OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - First Alert 6 has the headlines you need to know to get your Thursday started. An American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington late Wednesday night.

A federal judge agreed to drop felony charges filed against former Nebraska Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry with prejudice.

Officials said they were still searching for other casualties but did not believe there were any other survivors, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years.

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to dismiss their case against a former Nebraska congressman charged with lying to ...

Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Washington Huskies men’s basketball game with ticket info, start time, stats and how to view ...

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UCLA's coach has generated more headlines for his grievances than for the Bruins' (improving) play on the floor.

Nebraska will try to end its six-game slide when the Cornhuskers take on No. 18 Illinois. Thursday's matchup is the first this season between the squads.

Attorney General Merrick Garland had agreed not to make the special counsel's findings public while the Justice Department ...

President Trump said the former Republican congressman from Nebraska, who faced renewed charges he lied to federal investigators, had been the victim of a ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to dismiss a criminal case against former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. In ...

Janae Watts, a fifth-grade student at Windy Hills Elementary, has been named a finalist in the Nebraska Mothers Association ...