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Thursday,  April 18 , 2024

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Caden Spanier of Skyview is The Columbian Week 23 prep athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger

April 18, 2024, 9:29am Prep Sports

Senior baseball player had a big week at the plate and on the mound for the Storm Read story

Abu Ghraib military contractor warned bosses of abuses 2 weeks after arriving, testimony reveals

April 18, 2024, 8:39am Nation & World

A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison resigned within two weeks of his arrival and told his corporate bosses that mistreatment of… Read story

Clark County

Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center participate in an informational picket Thursday morning in Vancouver.

PeaceHealth nurses picket Vancouver hospital, demanding safe staffing and fair wages

Picketers lined the sidewalk on Mill Plain in front of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center this morning, decked out in blue and carrying signs supporting nurses.

Northwest

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company&rsquo;s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company&rsquo;s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing&rsquo;s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing whistleblowers describe ‘criminal cover-up,’ safety risks to Senate

This year’s nonstop public flaying of Boeing continued in two separate U.S. Senate hearings Wednesday as Congress responded to public alarm over the jet-maker’s broken…

Politics

Former President Donald Trump, flanked by attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury selection in New York, Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Juror dismissed in Trump hush money trial as prosecutors ask for former president to face contempt

Prosecutors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump asked Thursday for the former president to be held in contempt and fined because of seven…

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Schools

Evergreen schools superintendent John Boyd announced his retirement effective June 30.

Evergreen schools Superintendent John Boyd will retire as of June 30

Evergreen Public Schools Superintendent John Boyd announced Wednesday he will retire from his position effective June 30.

Courts & Crime

Officer Andrea Mendoza of the Vancouver Police Department escorts a suspected shoplifter into a patrol car Oct. 12, 2022, at the Fred Meyer store in Cascade Park. Mendoza is facing fourth-degree assault, a gross misdemeanor, after she was captured on video threatening to use her Taser on the genitals of a suspected shoplifter in May.

Trial to begin for Vancouver police officer captured on video threatening to use Taser on suspect’s genitals

The misdemeanor assault trial for Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza begins today in Clark County District Court.

Nation & World

FILE - The Lyrid meteor shower is seen over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn off Germany, Friday, April 20, 2018. The Lyrids occur every year in mid-to-late April. Peak activity for 2024 happens Sunday, April 21 into Monday, April 22, with 10 to 20 meteors expected per hour, weather permitting. Viewing lasts through April 29.

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but it may be hard to see it

The Lyrid meteor shower is underway. But with a nearly full moon in the sky during the peak, it might be tough to see clearly.

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Business News

The front of the New York Stock Exchange is shown on Thursday, April 11, 2024 in New York.

Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher following more reports showing a resilient US economy

U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher Thursday, putting the S&P 500 index on track to break a four-day losing streak.

Weather

A group of people work to recover an abandoned vehicle taken by floodwater caused by heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world&rsquo;s busiest airfield for international travel.

United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation,…

Health

Graffiti covers the walls of a jail cell at the Clark County Jail.

As fentanyl use increases, Clark County Jail grapples with opioid withdrawals

As fentanyl use increases, the Clark County Jail is grappling with more people experiencing withdrawal from drug use while in custody.

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