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Facing mounting public pressure in a fight over equitable pay, U.S. Soccer said the World Cup champion women's national team has been paid more than the men's team.

MONROE, Wash. (AP) — The state Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a man who was stomped to death in state prison in Monroe. The Daily Herald of Everett reports that the federal lawsuit accused corrections officers of failing to protect 45-year-old Gordon Powell, of Centralia, from being beaten to death at the Monroe Correctional Complex in May 2015... Read Mo

LYNDEN (AP) — A city in northwestern Washington state has agreed to pay a $250,000 settlement following a race discrimination lawsuit brought by a former firefighter. The Bellingham Herald reports in a story on Saturday that the Lynden City Council approved the settlement Monday...

BOISE (AP) — A federal lawsuit by an environmental group seeking to force federal agencies to analyze whether about two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout has been dismissed. U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez in a ruling last week said federal agencies took action after the lawsuit was filed in July that met demands sought by the Alliance f

SEATTLE (AP) — Two Democratic presidential electors from Washington state have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a law that would fine electors if they disregard the state popular vote in the November presidential election. The Seattle Times reports Bret Chiafalo and Levi Guerra argue the $1000 penalty is unconstitutional, and that they should be able to cast their votes as they see fit when the

SEATTLE (AP) — A new federal lawsuit says Tukwila police were so concerned about a police dog's propensity to bite suspects and officers themselves that they had the animal's teeth filed down. Nevertheless, just weeks later the K-9 tore a fist-sized chunk out of a teenage suspect's calf...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit contending that 26 dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout and violating the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies on Monday in Portland, Oregon, names the U...