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Concerns rise over fitness of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as age becomes a focus

Biden is 81. Trump is 77. But to many voters, the difference between their ages seem much bigger. The age issue is guiding election strategies

The Husker volleyball team is ready to battle the Texas Longhorns for a sixth national title on Sunday, and thanks to a local Husker store, so are the fans.

Fans have been making memories at the stadium for 100 years. Johnny Rodgers says they deserve an upgrade.

For many years, University of Nebraska-Lincoln mascot Herbie Husker has held a football in one hand and thrown up an “a-OK” sign with the other. That has now changed. The reason: White supremacists.

In recent years, some hate groups have come to use the gesture as a sign for white power.

Its not unusual for colleges to update their mascots in the interest of pure marketing modernization, but decision-making behind the University of Nebraskas new-look Herbie Husker is a true reflection of our times.

Jordan Pascale Flatwater Free Press For nearly 50 years, fans have loved the burly Husker mascot who wears blue overalls, sports a big red cowboy hat and keeps an ear of corn in his pocket. The depiction of the blond-haired, blue-eyed farmer with a barrel chest and chiseled chin is, for many Nebraskans, a representation […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion about the meaning of a...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion