PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — A 35-year-old eastern Nebraska man has been accused of shackling his teenage nephew to a bed to keep the boy from going out and misbehaving.

Court records say Wade Merry, of Plattsmouth, is charged with child abuse. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press, seeking comment about the allegations against his client.

Police say the 14-year-old was shackled to the bed at least a dozen times. A court document says Merry told police he restrained the boy while Merry worked overnight shifts at a bakery. Merry says he was frustrated by the boy’s behavior problems.

Police say Merry gave the boy a cup in case he needed to use a bathroom while shackled.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old has been sentenced to around nine months in jail in the January shooting death of his best friend in Fremont.

Andrew R. Marty also was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months of probation for each count of manslaughter and third-degree assault. All sentences will be served concurrently.

Authorities say Marty and 19-year-old Kevin Michael Kennebeck were hanging out with two other friends on Jan. 25. They say that Marty pulled out a gun, eventually pointing it in the direction of Kennebeck when the weapon discharged.

Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass said before the sentence hearing that the fatal shooting of Kennebeck wasn’t intentional.

Marty’s attorney, Leo Eskey, says the shooting is a tragedy Marty will carry for the rest of his life.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group of tanning salon owners is suing the Nebraska Cancer Coalition, accusing it of making false, defamatory statements about tanning that have hurt the businesses.

The business owners operate 30 tanning salons in Omaha and Lincoln and said Wednesday they will file the lawsuit in Douglas County District Court.

The lawsuit says the coalition’s anti-tanning campaign called “The Bed is Dead” included inaccuracies and misleading elements, violating the Nebraska Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

The Nebraska Cancer Coalition, according to its website, is a statewide partnership of 350 people representing 200 public and private organizations working to prevent and control cancer.

Coalition President Alan Thorson, a colon and rectal surgeon in Omaha who is also named in the lawsuit, did not immediately return a message Wednesday seeking comment.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are warning tourists to keep their distance after a bison flipped a woman into the air as she posed for a selfie with the massive beast.

The dangerous encounter was the fifth run-in between park-goers and buffalo at the park this year.

Park officials say the 43-year-old Mississippi woman turned her back on the animal Tuesday evening to get a photo with it on a trail near Old Faithful.

She and her daughter were about 6 yards away when it came at them.

They tried to run, but the bison caught the woman and tossed her with its head.

The woman’s family drove her to a nearby clinic where she was treated and released.

Yellowstone prohibits people from getting within 25 yards of bison.