Two law enforcement officials say the target of a potential cross-border terror attack was a train that runs between New York City and Canada.

The officials have knowledge of the investigation and tell The Associated Press the attack was to take place in Canada. They aren’t authorized to discuss the investigation and would speak only on the condition of anonymity.

Amtrak and Via Rail Canada jointly operate routes between the United States and Canada, including the Maple Leaf from New York City to Toronto.

Two men were in court in Canada on Tuesday, accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train.

Canadian authorities have charged them with conspiring to carry out an attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group.

Police say the men never got close to carrying out the attack.

A Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop, in Salt Lake City, came to the aid of a woman who was being attacked in front of his house.

The 47-year-old Kent Hendrix woke up Tuesday to his teenage son pounding on his bedroom door and telling him somebody was being mugged. Hendrix grabbed a 29-inch Samurai sword and rushed out the door.

Hendrix says the man attacking a woman jumped back and ran down the street after he drew the sword. He and others chased the man until he jumped in his car and drove away.

Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal says the suspect, 37-year-old Grant Eggersten, turned himself in later in the day and was booked on multiple charges.

The victim, a 35-year-old woman, had minor injuries. She had a stalking injunction against the suspect.

Lawmakers have voted to expand a state grant program that helps connect students with paid internships in Nebraska.

The proposal won first-round approval on Tuesday with a 26-0 vote. It builds on an existing state program, which awards matching grants to qualified companies that offer college internships.

Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege introduced a bill that would extend the program to first- and second-year college students, who aren’t currently eligible. The bill would allow nonprofits to participate.

It also would increase the maximum state matching grant to 75 percent, or $7,500, for each intern. To qualify for that amount, employers would have to show that students were federal Pell Grant recipients when they applied.

The program is overseen by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.

Public health officials are now saying that 264 people sought treatment at hospitals for injuries sustained in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Authorities had been saying that about 180 people were injured, but that was just victims brought to hospitals in the immediate aftermath of the April 15 explosions. Three people were killed and at least 14 people lost all or part of a limb.

The Boston Public Health Commission says the larger number includes people who delayed seeking treatment. For example, some people had ringing in their ears from the blasts and thought it might go away, but it persisted for several days. Other people sought delayed treatment for minor shrapnel wounds. Twenty-seven different hospitals treated the injured.

The commission said as of Tuesday, 51 people were still hospitalized.

A Nebraska man has pleaded no contest to assaulting a referee at his son’s church league basketball game earlier this year.

Fifty-four-year-old Joseph Stephans pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault on Monday and apologized for his actions.

Prosecutors say Stephans grabbed referee Carlos Bradford’s glasses during the game and broke them before briefly struggling with Bradford at St. Margaret Mary Catholic School. Other parents broke up the confrontation.

Bradford says this is an example of parents who take their kid’s sports too seriously.

Stephans told the judge he wants to put the Feb. 3 incident behind him.

Prosecutors agreed not to seek jail time for Stephans as long as he pays to replace Bradford’s broken glasses. Stephans is scheduled to be sentenced on May 30.

Chicago police say a 15-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a backyard about four blocks from President Barack Obama’s home on the city’s South Side.

Cornelius German had been shot in the back and was found unresponsive at about 9:40 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of E. 50th Place.

Police Department spokesman John Mirabelli says German was a gang member but that the motive for the shooting was not yet certain.

German was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after he was found.

Obama’s home is just blocks away in the Kenwood neighborhood.

Mirabelli says no one is in custody as of Tuesday morning.

Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would support a program that teaches inmates how to be good parents.

Senators voted 38-1 on Monday to advance the measure sponsored by Sen. Kate Bolz of Lincoln.

The bill would let the state take over an existing inmate parenting program that was created by a nonprofit in 2009. Parents in the program are taught relationship and parenting skills.

Bolz says the program helps reduce the likelihood convicted parent will return to jail. About 7 percent of the program’s participants who have been released from jail have returned. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services estimates the recidivism rate for such a group is more than 25 percent.

The program would cost the state $250,000 a year to fund.

A northern Nebraska ranching family has won a statewide award for land stewardship.

The Beel family of Johnstown was given this year’s Nebraska Leopold Conservation Award. The award is presented annually to private landowners who engage in sustainable land-management practices.

The family has worked on the land for 75 years. The ranch is owned and operated by brothers Frank, Henry and Adam, and their wives Jennifer, Mary and Jenny.

The Beel family will receive $10,000 and a crystal. The Sand County Land Foundation, Nebraska Cattlemen and Cargill present the award annually. The Beel family was recognized last week by Gov. Dave Heineman.

A select group of young entrepreneurs have won an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to investor Warren Buffett.

The kids, who are between 7- and 16-years-old, were chosen out of nearly 4,000 entries in the online contest.

The contest is tied to “The Secret Millionaires Club” cartoon that Buffett appears in to teach financial lessons. The contest is sponsored by the Fairholme Foundation and overseen by the By Kids For Kids Co.

Five individuals and three teams will be flown to Omaha to present their ideas to Buffett and a panel of judges.

An online vote from May 6-13 will help determine which of the finalists will win grand prizes of $5,000. The runners up will receive $500 prizes.

Federal officials say they’re delaying a policy that would allow passengers to carry small knives, bats and other sports equipment onto airliners.

The Transportation Security Administration said Monday that the policy change has been delayed to accommodate feedback from an advisory committee made up of aviation industry, consumer and law enforcement officials.

John Pistole (PIH’-stohl), head of the Transportation Security Administration, proposed the policy change last month, saying it would free up the agency to concentrate on protecting against greater threats. TSA screeners confiscate about 2,000 small folding knives from passengers every day.

The policy was to go into effect Thursday. The TSA’s statement said the delay was temporary, but no new date for implementation was provided.

The policy has been fiercely opposed by flight attendants’ unions.