(AP) — The University of Nebraska says it’s collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to study information assurance and cyber security.

An agreement between the schools was signed Friday in New Delhi. Officials say they developed the plans last summer.

The partnership aims to advance research and education in engineering, technology, information management, the sciences and other areas. The agreement means the schools will engage in joint research projects and create opportunities for faculty and student exchanges.

The University of Nebraska will also help IIT Delhi create a new Center for Cyber Systems and Information Assurance.

(AP) — A psychiatrist who evaluated Nikko Jenkins three years before Jenkins was accused of killing four people in and around Omaha last summer has testified that Jenkins “is a psychopath.”

Dr. Eugene Oliveto, who serves as a psychiatrist for the prison system in Douglas County, testified over the objections of prosecutors Wednesday in a hearing to determine whether Jenkins is competent to stand trial. Oliveto says he took it upon himself to re-evaluate Jenkins on Monday after being subpoenaed by Jenkins’ lawyers.

Oliveto declared that Jenkins is “one of the most dangerous people I have ever evaluated.”

Oliveto is not a forensic psychiatrist and did not testify to Jenkins’ competency to stand trial. But he said his Monday evaluation of Jenkins found him to be schizophrenic, among other things.

(AP) — A man faces several charges in connection to an alleged stabbing in Omaha.

20-year-old Dmitry Vanderbeek made an initial court appearance Wednesday. He faces charges of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

Vanderbeek is accused of stabbing a man and woman on Monday. The victims say Vanderbeek was staying with them.

The station reports the woman was stabbed in the head and neck. Information on the extent of the victims’ injuries was not available.

Vanderbeek’s bail was set at $150,000. Court records do not list an attorney. A preliminary hearing is scheduled on March 12.

(AP) — The Nebraska National Guard’s museum pieces will be moving from Lincoln to a new home in Seward.

The Nebraska Guard’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, and Seward Mayor Josh Eickmeier announced the project on Monday. Bohac says the museum “will provide an opportunity to tell the rich history of the Nebraska National Guard.”

The former National Guard armory in Seward will be turned into the museum by summer 2015. Officials say the project will be done in three phases.

The artifacts that will go on display are stored in the State Arsenal Museum at the old state fairgrounds in Lincoln.

 

(AP) — A national civil rights group is criticizing a flier used by supporters of Fremont’s illegal immigration ordinance.

Residents of the eastern Nebraska city of about 26,000 are voting Tuesday whether to repeal rules requiring everyone who rents property to swear whether they are a citizen and get a city permit.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says some supporters of Fremont’s ordinance distributed fliers declaring “illegal immigrants are invaders.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center says the language on the flier sends a strong anti-immigrant message.

Supporters of the ordinance say they want Fremont to take a stand against illegal immigration because the federal government isn’t. And most supporters say they don’t have a problem with legal immigrants.

(AP) — A truck driver convicted of misdemeanor vehicular homicide for a 2011 crash that killed a 2-year-old Nebraska boy has been sentenced to less than a year in jail.

Leamond Pierce, of New Castle, Del., received a 300-day sentence Tuesday. He was ordered to pay a $500 fine.

The 54-year-old Pierce was driving a semitrailer on Interstate 80 near Waverly in December 2011 when it rear-ended a vehicle driven by the family of Robert “Aiden” Curry, of Bellevue. The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Authorities say poor weather conditions contributed to the crash.

Pierce’s sentence is nearly complete, but he will face an extradition hearing because he’s wanted in Delaware for a parole violation in connection to a 1981 killing.

(AP) — Authorities have positively identified the body of a man found inside a burned Omaha apartment.

Omaha police say 82-year-old William Stewart Jr. was discovered Friday afternoon after firefighters put out flames inside a midtown apartment. Additional information about the cause of his death was not released.

The fire was contained to the apartment, and no one else was injured.

Authorities say the case remains under investigation.

(AP) — Voters in the eastern Nebraska city of Fremont have decided to keep an ordinance that requires all renters to swear they are legally living in the U.S.

A majority of local voters agreed Tuesday to support restrictions they first adopted in 2010.

Elected officials decided last fall to ask voters to rethink the ordinance. It was part of an effort to crack down on illegal immigration in Fremont, which is northwest of Omaha.

A federal appeals court signed off on the ordinance last year. But Tuesday’s vote was scheduled because of concerns about how much the regulations would cost the city in legal fees and lost federal grants, and the effect they have on the city’s reputation.

Supporters said it was important to take a stand against illegal immigration.