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FORKS (AP) — Police say a 59-year-old man fatally shot by police officers during a standoff had been threatening people for two days. The Peninsula Daily News reports that the man was shot Friday at a mobile home park near Forks. Sheriff Bill Benedict says no officers were injured...

TUKWILA (AP) — Police say officers have shot and killed a man who fired a shotgun at them during standoff negotiations just south of Seattle. Tukwila Police Sgt. Mike Murphy says two officers fired at the man at an apartment complex Thursday evening in an incident that began when the suspect shot and injured another man in an argument...

BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A judge who planned to host a community meeting Monday over the standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge has canceled it due to safety concerns. Harney County Judge Steve Grasty said in a news release authorities had become aware of plans to protest the meeting and block the entrance to the county senior center, where it was to be held. Ear...

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The armed activists occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon plan to hold a community meeting this week to explain themselves and inform residents when they'll leave. The Oregonian reports that a leader of the anti-government group told reporters on Tuesday that the meeting will be held Friday evening in Burns, 30 miles from the Malheur National Wildlife