Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A trial date of Jan. 12 has been set in the case of a World War II veteran who was beaten to death by two teen-agers during a robbery in Spokane.

88-year-old Delbert "Shorty" Belton was beaten to death last year

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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The 2014 apple crop came in 3 percent less than forecast but is still a record 150 million boxes. The crop is measured in 40-pound boxes. The Washington State Tree Fruit Association released its final tally Tuesday on the apple harvest

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Russell Wilson threw two touchdown passes, ran for another score and the Seattle Seahawks stifled Philadelphia's high-powered offense in a 24-14 victory over the Eagles on Sunday.

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King County Health officials say a man is being tested for Ebola at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

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Seven people were arrested during protests in Seattle over recent grand jury decisions not to indict police officers who killed young black men in Missouri and New York.

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Washington is fighting efforts to get a federal judge to rule against the state in a lawsuit claiming mentally ill people are waiting too long for competency evaluations.

The federal lawsuit says holding people for weeks or months while they wait for evaluations is unconstitutional

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A California man who told central Washington residents that God taught him how to construct a laser that cured cancer will spend two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to medical fraud.

67-year-old Edward J

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Washington lawmakers face new rules for meals that lobbyists pay for, starting in January.

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Washington's new background check requirement for all firearms sales went into effect Thursday and that means stores that sell guns will be doing a lot of background checks.

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The FBI has joined police in the search for a 15-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Cheney on Thanksgiving.

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