‘It Got Everything’: Oklahoma Residents Who Escaped Fires Brace for Losses
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‘It Got Everything’: Oklahoma Residents Who Escaped Fires Brace for Losses

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Geraldine and Charles Wyrick heard shouts ring out through their community of a dozen trailer homes on Friday afternoon near Wellston, Okla., they knew the fires were near. It was time to get out. As Ms. Wyrick rushed to her Chevy Tahoe,…

Nebraska Man Struggles to Change Daughter’s Name From ‘Unakite Thirteen Hotel’
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Nebraska Man Struggles to Change Daughter’s Name From ‘Unakite Thirteen Hotel’

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Jason Kilburn searched for his toddler daughter’s birth certificate, he was shocked to find that because of an error, she was legally named “Unakite Thirteen Hotel.” To make matters worse, she had no social security number. What stemmed from a mix of…

Nebraska neighborhood loses power for hours after garbage truck gets stuck in sinkhole
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Nebraska neighborhood loses power for hours after garbage truck gets stuck in sinkhole

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A large portion of downtown Omaha lost power for several hours Thursday after a garbage truck got stuck in a sinkhole where utility lines had become exposed. The truck became stuck around 8 a.m. with its nose tilted down into the sinkhole and…

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen hospitalized after he is bucked off a horse
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Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen hospitalized after he is bucked off a horse

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was injured Sunday after being bucked off a horse and is expected to be hospitalized for several days. Pillen, a first-term Republican, was with his family when he was thrown off a new horse and injured, according to the governor’s office….

Fugate a ‘Natural Born Killer’ or Starkweather victim?
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Fugate a ‘Natural Born Killer’ or Starkweather victim?

ByNews Polite

There’s a lot to unpack in “The 12th Victim.” Showtime’s riveting four-part documentary recounts 19-year-old Charles Starkweather’s random killing spree in and around Lincoln, Neb. in late 1957 and early 1958 that claimed 11 lives — the first horror show to play out in real time on television as the…

Packers Sanitation Services accused of employing children for graveyard shifts
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Packers Sanitation Services accused of employing children for graveyard shifts

ByNews Polite

A leading US food sanitation company has employed dozens of children as young as 13 to work in dangerous conditions during long graveyard shifts, federal officials said. Packers Sanitation Services allegedly used child labor in three meatpacking plants across two states, according to the Labor Department. The DOL asked a…