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SUSANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters face more dangerously windy weather as they struggle to keep the nation’s largest wildfire from moving toward a Northern California county seat and other small communities. Forecasters have issued red flag warnings of critical fire weather conditions for most of Tuesday in the area of the month-old Dixie Fire. Authorities

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed in a fire that burned two apartment buildings in the Browne’s Addition neighborhood in Spokane. KXLY-TV reports the fire started around 2:45 a.m. Monday. Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer says the blaze started in Tiffany Manor, which has 11 units, and spread to another building

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is planning to grant as many as 1,200 commutations for people on community supervision whose drug convictions have been deemed unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court. This spring, Inslee issued commutations to the handful of incarcerated people serving prison terms solely due to the overturned statute. As

GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — Public health officials say more than 200 COVID-19 cases are now linked to a three-day country music festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George. The Seattle Times reports Grant County public health officials said Monday they are aware of 210 people with COVID-19 linked to the Watershed Music Festival. The Grant

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says the fatal shooting of Kevin Peterson Jr., a Black man killed by Clark County deputies in southwestern Washington during a drug sting, was “justified and lawful.” The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik had asked Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Mary Robnett to

T-Mobile says it is investigating a leak of its data after someone took to an online forum offering to sell the personal information of cellphone users. The company said Monday that it has confirmed there was unauthorized access to “some T-Mobile data” but was still determining the scope of the breach and who was affected.

By The Associated Press The Associated Press preseason college football poll has been released and Alabama is No. 1. Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia round out the top five. A brief look at every team in the Top 25 from the Crimson Tide to the Sun Devils.

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Edgar Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy. The 44-year-old racial justice activist argues institutionalized philanthropy in America perpetuates practices that marginalize minority communities. Villanueva says he came to that conclusion after his many years of working in philanthropies from Washington state to North Carolina. Through his book,

SEATTLE (AP) — Police are investigating after a man’s body was found at Seattle’s Gas Works Park. Investigators are calling the death a “possible homicide.” A passerby found the body near North Northlake Way and Meridian Avenue North at about 4:30 a.m. Monday after hearing what sounded like a gunfire. Seattle police spokesman Patrick Michaud

GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — More than 160 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed among people who attended the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre. That’s according to the Grant County Health District. Officials say the outbreak is the first one traced to an outdoor entertainment event since the lifting of statewide COVID-19 prevention

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The San Francisco Giants haven’t had a winning season since 2016, and they were certainly overshadowed by the Dodgers and Padres entering this one. But it’s been clear for a while that San Francisco needs to be taken seriously. The Giants have won 15 of their last 20 games.

QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests are girding for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility has warned thousands of customers it might cut their electricity to prevent new fires from igniting if gusts damage power lines. Conditions that suppressed the huge Dixie Fire overnight gave way Monday afternoon

By EDWARD ELSTON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Raul Ruidiaz scored the go-ahead goal directly off a free kick and the Seattle Sounders went on to beat the rival Portland Timbers 6-2 in a Cascadia Cup match Sunday night. Ruidiaz and Fredy Montero each scored twice. The Sounders moved into second in the Western

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Teoscar Hernández and Randal Grichuk both homered in the second inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays used four long balls to avoid a sweep with an 8-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. Hernández and Grichuk each hit their 20th homers of the season as part of

CHICAGO (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 19 points, Allie Quigley hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, and the Chicago Sky beat the Seattle Storm 87-85 in overtime. Copper made two free throws to give the Sky an 85-83 lead with 1:40 to play. After Chicago got a stop on the other end, Ezi

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Toronto center fielder George Springer departed with an ankle injury, part of a tough night for the Blue Jays during a 9-3 loss to Luis Torrens and the Seattle Mariners. Torrens’ three-run homer off Trevor Richards in the seventh inning lifted the Mariners to their fourth straight

W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Third-string quarterback Nathan Peterman completed 29 of 38 pass attempts for 246 yards and the Las Vegas Raiders opened the preseason with a 20-7 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. With starter Derek Carr skipping the opener, and backup Marcus Mariota nursing a leg injury, Peterman looked solid

By EUGENE GARCIA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of Northern California homes remain threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire and officials warn the danger of new blazes erupting across the West is high because of unstable weather. Thunderstorms haven’t produced much rain, but whipped up winds and generated lightning strikes

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Temperatures are expected to reach up to 94 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as an excessive heat warning is set to expire in the evening. Cooling centers in Oregon’s largest county Multnomah County will remain open until Sunday morning for people seeking a place to escape the heat. Although

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Department of Health recommended a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people with severely weakened immune systems. The recommendation Saturday comes as the delta variant surges in the country. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that immunocompromised Americans can get an extra dose