Three days after a man was fatally shot while riding in his nephew's car, authorities have arrested the person they believe pulled the trigger.

A Yakima newspaper asked the state Supreme Court for help Tuesday figuring out how court-appointed defense lawyers in a murder case racked up what is believed to be a $2 million tab.

A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to faking breast cancer in a scam that netted thousands of dollars worth of sick leave donated by her City Hall co-workers and money from a church and other charities.

Authorities on Tuesday rescued a dog that had been stranded on an island on the Yakima River for a week.

Yakima-area lawmakers tried to get tough on gangs at the Legislature this year, but they were turned back at the last minute by powerful Democrats who worried the proposal amounted to racial profiling and would penalize innocent property owners.

YAKIMA, Wash.- The state's proposed gang bill failed but local supporters say it's only a matter of time.

The Estate of Karen Peterson will get $250,000 in a settlement with the Department of Corrections.

Yakima County sheriff's deputies say 1 of their officers was shot at more than a dozen times by people he had stopped in a car near Toppenish.

A man walked into a Walmart in Texas carrying at least two guns before engaging in a shootout with police outside the store, authorities said.

Two New York City police officers are among eight people charged with robbing about $1 million of perfume from a New Jersey warehouse.

The Vatican says it supports efforts in a German diocese to shed light on a sexual abuse scandal in a choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother.

Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago man encouraged a friend to kill the mother of his son and her family over a custody dispute.

Pakistani intelligence officials and militants say gunmen have killed a Pakistani Taliban commander in the country's North Waziristan tribal area.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A 40-year-old Yakima man was shot to death while riding in a car on South 16th Avenue, Yakima police said today.

People living in west Yakima may not have to go too far to check out books. The Yakima County Regional Library wants to build a new library on property off South 72nd Avenue.

A marriage between agriculture research and software development is putting critical weather information at a farmer's fingertips.

An imam linked to the suspects in an aborted suicide bomb plot against New York City pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to the FBI - a deal sparing him serious jail time but forcing him to leave the country.

Murder and arson charges have been filed against the owner and manager of a suburban Chicago apartment house where seven people were killed in a fire on Valentine's Day.

SELAH, Yakima County - Two teenage brothers have been missing since going for a run Thursday morning in the east Selah area where they live, Yakima County sheriff's detectives say.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A Yakima man was hospitalized late Friday night after firefighters carried him from his smoke-filled apartment on Terrace Street.