Jay Omar
Assistant News Director
Lincoln
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Jay has been at 1011 NOW since 2016. He started as an Online Content Producer and now currently serves at the station's Assistant News Director.
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The 37th annual Cornhusker State Games wrapped up Sunday, in the final weekend of CSG events, with 32 sports in Grand Island, Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha, and surrounding communities.
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Canada will let fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into the country starting on Aug. 9.
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Robots from Lubbock County SWAT and the Lubbock Police Department were used to locate the suspect alone in the bathroom of the home.
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Former President George W. Bush criticized the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan in an interview with a German broadcaster released Wednesday, saying he fears that Afghan women and girls will “suffer unspeakable harm.”
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The AL has now won 20 of the last 23 All-Star Games with one tie thrown in.
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The leverage every Democrat has flows from simple arithmetic. Expecting unanimous Republican opposition to much of Biden’s package, they need total unity in the 50-50 Senate.
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President Joe Biden declared there is an urgent need for a “generational investment” in the nation’s infrastructure.
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Police say an angry Florida man pulled a gun on a drive-thru worker because they forget the cream cheese with his bagel. The employee just happened to be the daughter of the Miami Gardens police chief.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments were a rare expression of regret by the conservative agitator.
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The club located south of downtown Orlando has been turned into an interim memorial lined with photos of the victims and rainbow-colored flowers.
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Authorities say the two suspects are expected to be charged with murder in the death of the 6-year-old.
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The bill’s 213-212 passage came a day after the House approved the formation of an independent commission to investigate the deadly mob siege by President Donald Trump’s supporters, who battled police to storm the building in a failed attempt to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s election.
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Pressure has been mounting on Biden to do more, as the death toll in the conflict has topped 200.
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Juggling homelessness, applying to colleges and maintaining good grades, the high school senior says it was “the lowest point” of his life.
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An Israeli air raid in Gaza City has killed at least seven Palestinians in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week.
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Stefanik, R-N.Y., a moderate turned Trump loyalist who’s given voice to many of his false claims about election fraud, was elected as expected to the No. 3 post that Cheney, R-Wyo., held for over two years.
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The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people from sex discrimination in health care, breaking with former President Donald Trump’s policy.
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The Nebraska football team held an open practice on Saturday for fans to watch
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In courtrooms around the country Clark defended antiwar activists. In the court of public opinion, he charged the United States with militarism and arrogance, starting with the Vietnam War and continuing with Grenada, Libya, Panama and the Gulf War.
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The Nebraska football team practiced early on Wednesday morning at the Hawks Championship Center
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Nebraska head coach Scott Frost said the Huskers will focus on fundamentals during practice this spring. The Huskers hold their first of 15 off-season workouts on Tuesday.
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The threats are one reason the Army has been pushing for more security around Fort McNair, which sits alongside Washington’s bustling newly developed Waterfront District.
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House Democrats have rushed to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing.
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Gregory Bovino, the agency’s El Centro sector chief, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that surveillance video showed a Ford Expedition and Chevrolet Suburban drive through the opening early Tuesday.
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A semitruck on Tuesday crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing 13 people and leaving others injured, authorities said.
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A fiercely divided House has tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees.
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The Biden administration is reviewing whether it can take steps to provide student debt relief through executive action, even as it continues to call on Congress to pass legislation to help borrowers and their families.
A fiercely divided House has tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees.
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36 college-bound football players plan to join the Concordia football team in 2021.
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Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh, who has been on death row for 18 years, will be under guard and will not be allowed to leave the safe house, but he will be able to have his wife and children visit him.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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The baseball Hall of Fame won’t have any new players in the class of 2021 after voters decided no one had the merits — on-the-field or off — for enshrinement in Cooperstown on this year’s ballot.
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Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari signed the deal with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to the prime minister’s office.
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The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration has removed Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
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1011 NOW Sports Director Kevin Sjuts shares his thoughts on Nebraska's 41-23 loss to Illinois.
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1011 NOW Sports Director Kevin Sjuts shares his thoughts on the Huskers' 30-23 win over Penn State.
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1011 NOW Sports Director Kevin Sjuts shares his thoughts on the Huskers' 21-13 loss to Northwestern.
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Highly-touted wide receiver Omar Manning is expected to make his Husker debut on Saturday.
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Wide receiver Omar Manning will likely make his Husker debut on Saturday.
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Nebraska coaches and players spoke to the media on Tuesday to preview the Wisconsin game
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The deal, which would deepen Sudan’s engagement with the West, follows Trump’s conditional agreement this week to remove the North African nation from the list of state sponsors of terrorism if it pays compensation to American victims of terror attacks.
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On Thursday, Scott Frost spoke to the media as his team prepares to travel to Ohio State
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The decision Monday was contingent on Sudan following through on its agreement to pay $335 million to U.S. terror victims and families.
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Nebraska head coach Scott Frost updates the health of junior wide receiver Omar Manning.
Omar Manning, a highly-rated newcomer for the Huskers, has missed some preseason practices due to an injury.
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Scott Arbeiter, president of World Relief, a global Christian aid agency, said Trump has reneged on his promise to protect persecuted Christians in the world.
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The court delayed until next week hearing the appeal over the lower-court acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been on death row since his conviction in 2002 over Pearl’s killing.
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Nana and Omar are the earliest 14th and 15th named storms on record, beating the 2005 arrivals of Nate on Sept. 6 and Ophelia on Sept. 7, according to Colorado State University professor Phil Klotzbach.
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Organizers were eager to tell the story of a resilient, post-industrial city that is home to thriving, diverse neighborhoods, a vibrant restaurant scene and a growing tech industry.