MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is arbitrarily excluding "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx....

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- Damage has been estimated at million from a car fire at the drive-thru window of a Vancouver, Wash., McDonald's that spread to the restaurant....

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) -- A dramatic thunder and rain storm that pounded the Wenatchee Valley caused flash floods, mudslides and closed a portion of a major highway overnight....

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- The Yakima County coroner says an autopsy has found no sign of foul play in the death of a man whose body was found in the Yakima River....

HONOLULU (AP) -- A temporary restraining order has been issued to halt the inaugural shipment of trash from Honolulu to Washington state....

EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) -- A Grant County, Wash., spokesman says part of the courthouse in Ephrata was evacuated Thursday when employees returning from lunch found two canisters at the locked doors of the county clerk's office. Each canister had a battery on top....

SEATTLE (AP) -- Joseph Newlove is mourning the death in Afghanistan of his son, Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove. And he questions what would have led his 25-year-old son so far from his base....

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes....

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The execution of death row inmate Cal Coburn Brown can proceed after the state Supreme Court rejected claims Thursday that Washington's lethal injection procedures were unconstitutional....

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out, according to the program set for airing Thursday....