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Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, center, is surrounded by journalists and shareholders as he stops by a model railroad while touring the exhibit floor where Berkshire subsidiaries display their products in Omaha, Neb., April 30, 2011, prior to presiding over the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Even as trading and markets moved faster, Warren Buffett made patience profitable and cool

By Josh Funk and Stan Choe - Associated Press

Denise Powell, the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in Nebraska's second congressional district, walks with the Nebraska Democratic Party in a Juneteenth Parade in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

This rare Nebraska district backed Harris but sent a Republican to Congress. Can Democrats win here?

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

The G.L.O.V.E., developed by Compliant Technologies LLC, sits on a table after a demonstration at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City, March 22, 2023. (Brett Dickerson/Oklahoma City Free Press via AP)

Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students

By Kathy McCormack and Josh Funk - Associated Press

The MV Hondius cruise ship arrives at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska

By Josh Funk and Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

The MV Hondius cruise ship arrives at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

5 American cruise ship passengers leave Nebraska quarantine facility

By Josh Funk and Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

UCLA earns No. 1 seed for NCAA baseball tournament ahead of offensive juggernaut Georgia Tech

By Eric Olson - Associated Press

American passengers from the cruise ship, MV Hondius that was stricken with hantavirus, arrived in Omaha, Nebraska after flying from Tenerife, Spain on Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Americans exposed to hantavirus on ship enjoy some Nebraska hospitality while waiting in quarantine

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Shareholders line up to take pictures with depictions of Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel and Chairman Warren Buffett on Friday, May 1, 2026 in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

Berkshire Hathaway’s profits double as shareholders gather for the annual meeting on Saturday

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

FILE - A Norfolk Southern freight train rolls past the U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, in Clairton, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Union Pacific profit climbed 5% as it builds the case for its acquisition of rival Norfolk Southern

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Omaha police work outside a Walmart store at South 72nd and Pine Streets in Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, after police fatally shot a woman who was accused of cutting a young child's face with a knife. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Omaha, Nebraska, police fatally shoot a woman who grabs a child and slashes him with a knife

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Terence Crawford during an undisputed super middleweight championship boxing match in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Terence Crawford fined $75 for careless driving after stop where police ordered him out at gunpoint

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In this May 7, 2018, file photo, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett smiles during an interview in Omaha, Neb.. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Warren Buffett praised by Grag Abel, who promises Berkshire Hathaway won’t retreat from investing

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

A man accidentally ended a New Year’s Eve fireworks show in Omaha, Nebraska, early after tripping over a cord. File photo: QinJin via Shutterstock

Oops: Man trips, unplugs New Year’s Eve fireworks halfway through the show

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Outside of Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska. File photo credit: RebeccaDLev via Shutterstock.

Pilots make emergency landing after flight crew banged on cockpit door

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

LSU players celebrate the defeating Coastal Carolina in Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

LSU sweeps Coastal Carolina in CWS finals for second national title in three years, eighth overall

By Eric Olson - Associated Press

Brila Adauto of Omaha waves a Mexican flag as hundreds gather in after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a raid earlier in the day in Omaha, Neb. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

Eggs sit on a shelf at Sentyrz Liqour & Supermarket, where staff say they’ve been receiving only 10 percent of their weekly orders, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Egg prices are soaring. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon

By Josh Funk, Mark Vancleave and Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

FILE - Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge after the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

CFPB says unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway ignored red flags in manufactured home loans

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Grand Island High School player Elli Ward looks for an opening during a girls high school basketball game against Norfolk High School, Jan. 26, 2024 in Grand Island, Neb. (Jimmy Rash via AP)

Caitlin Clark effect hasn’t reversed the decades-long decline in girls basketball participation

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., speaks during a hearing, March 14, 2023, in Washington. Nebraskans will cast presidential primary ballots Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in a reliably Republican state that could nonetheless play a decisive role in the race for the White House. Voters will also decide several contested state primaries, including U.S. Senate, where both Republican incumbents are on the ballot. Fischer is seeking a third term. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Republican Sen. Deb Fischer in tight race with no-party rival Dan Osborn in deep-red Nebraska

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times