A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions.

A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions.

A real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide.

A former Nebraska deputy has been jailed after a grand jury indicted him on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a man in October.

A North Dakota ballot initiative group can gather signatures to put a proposal legalizing recreational marijuana to a statewide vote in the fall.

BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline.

Some public school teachers could gain new powers to bring concealed guns into Tennessee schools.

Opponents of a Nebraska private school funding measure passed on the last day of the legislative session are considering how to fight it.

Jury says BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in a Montana town where decades of asbestos exposure sickened thousands.

A federal jury says Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened.

Mark Houck’s campaign to unseat Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania's GOP primary could offer hints about swing-district party sentiment in a heated presidential election year.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen says he'll keep his promise to call a special legislative session this summer to push lawmakers to find a fix for soaring property taxes.

The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing the sale of gasoline containing a higher blend of ethanol for the third summer in a row.

BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town.

Nebraska lawmakers have adjourned the regular session knowing they'll be called back by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen this summer for a special session.

State lawmakers are taking very different approaches to public safety following high-profile shootings.

Law enforcement agencies in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas reported temporary outages to 911 services.