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Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war’s toll on Palestinian children
Author: WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB, WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB, Associated Press

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.

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Battle Ground city manager resigns to take top spot in Kennewick
Author: Sarah Wolf

Battle Ground City Manager Erin Erdman announced her resignation Wednesday after 10 years of service with the north Clark County city.

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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza
Author: Associated Press

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.

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Stock market today: Wall Street rises to more records to close out its latest winning month
Author: STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street coasted to its latest winning month and quarter by rising to more records.

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US tuberculosis cases were at the highest level in a decade in 2023
Author: MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson will send Mayorkas impeachment to the Senate next month
Author: Associated Press

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.

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Trump’s team cites First Amendment in contesting charges in Georgia election interference case
Author: KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press

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.

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Portland Business News

Gov. Kotek signs new Oregon Right to Repair law
Author: Malia Spencer
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.
Q-and-A: A retiring Jeanie Coates on industry, and Portland, change over 45 years
Author: Andy Giegerich
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. "While…

NYT Politics

Linda Bean, an L.L. Bean Heir and a Conservative Donor, Dies at 82
Author: Trip Gabriel
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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