After 34 years in the classroom, Terry Bailey still shows up for Gering’s kids — now helping send weekend meals home to more than 150 students.
Gering speech competitors, and sisters Rachel and Aphia Boyd, brought home state titles from the recent NSAA speech competition in Kearney.
Brent Johnson is leading the campaign for a new UNK Newman Center.
- Alyssa Johnson, Journal Star
- IRIB
The anchor on the channel read the following announcement: “If you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police, you will receive a precious prize.” An on-screen crawl separately urged the public to “shoot them if you see them,” referring to social media footage c…
- News 12
Troopers received a call Wednesday afternoon about a bear cub spotted in a roadside ditch.
- ASSOCIATED PRESS, NASA, NASA/JSC/ASU
As Artemis II astronauts head to the moon for a fly-by, here are some Apollo items that have touched the lunar surface.
New CNN polling shows the Democratic party has an early lead ahead of midterms later this year.
- Cheddar
The Trump administration is drafting a plan to impose 100% tariffs on branded drugs and their active ingredients.
- Aljazeera - AJ+
Iranian missile strikes continue to hit Gulf states, with the UAE intercepting projectiles as regional patience wears thin.
Reports of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a nearly 200-year-old tortoise — were greatly exaggerated.
- ASSOCIATED PRESS, POOL
Pam Bondi is out as US Attorney General, ending the tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House.
- NYSE
Stocks slumped and oil prices soared Thursday after President Donald Trump vowed the U.S. will continue to attack Iran and failed to offer a clear timetable for ending the conflict in the Middle East.
- FMM - F24 Video Clips
Global air travel remains severely disrupted, with many people still unable to fly as planned to destinations after the Iran war forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.
- Straight Arrow News
Senate and House Republicans have struck a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security without a Democratic filibuster.
- StringersHub
SHOTLIST: WEST BANK, PALESTINE (APRIL 2, 2026) 1. VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ( AUDIO OF SIRENS )WEST BANK, PALESTINE - APRIL 2, 2026: Sirens sounded in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday, Apr. 2, following missiles launched by Iran in retaliation for U.S…
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Oil prices surged, and markets retreated after US President Donald Trump’s prime-time address, dashing hopes for clarity on when the Middle East conflict might end. During the address, Trump threatened to hit Iran “extremely hard” within weeks, claiming that military objectives have nearly b…
- ASSOCIATED PRESS, US NETWORK POOL
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will keep hitting Iran “very hard” in the next two or three weeks and bring the country “back to the Stone Ages,” even as he touted the success of U.S. operations and argued that all of Washington’s objectives have so far been met or exceeded.
- New York Post - Vertical
Trump blames Iran for gas price spike, says US has 'plenty' of oil
- ASSOCIATED PRESS, VIKING SHIP MUSEUM
Marine archaeologists are racing to unearth the Danish warship Dannebroge, which took heavy fire from British Admiral Horatio Nelson’s fleet and later exploded during the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen. The wreck lies about 15 meters (yards) down in thick sediment, with near zero visibility.
- R.J. POST, THE INDEPENDENT
Bishop Joseph Hanefeldt speaks at the ribbon cutting for the CHI Health Clinic Family Health Center on Wednesday in Grand Island.
- POOL
In his first national address since launching the Iran war, President Donald Trump said U.S. forces are "on track to complete" their mission soon, as the “core strategic objectives are nearing completion. Still, he vowed heavy strikes would continue.