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DEER PARK  (AP) — A Deer Park couple has been charged with animal cruelty after nearly 40 dogs and some cats were removed from their property. The Spokesman-Review reports deputies arrested Theresa and Thomas Hostetler on Monday on charges of first-degree animal cruelty and confinement of an animal in an unsafe manner...

SPOKANE (AP) — Spokane police officers have shot a man wielding a knife and wearing a hospital gown in the city's northeast side. Police Chief Craig Meidl tells KREM TV that about 6 p.m. Sunday officers received a call about a reckless driver...

HOQUIAM (AP) — Officials are investigating the death of a 35-year-old woman who struggled with police. Police say the woman became unresponsive after officers used a Taser on her and got her onto the floor and handcuffed her Monday, KOMO TV reported Tuesday ...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A Kennewick, Wash., jail inmate who reportedly stopped breathing shortly after being shocked with a Taser remains hospitalized in critical condition. The Tri-City Herald reports that Benton County sheriff's officers say 29-year-old Kevin Culp of Spokane was being treated during some kind of "medical episode" Monday at the county jail when he became combative... Rea