Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a law restricting access to both medical care for transgender youth and abortion. The ruling came Friday in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union representing Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. The ACLU argued that the hybrid law passed last year violates a state constitutional requirement for legislative bills to stick to a single subject. The state argued there was no violation because both issues fall under health care. Lawmakers added the 12-week abortion ban to an existing bill dealing with gender-related care only after a proposed six-week ban failed to defeat a filibuster.

A tanker plane is missing in Oregon as Western wildfires spread

(AP) — Authorities say a firefighting tanker plane with a single pilot on board is missing in Oregon. They say the plane disappeared Thursday and the search continues. Fires sparked by lightning are spreading across eastern Oregon and Idaho. And California’s largest active wildfire is zero-percent contained after destroying 134 structures and threatening 4,200 more. A California sheriff says the Park Fire was started when a man pushed a burning car into a gully in a park in Chico. More than 4,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate, and by Friday the fire had burned more than 257 square miles. A 42-year-old suspect awaits a Monday hearing.

Powerful cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was lured onto airplane before arrest in US, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. law enforcement official says a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who has eluded authorities for decades was duped into flying into the U.S., where he was arrested alongside a son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The official said Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada got onto an airplane to the U.S. believing he was going somewhere else. The person spoke on the condition on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. Zambada appeared in federal court in El Paso, Texas, on Friday morning and has entered a plea of not guilty to slew of drug trafficking charges, court records show.

15-year-old sentenced to state facility for youths for role in Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 15-year-old who was among those charged with opening fire during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally has been sentenced to a state facility for youths. The teen, who was referred to as R.G. in court documents, said at Thursday’s hearing that what happened is “not who I am.” The Kansas City Star reports that he described himself as a “good kid” before he became associated with a group of peers involved in the Feb. 14 shooting. Kansas City police detective Grant Spiking testified that R.G. began to shoot toward a person after that individual started firing. R.G. then hit another person in his own group. One woman was killed in the shooting and around two dozen were wounded.