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Here are some of the notable people celebrating birthdays today, including Ringo Starr, Bill Oddie, Billy Campbell, Amy Carlson, Cree Summer, Robin Weigert, Kirsten Vangsness, Troy Garity, Berenice Bejo and Hamish Linklater.
Another solid month of hiring in the United States is expected to be reported Friday, an outcome that would suggest no recession is in sight yet could make it harder for the Federal Reserve to succeed in its drive to cool the economy and curb high inflation. Employers are predicted to have a…
Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.The planetary average hit 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17.23 degrees Celsius), surpassing the 62.9-degree mark (17.18 Celsius) set Tuesday and eq…
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In 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.
President Joe Biden has rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs. The initiatives out Friday include a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards. Biden's remarks will buil…
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a flashpoint West Bank city, days after Israel concluded a major two-day offensive meant to crack down on militants. The Israeli domestic security agency Shin Bet said the two men, who it claimed were behind a shooting attack this week, were killed in a shootout in the heart of the city of Nablus. The Palestinian Health Ministry said two men were killed by Israeli fire. Friday's deaths are part of a year-long spiral of violence that shows no signs of abating. Israel has been staging raids in the West Bank for 16 months, in response to a spate of Palestinian attacks against Israelis last spring.
In 2013, Andy Murray becomes the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the final. See more sports moments from this date:
Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads. The offering launched this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform and has drawn tens of millions of users. In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, an attorney for Twitter accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app. The move ramps up the tensions between the social media giants as Threads targets people seeking out Twitter alternatives amid unpopular changes Musk has made to the platform. A Meta spokesperson wrote on Threads that “no one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee.”
Read through the obituaries published today in Grand Island Independent.
Drones are sweeping over the ocean off the coast of New York’s Long Island to patrol the waters for any danger possibly lurking. A recent spate of human encounters with sharks have made officials and beachgoers more vigilant. Five people have reported being bitten by sharks in some of New York’s most popular beaches since Monday. Lifeguards ordered revelers to retreat to the safety of the shore in most cases. In another case, one of the area's most popular beaches had to be temporarily closed when drones spotted a group of 50 sand sharks in the water.
White gunman to be sentenced for killing 23 people in a racist Walmart attack in a Texas border city
The white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in 2019 is awaiting punishment for one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Patrick Crusius is expected to be sentenced Friday to multiple life terms in federal prison. But the 24-year-old could still face the death penalty in a separate case in a Texas state court that has yet to go to trial. Crusius pleaded guilty in February to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges. Authorities say Crusius drove more than 700 miles to carry out the attack in El Paso. He posted a racist rant online before the shooting that warned of a Hispanic “invasion” of Texas.
An Iowa teenager has been sentenced to life with a possibility of parole after 35 years for the beating death of his high school Spanish teacher. A judge sentenced Willard Miller after a hearing Thursday lasting more than seven hours. Miller and Jeremy Goodale pleaded guilty months ago to the 2021 baseball bat attack on Nohema Grabe. The 66-year-old teacher was attacked while taking an afternoon walk in a Fairfield, Iowa, park. Prosecutors said the teens were 16 at the time and angry Graber had given Miller a bad grade. Miller apologized in court Thursday to Graber's family, saying he accepted responsibility for the killing. Goodale is to be sentenced later.
Read through the obituaries published today in Grand Island Independent.
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The accident claimed the life of Dale Bockmann. His body was found inside a grain bin at 6637 S. North Road, according to the Hall County Sheriff's Department.
A 15-year-old boy admitted stabbing another teen in a large disturbance in Grand Island.
Senior United States District Court Judge John Gerrard sentenced John Wade Burton to 14 years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $21,000 in restitution.
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After more than a year at the Lincoln Regional Center, the man accused in the 2021 killing of a Creighton baseball administrator has been deemed competent to stand trial.
At a court appearance Monday, Ernesto Leyva's bond was set at $250,000 on charges of first-degree sexual assault, first-degree false imprisonment, terroristic threats and possession of a controlled substance.
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A 15-year-old boy admitted stabbing another teen in a large disturbance in Grand Island.
ATM damaged in attempted theft on South Locust.
An arrest warrant issued Monday, July 3, for Kelli Lepler remains active. According to police, officers attempted to contact Lepler Wednesday at her residence.
The assault occurred Tuesday, when an inmate at the Reception and Treatment Center punched a staff member in the head, officials alleged.
Businesses and organizations shelled out record amounts on lobbyists to influence Nebraska lawmakers and shape legislation last year, according to a new report.
The number of abortions performed in Nebraska rose roughly 6% between 2021 and 2022, including a spike in the number of women coming from other states, a new report found.
Dannette R. Smith will take on a role with a national firm that supports health and human services agencies across the U.S.
Nebraska officials gave a multi-billion contract to Centene Corporation even as the managed care giant had to shell out nearly $1 billion for drug overpayment claims, including $29 million in the Cornhusker state.