LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s Catholic Diocese will participate in the next sex abuse audit conducted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, ending its reign as the only diocese in the nation not to take part over the past 13 years.

Bishop James Conley announced his decision to participate in the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People annual audit of the 195 U.S. dioceses and eparchies in a recent column for the Lincoln diocese newspaper.

The annual audit began in 2002 in response to increasing allegations of longtime sexual abuse of children by clergy and possible cover-ups of abuse. The Lincoln Diocese took part in the audit that first year, but has declined to participate ever since.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 27-year-old Omaha man has died in a single car crash in east Omaha.

Police say the crash happened around 5:20 a.m. Saturday at the Mormon Bridge Road and Young Street, killing Todd Maslowsky. Investigators say Maslowsky’s car was traveling west on Young Street, when he ran through a T-intersection, hitting an embankment.

Maslowsky, the only occupant of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy has been scheduled for Sunday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 23-year-old Illinois man has been sentenced to 10-to-15 years in prison for his role in a botched home-invasion robbery that left a Nebraska man dead.

Derick Lewis, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty earlier this summer to conspiracy to rob 21-year-old Maurice Williams. Williams died after being shot in the chest during the Aug. 30, 2014 attempted robbery at his Lincoln home.

Prosecutors say the trigger man was 20-year-old Joshua Carr, who was sentenced earlier in the week to up to 50 years for manslaughter, attempted robbery and a weapons count.

Another man, 23-year-old Jason Holmes, was convicted earlier this year of being an accessory to robbery and sentenced to five years.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police have arrested a man on suspicion of breaking into a woman’s home and raping her while her son slept in the next room.

29-year-old Patrick Thornton was charged Thursday with first-degree sexual assault.

The victim reported to police that the rape occurred Dec. 9, 2010, when she said two men forced their way inside her home and sexually assaulted her.

Police say DNA evidence sent to the Nebraska State Patrol Laboratory matched a sample Thornton gave police in January 2014 when he was a suspect in an unrelated sexual assault.

The woman told police she did not know Thornton prior to the attack.

Thornton remained jailed Saturday and could not be reached for comment.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 73-year-old Lincoln man has died after a collision between his pickup and a sport utility vehicle.

Police say the accident occurred around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday on the south side of Lincoln when the westbound pickup ran through a stop sign and collided with the northbound SUV.

Police say the pickup driver was taken to a Lincoln hospital, where he died Thursday morning. He was identified as Ronald Walker.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A mother and daughter escaped an overnight house fire in Omaha, but a family cat was killed.

Firefighters were called to the northwest Omaha home around 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

Investigators say food left cooking on a stove unattended caused the fire. Flames and smoke damaged the kitchen, forcing the family from the home. No other injuries were reported.

The American Red Cross is helping the family.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Douglas County will pay an Omaha family for damage to a door, which deputies kicked in after reporting hearing screams inside the home.

But instead of trouble, deputies found a 13-year-old boy babysitting his 3-year-old brother. Officials say someone called 911 after hearing screams from the house, and deputies say they loudly knocked and announced themselves several times with no answer. Deputies say they forced their way inside after they, too, heard screaming.

When asked why he didn’t open the door, the teen said he had been playing a video game and didn’t hear them until it was too late. Neither the family nor police could determine the origin of the screaming.

The Douglas County Board has approved paying $1,200 in damages.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been told to change the way he’s been feeding birds in his backyard.

Nick Huerta said feeding birds is his passion. He welcomes the blue jays, cardinals and other birds and squirrels that show up. He acknowledges, though, that some of his neighbors don’t much care for his feathered and furry guests.

He was stunned by a Sept. 3 letter from the county health department that said he’d created a public health nuisance by putting bread and nuts on the ground. The department asked him to use hanging feeders instead. He says the feeders can spill food on the ground, but he’s complied with the request.

He says he’s scheduled to meet with health department officials on Tuesday.

DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A 50-year-old Iowa man is scheduled to be sentenced in November for knifing a co-worker at a meat plant in northeast Nebraska.

Online court records say Mahamud Abib, of Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded no contest and was convicted last week in Dakota County on felony assault and weapons charges. His sentencing is set for Nov. 4.

The knifing occurred April 24 at the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Dakota City, where Abib had been working for less than a week. A court document says Abib reported that the man had upset him by thrusting his pelvis near Abib. Abib says he retaliated as a message to other workers that he would not tolerate insults.

The co-worker was treated at a hospital.