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.

A traffic stop on a pickup truck found the driver was riding with a dead man in the passenger seat. It appears the man had been dead for hours when the Ohio State Highway Patrol pulled over the truck in northwest Ohio.

A South Carolina inmate has filed a petition against Casey Anthony seeking a DNA test to determine if he was the father of her 2-year-old toddler.

Following up on a burst of momentum in NFL labor talks, negotiating teams for owners and players met again Friday to try and reach a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.

When Lincoln police served a search warrant on Andrew Westerberg’s home Wednesday, they found what they were looking for. Police recovered electronics that were stolen from a Lincoln apartment July 9.

Two brothers have been arrested for the robbery of a Lincoln man. Police say Mack Branch, 24, and Anthony Branch, 29, robbed the man outside his apartment June 23.

We learned this week that through all of the flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has had a hand in saving an Omaha Park. Freedom Park is situated along the Missouri River between downtown Omaha and Eppley Airfield.

It's a case you'll remember from six years ago. Tracey Dyess tried to kill her stepfather by setting fire to their home in Griswold, Iowa. Instead her brother and sister died in the blaze.

One Omaha store takes a tough stance on theft. Video of security officers chasing and tackling a shoplifter in the parking lot shows the job isn’t easy.

Due to a scheduling conflict, the Stone Temple Pilots show scheduled for Sunday, July 17th at Harrah's Stir Concert Cove is being rescheduled.

For weeks now, Interstate 29 has been shut down both north and south of the metro. Finding the right detour can be a real mess. Thousands of people make the trip to Kansas City, especially during the summer. But what's the best route for those who are planning a road trip.

Senator Ben Nelson will tour the waste water treatment plant and the Omaha Public Power District water plant on Friday afternoon.

Quarry Oaks will host an American Junior Golf Association event for the second consecutive year, as 78 of the nation’s top junior golfers will compete in the AJGA Nebraska Junior at Quarry Oaks, Aug. 8-11.

While some of the water has receded and the conspiracy theories have receded, attention to the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant remains a priority with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. NRC staff is preparing to meet with officials from OPPD, the owner and operator of the plant, for a second time this summer.

A sea turtle that was unable to survive in the wild is getting medical attention in a collaborative effort by the Henry Doorly Zoo and the Nebraska Medical Center.

Major disaster designations requested for Cass County. Gov. Dave Heineman has submitted the formal requests due to the county’s flood damage.

A 28-year old Waterloo man has been jailed for his fifth DUI.