A Nigerian-American man is scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on charges he breached airport security in New York and got a free ride on an LA-bound flight.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman says state economies will top his priority list as the new chairman of the National Governors Association.

The annual Kearney Cruise Nite event held Saturday night provided the public with a pretty good classic car parade. But what followed was a parade of arrests of underage drinkers.

A search warrant executed at one in the morning netted Lincoln police two suspects, cash, and some drugs Saturday. The Lincoln/Lancaster Narcotics Task Force found 133.2 grams of methamphetamine at $2,200 cash at 1929 SW 34th in Lincoln.

Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle will present his 2012 budget proposal to the city council on Tuesday.

Because of the heat, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo will be offering half price admission on Monday, July 18th.

A hot week ahead means several businesses are expecting larger crowds.

Elizabeth Chadwick and Jessica Weinfurtner are both dead following at late night crash on Saturday north of Council Bluffs.

"Deathly Hallows 2" brings in $475 million dollars worldwide.

A Council Bluffs family is alive today because their dog alerted them to get out of their home when a fire broke out. Now their canine hero is fighting for his life.

The heat is here. We are in an excessive heat warning with no relief in sight. So how are people in the metro coping with the high temperatures?

It's been almost a year since four men died tragically on I-29, killed by a drunk driver whose blood alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit. And their families and friends are making sure they're never forgotten.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled training for hunter education instructors across the state.

The stage is almost set for the Red Sky concerts at TD Ameritrade Park. One fan’s purchase of two tickets on line turned into an expensive journey.

Lincoln's parachute club's annual Redemption Boogie event is at Plattsmouth Municipal Airport this weekend.

A federal judge has sentenced a former senior spy agency official who leaked information to the media to a year of probation, a move that could spell trouble for the Obama Administration's crackdown on those who leak information to the media.

The father of a disabled Philadelphia girl who starved to death has been convicted of child endangerment for abandoning the girl with her unfit mother.

An accident reported near the Beaver Lake dam leads to a short mystery. No one was found in the vehicle or around the scene, but one individual was later transported by medical helicopter.

One man was killed and a police officer was shot in the leg during a three-hour standoff inside an Idaho hotel. Police say the man killed was not the suspect. The suspect was arrested late Friday morning after he released a female hostage unharmed and surrendered.

An evaluation of former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel's job performance in 2005-06 rated him as "unacceptable" in self-reporting violations in a timely manner.

Tokyo hopes a bid for the 2020 Olympics will serve as a symbol of Japan's recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

This hardly compares to the closing of the 405 in Los Angeles this weekend, but there is a little bit of good news for Council Bluffs motorists. The road closure of Interstate 29 is shrinking about a mile.

A man lost his flying privileges and passport after authorities say he pelted a flight attendant with peanuts and pretzels on a Southwest Airlines plane from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City.

The government wants to require that airlines regularly report the amount and types of fees they charge, as well as the number of checked bags and mishandled wheelchairs.

President Barack Obama is encouraged that lawmakers from both sides are in agreement about the need to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its financial obligations.