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W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Pacioretty scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-3 in a battle of the two newest teams in the NHL. Vegas, which made its league debut four years ago, held off a rally from the NHL’s latest addition in what turned out

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a suspicious fire at a mosque in University Place caused smoke, water and fire damage. The News Tribune reports the fire started at the Islamic Center of Tacoma around 8:10 p.m. Monday just before an evening prayer was scheduled to begin. Authorities say two people inside were able to

SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington has agreed to pay more than $800,000 to settle Justice Department allegations that a professor submitted false documentation relating to a highly competitive grant. The grant documents were submitted to the National Science Foundation by Mehmet Sarikaya, a professor in the university’s Materials Science and Engineering Department, according

SEATTLE (AP) — The Metropolitan King County Council has voted to remove Councilmember Kathy Lambert from her leadership roles on committees as punishment for a mailer her campaign sent out that featured a colleague and was widely condemned as racist. The Seattle Times reports Lambert initially defended the mailer, which portrayed Black Councilmember Girmay Zahilay

SEATTLE (AP) — The Boeing Co. has told employees they must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or possibly be fired. The Seattle Times reports the deadline for workers at the aerospace giant is Dec. 8. Employees can request exemptions “due to a disability or sincerely held religious belief.” The policy will apply to roughly 125,000 US-based

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Trying to figure out the Pac-12 Conference’s top offensive player remains a difficult proposition even this far into the season. Colorado running back Jarek Broussard was last year’s Offensive Player of the Year but he has yet to post a 100-yard game as the Buffaloes have struggled. But much

By CODY JACKSON and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first real-life spaceflight, he’s bringing out the awe in people around a rural Texas spaceport. The mayor of Van Horn, the nearest town to the port where Shatner on

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Officials say the pace of the Rattlesnake Ridge landslide in central Washington near Union Gap is continuing to slow. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Yakima County emergency services director Tony Miller says August measurements show the slab is moving less than 2 inches each week. In 2020, the slab was sliding up

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The reigning NCAA champion Stanford women’s basketball team has been picked to win the Pac-12 regular-season title in a preseason poll of conference coaches. The Cardinal earned 11 first-place votes. Oregon was chosen second after a run to the Sweet 16 and received the other

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle is rolling out COVID-19 vaccine sites as more people become eligible for booster shots. On Monday Mayor Jenny Durkan and representatives from Amazon, Swedish Medical Center, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and the Seattle Fire Department announced the heightened vaccine initiatives beginning later this month.  The initiatives are geared toward underserved communities.

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Dream has hired longtime WNBA player Tanisha Wright as its new head coach. The organization hopes she’ll bring some much-needed stability to a team that struggled under two interim coaches this past season and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2018. The 37-year-old Wright played

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that bars cockfighting in Puerto Rico. The high court on Tuesday turned away a challenge to the law. As is typical, the high court did not explain why it declined to take the case. Congress in 2018 changed a federal law that

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former Oregon Secretary of State Bev Clarno and three other Republicans have filed a lawsuit to challenge new congressional districts recently passed by state lawmakers. They say the new maps are partisan gerrymandering, unconstitutional and contrary to state law. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the suit, filed Monday in Marion County Circuit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 24,000 nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente in California and Oregon have overwhelmingly authorized a strike over pay and working conditions strained by the coronavirus pandemic. Similar strike votes could come in a half-dozen other states against Kaiser, one of the nation’s largest health care providers.

WOODLAND, Wash. (AP) — The wheel of a slow-traveling Amtrak train came off the tracks near Woodland, Washington. None of the 95 passengers were injured. A Washington state spokesperson says the train was going about 15 mph (24 kph) when the wheel came off the track between the Vancouver and Kelso Amtrak stations at about

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle-area carpenters have approved a new contract with their employers following a nearly three-week strike that slowed construction work across the region and exposed internal divisions among the union’s 12,000 members. The Northwest Carpenters Union said Monday evening its members voted about 54% to 46% in favor of the deal. Union members

GRANITE FALLS, Wash. (AP) — A search-and-rescue team found two hikers stranded in whiteout conditions Monday northeast of Seattle on Three Fingers mountain in the Cascades. The Daily Herald reports the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue unit was alerted around Sunday of the two hikers stuck at 6,800 feet on the mountain. The

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Ridgefield, Washington man is being held on $1 million bail after authorities say he kidnapped a woman as she sought help at a Vancouver, Washington convenience store, assaulted her and tried to kill their infant. The Columbian reports Aarondeep Johal was reportedly out of custody on bail Sunday in a

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Russell Wilson was a spectator as the Seattle Seahawks returned from a mini break. Wilson underwent surgery last Friday to repair injuries to his right middle finger. Wilson suffered a ruptured tendon and a fracture-dislocation of the middle finger in Seattle’s loss to the Los

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say officers saturated an area of Portland Sunday night known for street racing and stopped dozens of would-be racers from congregating. The Portland Police Bureau says with Oregon State Police, police made 47 traffic stops, issued 21 citations and arrested two people. Police say during their encounters they explained the