World & Nation
The Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would have changed the state’s method of execution from the electric chair to death by injection.
Nov. 20, 2002
Sports
There was at least one attack in sports history that was more brutal than Marty McSorley’s on Donald Brashear Monday night at Vancouver.
Feb. 23, 2000
Republican businessman David Karnes, a political newcomer, was appointed Wednesday to serve the remainder of the U.S.
March 12, 1987
Legislation: He rejects plea from pope, saying the measure would only cause more pain for victims’ families. Legislature sets override vote for today.
May 27, 1999
Politics
Loved and loathed, the ‘Defender of the Downtrodden’ can talk bills to death. He will begin his final session.
Dec. 24, 2007
In an appointment she said she knew was “a shocker,” Gov.
March 11, 1987
Nebraska politicians began considering possible replacements Saturday for Sen.
March 8, 1987
If Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett bashed Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with a brick, he would have been arrested.
Nov. 15, 2019
Movies
After enduring threats from white shipmates and efforts by Navy officers to sabotage his final exam in diving school, Carl Maxie Brashear emerged as the Navy’s first African American deep-sea diver.
July 27, 2006
California
William Brashears, a retired dentist, developer and controversial political figure whose early work in Fullerton had a major impact on that city, has been found dead.
Nov. 3, 2000