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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A state appeals court has rejected a request brought by a man convicted of murder in the death of a Yakima real estate agent for a new trial. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the court upheld Daniel Blizzard's conviction Thursday...

PASCO, Wash. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 94 years in prison for a fatal Pasco shooting in 2014 that was tied to a string of gang-related shootings in the area. The Tri-City Herald reports 20-year-old DeShawn Anderson, of Finley, was sentenced Monday after being convicted of murder, assault and weapons charges...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Pasco man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after a jury convicted him of murder related to drug trafficking. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, Michael Ormsby, said in a Wednesday news release that 28-year-old Domingo Valdovinos was convicted of murder in connection with a drug-trafficking conspiracy...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima Police say one of two boys who were believed to be the youngest murder defendants to be charged as adults in state history has escaped from custody. The Washington Department of Corrections said Monday that 25-year-old Jake Lee Eakin failed to report to the Ahtanum View Work Release Center Sunday...