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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The fans are back and the crowds are loud, but home-field advantage still isn’t a factor early in this NFL season. Road teams have won 33 of the 64 games over the first four weeks. That extends a trend that began in 2019 and continued through the pandemic-impacted

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Long delayed evictions are rolling out more than a month after the end of a federal moratorium that had protected tenants, including some who hadn’t paid rent for many months because of the coronavirus pandemic. It is far from the tsunami many people predicted, but the

ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) — Kittitas County sheriff’s detectives are investigating a possible homicide after a call from a hiker led to the discovery of human remains in the Stampede Pass area, about two miles south of Keechelus Lake. A hiker in the area spotted something suspicious and called the sheriff’s office. Due to the length

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An Everett man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault for a triple shooting that left one woman dead at Boo Han Market in Edmonds. Duy Phuong Nguyen admitted guilt in the shooting that wounded his estranged wife, killed his wife’s friend Thanh Vy Ly and wounded

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Oil spilling into federal waters off California’s coast has prompted fresh calls for an end to offshore oil drilling in state and federal waters. But that’s easier said than done. Neither the longstanding ban on new drilling leases in state water nor an

By HAVEN DALEY BENICIA, Calif. (AP) — Some residents in the drought-parched U.S. West are turning to pricey machines that developers say can produce hundreds of gallons of water a day, literally out of thin air. The air-to-water systems work like an air conditioner by using coils to chill air, then collecting drops in a

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one unfolding in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of its pipeline if sensors pick up a sudden loss of pressure. Federal investigators said that’s not what happened. They say the Houston-based company waited more

SEATTLE (AP) — A man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for setting a fire outside a Seattle police precinct during the city’s “occupied” zone protest in June 2020. Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman says Isaiah Thomas Willoughby, of Tacoma, Washington, admitted he used gasoline to soak a debris pile outside the abandoned

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A Rwandan woman who was orphaned during her country’s genocide and lost part of her leg to childhood cancer has been fitted with a new prosthetic leg. Claudine Humure travelled from the African nation to Massachusetts for a final fitting at Next Step Bionics and Prosthetics

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one unfolding in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of its pipeline if sensors pick up a sudden loss of pressure. Federal investigators said Tuesday that’s not what happened. They say the Houston-based company waited

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two firefighters were injured when crews battled a large commercial blaze in Portland, Oregon, that blew the windows off a multi-business building. Firefighters responded to a call shortly after noon Tuesday of smoke coming from a building housing four businesses. Crews found heavy black smoke coming from a large roll-up door.

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks welcome the Rams this week with an offense led by coordinator Shane Waldron, who had the same role with LA the previous four seasons. Waldron was hired in the offseason to replace Brian Schottenheimer. Seattle was hoping he could merge what worked

SEATTLE (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Seattle attorney Lauren King as the first Native American federal judge in Washington state. King, a pro tem judge for the Northwest Intertribal Court System, also heads the Native American Law Practice Group at the Foster Garvey. She is the second of President Joe Biden’s nominees to be

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After receiving positive reviews, experts say a non-police first-response unit in Portland, Oregon, has the potential to be a “citywide solution” for an alternative to non-emergency calls regarding people experiencing a mental health crisis or homelessness. On Tuesday during a City Council work session,

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer The kneejerk reaction to Oregon’s loss to Stanford was that the Pac-12′s College Football Playoff hopes were gone. But that’s not quite the case. The conference still has a shot to get a team into the playoff for the first time since 2017, though the road definitely got a

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A woman from Washington state suffered burns from her shoulders to her feet when she tried to rescue her dog from a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. Park officials said in a statement Tuesday the 20-year-old woman was burned Monday afternoon at Maiden’s Grave Spring near Madison Junction.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Oregon has found a member of the far-right group the Proud Boys guilty of assault, menacing and unlawful use of a weapon for pulling out a loaded revolver, firing paintballs and spraying bear mace at people during Portland protests last year. Prosecutors called 51-year-old Alan Swinney a “vigilante

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health authorities say a woman in her late 30s has died from a rare blood-clotting syndrome after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Public Health Seattle & King County said Tuesday the woman was the fourth person in the United States to die due to blood clotting issues following

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by the United Nations’ weather agency finds much of the world is unprepared for the floods, hurricanes and droughts expected to worsen with climate change. The report says 60% of the countries it surveyed urgently need better warning systems to avert water-related disasters. It says