The implosion of a liquor storage tank at Nippon Dynawave mill, which killed several employees, raises urgent safety concerns as investigators continue to review. LONGVIEW, Wash. — The questions haunting investigators at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill are the same ones that trouble Mickie Dearing: How does a tank that big simply implode — and why didn’t anyone see it coming? Dearing spent three years at the Packaging Corporation of America plant in the Tri-Cities area of central Washington, about 250 miles upriver from the site of Tuesday’s deadly incident on the banks of the Columbia River. He performed the…
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Regarding the existing ceasefire, Vance said that “Ceasefires are always a little messy,” but it’s “very much holding.” WASHINGTON — U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Iran did not immediately confirm any deal. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday evening confirmed there was a tentative agreement, but said it was unclear whether President Donald Trump would approve it. This story continues below. “It’s…