3 kids taken in Nebraska carjacking found with frostbite
Three young children were being treated for frostbite in Nebraska Sunday after police said two suspects stole an SUV while they were inside. Around 3 a.m. Sunday, when temperatures were around 0 degrees, a man reported that his 2012 Chevrolet Traverse had been stolen with his three children inside, said Grand Island Police. All three children had suspected hypothermia and frostbite.
news.yahoo.comColorado girl, 13, arrested after 100 mph highway chase
Nebraska state troopers arrested a 13-year-old driver from Colorado after a chase that topped 100 mph along an interstate highway earlier this week. A state trooper spotted an SUV driving about 35 mph on Interstate 80 near the city of Kearney on Monday night, but the driver sped up and fled east when the trooper tried to pull her over. The chase continued at speeds over 100 miles (161 kph) until another state trooper put out stop sticks, the Nebraska State Patrol said in a news release.
news.yahoo.comNebraska governor names predecessor to US Senate seat
In one of his first acts as Nebraskaโs governor, Republican Jim Pillen named his predecessor to the stateโs vacant U.S. Senate seat on Thursday. Pillen surprised no one in naming fellow Republican Pete Ricketts to the seat vacated Sunday by Ben Sasse. The governor said 111 people applied for the vacant seat.
news.yahoo.comFeds say railroad must deliver grain to California chickens
Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific railroad to make sure a livestock producer gets the grain it needs in California to prevent millions of chickens and hundreds of thousands of cattle from starving. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board told the railroad it must improve service to Foster Farms to keep it from running out of feed for livestock it raises. It's is the second time in the past year regulators issued an emergency order related to delivery problems at Foster Farms, which is based in Livingston, California, as the railroad struggled with a shortage of crews.
news.yahoo.comUnion Pacific railroad puts its shipping limits on hold
Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on certain businesses' shipments while it reviews the policy that federal regulators and shippers criticized at a hearing last week. Union Pacific has put more than 1,000 of these embargoes in place this year โ significantly more than all the other major freight railroads combined โ as part of its effort to clear up congestion along the railroad. CEO Lance Fritz said a brief letter to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board Friday that UP will put all new embargoes on hold.
news.yahoo.comJoseph, facing felony assault charge, no longer with Huskers
Mickey Joseph, Nebraskaโs interim football coach for nine games this season who was charged with felony assault, is no longer part of the Cornhuskers' program, the athletic department announced Friday. Joseph is accused of putting his hands around a womanโs throat, pulling her hair and punching her during a domestic dispute Nov. 30, according to a police affidavit. He was charged on Dec. 1 with assault by strangulation or suffocation. Joseph was placed on administrative leave after his arrest.
news.yahoo.comUnion Pacific railroad shipping limits generate complaints
Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific's decision to temporarily limit some businesses' shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Martin Oberman, said Wednesday he's concerned about Union Pacific's increasing use of the embargoes because they disrupt operations of the businesses that rely on the railroad, and they haven't seemed to help its performance significantly. An embargo can force a business to consider cutting production or resorting to more expensive shipping options, like trucking, if that's even an option.
news.yahoo.comMassive US storm brings tornadoes to South, blizzard threat
DALLAS (AP) โ A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes that wrecked homes and injured a handful of people in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as m[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comBuffett's firm cuts stakes in U.S. Bank and EV maker BYD
Warren Buffett's company revealed that it had cut its holdings in U.S. Bank's parent company and in Chinese electric car maker BYD ahead of offering a full update on its stock portfolio Monday. Berkshire Hathaway said in filings with the SEC and Hong Kong stock exchanges that it had sold off a significant amount of U.S. Bancorp and BYD stock in recent weeks. Many investors follow Berkshire's moves closely because of Buffett's remarkably successful track record over the decades.
news.yahoo.comFeds: Theft of frozen beef in Nebraska uncovers crime ring
An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states, federal authorities said. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported Tuesday that the discovery of the Miami-based theft ring began in June with a Nebraska investigation into the theft of several semitrailers loaded with nearly $1 million in frozen beef from areas near Grand Island and Lincoln.
news.yahoo.comOops: Neb interim coach Joseph comments on unsigned recruit
Mickey Joseph slipped up in his role as Nebraskaโs interim head coach Tuesday when he responded to a reporterโs comment and question about a standout high school player who recently pledged to sign with the Cornhuskers. Malachi Coleman, a four-star wide receiver from Lincoln East High, held an event Saturday to announce he had chosen Nebraska over five other schools. A reporter at the Huskers' weekly news conference interrupted as Joseph was answering another question.
news.yahoo.comWatch live: Attorney General Merrick Garland expected to make first statement since the FBI search of Donald Trumpโs residence
The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agencyโs search of Trumpโs Mar-a-Lago home.
Profit plummets at Buffett's company on investment gains
Warren Buffettโs company reported a third-quarter profit that was roughly one-third the amount of last yearโs profit because of much smaller paper gains on the value of its investments, but most of its businesses were continuing to recover from the effects of the pandemic.