Vista and resuscitated, authorities said.

Despite periodic overhauls and “a lot of maintenance love,” the 55th Wing’s 29 planes average more than 80 emergencies and aborted flights per year. Some 55th Wing veterans fear for crews that take to the sky in the aged, overworked…

The idea for this World-Herald series on the safety of the 55th Wing C-135 reconnaissance fleet was sparked three years ago, when 27 crew members narrowly escaped a raging fire aboard an RC-135V Rivet Joint on the Offutt runway. The…

Some recent examples of 55th Wing RC-135 aircraft that experienced repeated mechanical failures in a short period of time.

Council Bluffs police arrested a man Saturday after he held a knife to his throat and asked officers to shoot him.

Another person has been sentenced in connection with the distribution of a powerful opioid that led to the death of a Council Bluffs man.

Omaha’s gleaming convention center and arena is about to receive its third name in 15 years, and some folks are scratching their heads because it will be called a health center.

Julio Roman, 18, was charged with two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of use of a firearm to commit a felony. Richard Orris, 25, faces an accessory to assault charge.

The FBI Omaha Child Exploitation Task Force conducted operations in Omaha on June 14 and in La Vista on Thursday.