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(AP) - In the weeks after Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020, the people that Trump appointed to run the Department of Justice, cybersecurity agencies and intelligence departments all said the same thing — the election was fair, legitimate and free of major fraud or foreign interference. In his second term, Trump has tried to use the levers of power to rewrite that well-settled history, something that he’s expected to try again on Thursday night with an address to the nation.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - First Alert 6 has the headlines you need to know to get your Thursday started. Motorcyclist in hospital after northwest Omaha crash early Thursday One person is injured after a crash in northwest Omaha involving a motorcycle and a car. Officers with the Omaha Police Department were called to the crash near 144th and Corby streets just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Officers tell First Alert 6 on the scene the motorcyclist is facing life-threatening injuries.

A 7-year-old was taken to the hospital after a metro crash between their bike and a car Wednesday evening.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Like much of the week, we’re starting the day with mild temperatures near 70 and little patchy fog. That will burn off fairly quickly as we head into the lower 90s for a high yet again. Today Dew points will drop some in the afternoon too but today any clouds that bubble up have a better chance of producing an isolated shower or storm. Best chances are this afternoon and most of us are likely to stay dry. Best chances are also south of I-80.

LINDEN, N.J. (WCBS) - A New Jersey man says he was nearly kicked off a United Airlines flight over a T-shirt criticizing Israeli strikes on Gaza. Sam Saadeh boarded a United flight bound for Newark from Atlanta on June 4 while wearing a T-shirt that read, “Bombing kids is not self defense.” The shirt references Israeli strikes that have killed Palestinian children in Gaza.

A man says he was nearly kicked off a United Airlines flight over a T-shirt criticizing Israeli strikes on Gaza.

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(AP) - Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week. More than 100 wildfires are burning in Canada, where a train crew in northern Ontario filmed themselves surrounded by flames before being safely evacuated. Winds are carrying the smoke southeast. Warnings about unhealthy air conditions Wednesday extended from Minnesota through Toronto and into New York.

More than 100 million Americans are facing dangerous air quality.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) - A 7-year-old was taken to the hospital after a metro crash between their bike and a car Wednesday evening. According to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. near 165th Street and Cleveland Boulevard. Bennington Fire and Rescue took the child to the hospital, the post reads. There is no further word on how serious their injuries are. The crash remains under investigation.