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More tornadoes and fewer meteorologists make for a dangerous mix that’s worrying US officials

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode. The agency’s office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as deep cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began hitting. But the weather service kept staffers

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Tuesday, May. 20. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–IMMIGRATION-ARRESTS-IOWA SHERIFF FORMATS: Text 1. WITH: US–IMMIGRATION-LOCAL ENFORCEMENT-EXPLAINER 2. DESCRIPTION: The federal agency responsible

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BC-Wheat KX

CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Mon: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel Jul 518 529¾ 516 522¾ +6¼ Sep 533 543½ 530 536½ +6 Dec 555½ 565¼ 552½ 558½ +5½ Mar 573¾ 585¼ 573¾ 578¼ +5¼ May 585 595½ 585 589¼ +5¼ Jul 601½ 601½ 595

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Monday, May. 19. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–IMMIGRATION-ARRESTS-IOWA SHERIFF DESCRIPTION: An Iowa sheriff is warning county officials at a meeting Monday

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Buffett plans to attend, but not take questions, at next year’s Berkshire shareholder meeting

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett plans to attend, but not take questions, at next year’s Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting — a big change following his recent surprise retirement announcement. Buffett’s handpicked successor, Greg Abel, told the Omaha World-Herald that Berkshire plans a shareholder meeting for the first weekend of May that will have

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, May. 18. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, May. 17. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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BC-Wheat KX

CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel Jul 528 530¼ 516 516½ —11¾ Sep 543 544 530½ 530½ —11½ Dec 564¾ 566½ 553 553 —11½ Mar 584½ 585¾ 573 573 —10¾ May 594¼ 596 583¾ 584 —10 Jul 596½ 596½ 591¾

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–GENDER IDENTITY-IOWA Judge OKs Iowa limits on K-6 gender identity, sexual orientation teaching but not elective programs SUMMARY:

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Boxing champ Terence Crawford tells Omaha graduates to work hard and keep fighting for success

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Unbeaten four-division world champion Terence “Bud” Crawford encouraged graduating University of Nebraska at Omaha students Friday to devote themselves to hard work, never give in to negativity and never stop setting goals. Crawford, the keynote speaker at the school’s commencement ceremony at Baxter Arena, told

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, May. 16. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKL–FEVER-NEW EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION: INDIANAPOLIS — DeWanna Bonner joined the Indiana Fever so she could

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