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Crews cleaning out a library come across a decades-old stash in Walla Walla, Washington.

The 35-year-old man is accused of punching the 72-year-old veteran several times, rendering him unconscious, before walking away down the hall.

SEATTLE -- Police declared a riot Saturday afternoon after another day of peaceful protest was hijacked by looters who lit fires, possibly injured more officers and caused widespread damage in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood.Up to 1,000 protesters gathered about 2 p.m. Saturday for a peaceful march in solidarity with unrest and violent demonstrations in Portland.

LONGVIEW, Wash. -- A maskless woman at a grocery store in Washington state was captured on video ordering others away from an aisle until she was done shopping, calling one person a “demon” while invoking the name of Jesus Christ.The incident happened July 21 at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Longview, Washington, located about 50 miles north of Portland.

WASHINGTON -- After days of handwringing about a new nickname, Washington's NFL team has temporarily settled on going without one.For the time being, the team will simply go by the “Washington Football Team.”

AUBURN, Wash. -- A Washington State deputy has a group of young men to thank for intervening when a suspected intoxicated driver tried to choke her.According to the sheriff's office, the deputy was off-duty and driving her patrol car home about 1 a.m. on July 18 when she was flagged down in Auburn after a "very intoxicated" man had just caused a multi-vehicle crash.People in the vehicles that were hit said the driver was trying to walk away from the scene.When the deputy tried to call on him to stop, he continued stumbling away until the deputy ran up to him and told him he was not free to leave.He reportedly tried fighting the deputy, who was able to get him onto the ground and call for help on her radio.

WASHINGTON — The National Park Service says Washington's famous cherry trees reached peak bloom over the weekend.The National Park Service says on its website that peak bloom was reached Saturday.This year's bloom was different from in the past because cold weather killed half of the blossoms on the famous trees just as they were reaching peak bloom.Peak bloom is normally defined as the day when 70 percent of the blossoms are open on the Yoshino cherry trees around the Tidal Basin.

SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington Amber Alert was called off Monday afternoon after a 6-year-old Spokane Valley girl was found safe.Authorities issued the alert after Tracy Packard pulled her daughter Danika from school to “go be with the Lord,” the school told Danika's father.Sheriff's deputies received a call from Danika’s father reporting the odd behavior at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning.

BURLINGTON, Wash. — A man carrying a rifle entered a Macy's store at a mall in Washington state, shot dead four women and a man, and vanished into the night, police said.Authorities believe only one person fired the shots at Cascade Mall in Burlington on Friday night.A search is underway for an armed man who headed toward Interstate 5 after the attack, said Sgt.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday, January 5th announced a series of executive actions designed to reduce gun violence and expand background checks for gun buyers.

WASHINGTON — Police say a Wisconsin woman who was hit by a car on September 19th while trying to cross H Street in Washington has died.Police identified the woman Saturday, September 26th as 62-year-old Janet Hoy of Watertown, Wisconsin.