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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The city of Hailey is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by an anti-mask group, arguing the group’s members can’t show they’ve been harmed by a local mask mandate. The Health Freedom Defense Fund based in Sandpoint filed the lawsuit in U.S. District

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press An attorney says former Washington State University football coach Nick Rolovich’s termination for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination was unlawful and an attack on his Catholic faith. Attorney Brian Fahling also says Rolovich intends to take legal action. Rolovich and four of his assistants were fired for not

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The race for city attorney in heavily liberal Seattle is offering voters a stark choice: A self-described “abolitionist” who wants to end traditional prosecution of most misdemeanors, or a Republican? The abolitionist is former public defender Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, who spent much of 2020 tweeting about her “rabid

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $120 million to boost access to generic versions of drugmaker Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill for lower income countries, if the drug gets approved by regulators. The private foundation says it will use the funds to “support the range of

SEATTLE (AP) — About 176 Seattle police officers and firefighters are unable to report to work as the COVID-19 mandate has taken effect and employees await possible accommodations to maintain their jobs without vaccines, according to Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office. The Seattle Times reports 93 sworn Seattle Police Department employees submitted requests for an exemption

PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — A man is dead after a shooting in Puyallup. Officers responded to a report of a shooting on East Main Street at 1:16 a.m. Wednesday. Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots and seeing someone running away from the scene. Puyallup police say when officers arrived, they found a man dead in the

PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — A man has been convicted of DUI vehicular homicide for crashing his car while driving drunk in Puyallup in 2019, killing his 52-year-old wife. Jeffrey Lepley was convicted Tuesday by a jury in Pierce County Superior Court. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 19. Lepley was driving his Jaguar on July

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement Wednesday. That presents an ultimatum to public employees who’ve refused, and

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rookie Dawson Mercer and Damon Severson scored first-period goals and Jonathan Bernier made 27 saves, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 4-2 win over the expansion Seattle Kraken. The Devils won their second straight to start the season. Seattle slipped to 1-3-1 on its five-game

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Washington State acting head coach Jake Dickert says his immediate focus in his new role is providing stability for players who were left hurting and shocked after Nick Rolovich and other coaches were fired for refusing to comply with the state’s vaccine mandate. He says he addressed the team

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have activated quarterback Sam Ehlinger and put receiver Parris Campbell on injured reserve. They also waived Jacob Eason, their No. 2 quarterback for the first two weeks this season. Campbell injured his foot on a 51-yard TD reception in Sunday’s victory over Houston. Ehlinger had been on injured reserve

By The Associated Press A vast majority of players in the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Holdouts remain in all four leagues and in the college ranks. Washington State fired football coach Nick Rolovich on Monday for refusing to comply with a vaccine mandate for government employees.

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Several months after COVID-19 vaccinations were made widely available in the United States, vaccination status continues to disrupt professional and college sports. The NHL suspended San Jose’s Evander Kane 21 games for submitting a fake vaccination card a week after proudly announcing that only four players on opening-night rosters

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man shot and killed by two sheriff’s deputies early Sunday in Vancouver, Washington. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday that 26-year-old Kfin Karuo of Vancouver died from a gunshot wound to the torso. Investigators said two deputies who were not named

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Kyle Whittingham of Utah is the Pac-12 coach of the first half in a vote by writers from The Associated Press who cover the league. Whittingham was picked in part for keeping the team bonded through a heartbreaking season during which defensive back Aaron Lowe was killed in a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s central administrative agency inadvertently released the COVID-19 vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees to two media outlets. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a spreadsheet sent to them and the Statesman Journal was supposed to contain the latest vaccination rates and vaccine exemption rates for each executive branch agency overseen by

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general has filed two misdemeanor criminal charges against a county sheriff stemming from his confrontation with a Black newspaper carrier in January. Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer faces one count of false reporting and one count of making a false statement to a civil servant for claiming

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Office of Financial Management says that more than 1,800 state workers have been fired, resigned or retired due to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for state employees. The cases of an additional 2,887 are pending because they are either in the process of receiving a

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Amazon is eying the airport of New Mexico’s most populous city as the site for construction of a new cargo facility. Albuquerque City Council members on Monday formally proposed a lease agreement for Seattle-based Amazon to build a 30,750-square-foot cargo facility at the Albuquerque International Sunport. Amazon spokeswoman Eileen Hards declined

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Kent police are searching for a homicide suspect after a man was found dead in a vehicle. Officers responded to the Buena Casa Apartments on 27th Place South around 2:50 p.m. Monday and found an unconscious male in a locked vehicle. Fire crews arrived and pried open the vehicle to find