The Columbian

U.S. colleges cutting majors and programs

Former St. Cloud State University student Christina Westman poses July 30 on the St. Cloud, Minn., campus.

August 25, 2024, 9:12am Business

Christina Westman dreamed of working with Parkinson’s disease and stroke patients as a music therapist when she started studying at St. Cloud State University. Read story

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, center, pose with Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Mike Barratt, left, and Tracy Dyson, aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock on June 24, 2024.

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

August 25, 2024, 9:11am Latest News

NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they'll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the pair will now last more than eight months. Read story

The Zekelman Holocaust Center Director of Education Ruth Bergman, seen through a display, during a tour in Farmington Hills, Michigan, on Aug. 7, 2024.

‘This is a human story’: Educators learn strategies to teach the Holocaust

August 25, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

Because the Holocaust is difficult material to teach, Renea Di Bella, an education specialist at the Zekelman Holocaust Museum, advises teachers to start by asking students a question. Read story

A study found that older drivers are more distracted by in-car technology than younger drivers.

Does WA have an age limit or any restrictions for seniors to get a license? What DOL says

August 25, 2024, 6:00am Health

The risks of driving increase as you age, due largely to increases in vulnerability to injury, although physical changes associated with aging also can impact your ability to drive. Read story

Landlords cry foul as more states seal eviction records

August 25, 2024, 6:00am Business

When pandemic-era tenant protections expired, rents immediately soared, and eviction filings surged last year more than 50% over pre-pandemic levels in some U.S. cities. Read story

Then-President Bill Clinton, center, greets newly hired Chicago police officers on June 30, 1995, during an award ceremony for Clinton given by the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence in Chicago. The officers were hired with federal funds from ClintonÇ&fnof;Ùs Crime Bill. (Paul J.

At 1996 DNC, Democrats touted a law that stressed cops and prisons. The party’s approach has shifted significantly

August 25, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

The last time Chicago hosted the Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden was a U.S. senator who gave a nine-minute speech praising President Bill Clinton’s leadership in securing a tough new anti-crime law. Read story

FILE - Police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd during protests against the shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. on Aug. 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo.

With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver

August 25, 2024, 6:00am Business

Forward Through Ferguson has made its mark on its community and the St. Louis region by focusing on justice and education, racial equity and policing reform. Read story

The Clark County Public Service Center is pictured in Vancouver in 2020 (The Columbian files)

Despite empty positions at the top, Clark County Medical Examiner’s Officer keeping up with increasing workload

August 24, 2024, 9:55am Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office is able to meet local demand for death investigations and autopsies, officials say, despite a national shortage of forensic pathologists and a nearly yearlong vacancy of the chief medical examiner position. Read story

Heidi Leonard of Vancouver walks downstairs through her apartment building complex. Leonard lives at The Pacific and said the supportive housing needs more security and accountability.

Can Housing First work in the face of Clark county’s fentanyl crisis? Residents say apartments are rife with drug use and crime

August 24, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

Heidi Leonard lives at The Pacific apartments, but some days, the 51-year-old wishes she were still homeless. Read story