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By - Associated Press - Friday, April 30, 2021
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska couple has sued three Papillion police officers they say wrongfully and violently targeted them in a 2019 traffic stop.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Jason Storrs and Amber Smith, who say Papillion police violated their civil rights, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
The lawsuit says Storrs was driving Smith home from work on Dec. 29, 2019, when police stopped them and ordered them out of the car. Police were responding to a report of shoplifting at a nearby store and said Storr’s car matched the description of a car leaving the crime scene.
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The Iowa Department of Public Health shows no new deaths due to complications of COVID-19. There were 146 new cases including four new cases in Woodbury County in a 24-hour period. The 14-day test positivity rate locally is 6.2%. That is down almost one percent in one week.
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A person “associated with” the Iowa Senate has tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to an email from the secretary of the senate, that person was last in the Iowa Capitol on Wednesday and tested positive Saturday.
This is the ninth positive test publicly reported since the legislative session started in January, and the second associated with the Iowa Senate. The other seven were linked to the House.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A federal judge on Monday granted a Nebraska prisoner's request for an abortion and ordered state officials to transport her to a clinic so she can get the procedure as.