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Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war’s toll on Palestinian children
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned. |
Battle Ground city manager resigns to take top spot in Kennewick
Battle Ground City Manager Erin Erdman announced her resignation Wednesday after 10 years of service with the north Clark County city. |
UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. |
Stock market today: Wall Street rises to more records to close out its latest winning month
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street coasted to its latest winning month and quarter by rising to more records. |
US tuberculosis cases were at the highest level in a decade in 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. |
House Speaker Mike Johnson will send Mayorkas impeachment to the Senate next month
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday indicated he will send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate shortly after Congress returns to Washington next month. |
Trump’s team cites First Amendment in contesting charges in Georgia election interference case
ATLANTA (AP) — The charges against Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, a lawyer for the former president said Thursday as he argued that the indictment should be dismissed. |
Portland Business News
Gov. Kotek signs new Oregon Right to Repair law
The new law law requires original equipment manufacturers to make available tools and information needed to repair devices by a third party and also bans parts pairing.
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Q-and-A: A retiring Jeanie Coates on industry, and Portland, change over 45 years
On April 1, a longtime advertising and public relations shop will have a bit of a new look.
Jeanie Coates, who founded Coates Kokes in 1978, is retiring after a 45-year career. As she leaves the longest-running woman-led ad agency in Portland, her business partner of 24 years Steve Kokes will become the agency's sole owner.
Kokes will also become the firm's CEO and president. They joined forces when Kokes came over from Cole Weber in 2000. Coates talked to the PBJ in 2018 about those days.
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NYT Politics
Linda Bean, an L.L. Bean Heir and a Conservative Donor, Dies at 82
A granddaughter of the celebrated Maine brand’s founder, she set out as an entrepreneur in her mid-60s and used her wealth to fund right-wing causes.
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