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BELLINGHAM  (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a sheriff's search warrant in northwestern Washington that seeks private Facebook data as part of an investigation into a Dakota Access oil pipeline protest. The ACLU in Seattle filed the motion Wednesday to quash the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office warrant for private messages and other data on the Bellingham #NoDAPL Coalition F

ISSAQUAH (AP) — Hundreds of people demonstrated outside one of Rep. Dave Reichert's district offices and demanded that the Republican congressman hold a town hall meeting. The Seattle Times reports that protesters on Thursday carried signs outside Reichert's office in Issaquah and urged him to save the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare...

PROSSER (AP) — A second Prosser School District employee has been placed on leave after posting Facebook comments about last week's Day Without Immigrants protests. The Tri-City Herald reports that an assistant librarian at Prosser Heights Elementary School was suspended Tuesday...

A Prosser elementary school teacher has been suspended over a posting on her personal Facebook page.

MT. VERNON  (AP) — The family of a police officer who went blind after he was shot while on duty says he is expected to return home on Valentine's Day. Officer Mike McClaughry, 60, has been undergoing treatment since he was shot in the back of the head while responding to another shooting in Mount Vernon on Dec...

A brutal incident of four 18-year-olds filming as they tortured a special-needs man has stunned authorities and residents of Chicago.

MONTESANO (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a young boy was apparently thrown from a railroad bridge about 25 feet into the Wynoochee River west of Olympia. The Seattle Times reports authorities are looking at reckless endangerment charges for the mother and the 35-year-old man who tossed the 4-year-old last week...

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Some Facebook users looking for something to do in real life can now get suggestions from the social network. The company says a team is putting together lists of things to do in 10 U.S. cities with the goal of helping users stay in the know about what's happening where they live...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas woman who spontaneously donned a Chewbacca mask she bought for a Facebook video says she "feels like she deserves a gold medal" after the post garnered more than 135 million views. Candace Payne tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that the mask that emits the Star Wars creature's distinctive roar "was just calling from the bag" before she made t

The Associated Press   The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Friday March 11, to Thursday, March 17, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify. ...