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Newhouse to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …
Suspect in shooting no stranger to protests, violence
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man believed to have fatally shot a supporter of President Donald Trump following skirmishes between Black Lives Matter protesters and a pro-Trump caravan in Portland, Oregon, was a regula…
AP source: Suspect in Portland death killed by investigators
LACEY, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week after a caravan of Donald Trump backers rode through downtown was killed Thursday as investig…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lucky For Life' game
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
Seattle landlords sue gov., mayor over eviction moratoriums
SEATTLE (AP) — A small group of Seattle landlords is suing Mayor Jenny Durkan and Gov. Jay Inslee over the constitutionality of city and state eviction moratoriums amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Oregon governor, others call for end to protest violence
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — With protests in Portland nearing the 100-day mark, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and other Democratic leaders on Thursday called for an end to violence even as federal agents were continuing to arrest …
Oregon's governor calls for end to violent protest action
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — With protests in Portland nearing the 100-day mark, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday called for an end to violence even as federal agents were continuing to arrest protesters who allegedly assa…
Wyoming lauds US carbon capture study; utility skeptical
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor is promoting a Trump administration study that says capturing carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power plants would be an economical way to curtail the pollution — finding…
Trump threat to Democratic-led cities provokes outcry
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said President Donald Trump’s latest threat to cut federal dollars for certain big cities is aimed at spurring them to do more to quell violence, but local leaders dismissed it Thu…
Trial begins for Sunriver officer accused of misconduct
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The trial of an ex-Sunriver Police officer whose relationship with a dispatcher came to light in connection with misconduct allegations has begun in Deschutes County Circuit Court.
Fire near Yakima grows to 52,000 acres, threatens 900 homes
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A wildfire burning near Yakima has grown to an estimated 52,000 acres (81 square miles) and residents of about 900 homes are under evacuation orders.
3 resign from Portland police oversight panel
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two members of a Portland police oversight panel have resigned, one criticizing the city’s “failed” response to ongoing protests and the other citing a lack of city accountability for bad poli…
Dad, stepmom charged in connection with death of 9-year-old
MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors have charged an Idaho stepmom with murder and her husband with felony injury to a child after police say emergency responders found a 9-year-old boy who wasn't breathing in the fa…
Domestic terrorist receives new sentence of 58 years
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — One of four men who participated in a spree of terrorist bombings and robberies in the Spokane area in 1996 has been re-sentenced to 58 years for those crimes.
Portland man sentenced to nearly 10 years for rape, assault
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland man was sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for the assault and rape of a homeless woman he lured to a vacant home last year, prosecutors said.
Search for missing 2-year-old boy continues in Eagle
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities are still searching for a 2-year-old boy who went missing near Boise Wednesday, the Ada County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.