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SEATTLE (AP) — Carol Newhouse, the wife of Washington state Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, has died. She was 62. The congressman's office said in a news release that she died Friday. It did not say where she died or give a cause of death...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a 34-year-old man died when his pickup truck went over a 200-foot cliff in central Washington. The Tri-City Herald reports Benjamin McAfee of Wilson Creek was driving the pickup Tuesday on Road 22 Northeast near the town of Krupp, which is also known as Marlin...

GIG HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a 36-year-old commercial geoduck diver has died in Puget Sound. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter that the sheriff's office dive team responded to a report Tuesday afternoon of an unresponsive diver near Fox Island...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars," has died. She was 60. Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through her spokesman saying Fisher died Tuesday just before 9 a...

The legendary UK singer, who started his career in the band Wham, died today (Dec. 25).

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials say one of eight children hospitalized in Washington state for a polio-like illness has died. The Seattle Times reports the child was one of three still hospitalized in Seattle. The child was not identified...

The U.S. Defense Department says a soldier from Mill Creek, Washington, died from a noncombat-related injury in Kuwait. The department says 1st Lt. Jeffrey D. Cooper, 25, died Saturday. The WDRB TV station in Louisville, Kentucky, says Cooper was killed in a rollover vehicle accident while traveling from Camp Buehring in Kuwait to the Ali Al Salem Airfield...

(ESPN.com news services) Hockey legend Gordie Howe died Friday, the Detroit Red Wings have confirmed. He was 88. Howe, who was known as Mr. Hockey, holds NHL records for most games (1,767) and seasons (26). His 801 career goals rank second to Wayne Gretzky's 894.

NEW YORK (AP) — James Noble, a Broadway-seasoned actor who appeared on soap operas and films like "10" and "Being There," but perhaps was best known for playing the absent-minded governor to Robert Guillaume's patient head of household in the 1980s sitcom "Benson," has died in Connecticut. He ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, has died. She was 92. Known to millions of viewers simply as "Mother Angelica," she was the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network. EWT...