Lisa Baumann, Associated Press

The law, if signed as expected by Gov. Jay Inslee, will immediately block the sale, distribution, manufacture and importation of more than 50 gun models, including AR-15s and AK-47s.

Canada on Monday lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the U.S. is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians.

Order halts use of tear gas and pepper spray for two weeks, though demonstrations this week have been calm.

The double-decker, 2.2-mile Alaskan Way Viaduct, which carries about 90,000 vehicles each day, will be replaced by a new four-lane tunnel.

The last four armed occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon said they would turn themselves in Thursday morning after the FBI surrounded them.

Cleanup began Wednesday in Washington state after a powerful storm killed three people, cut power to more than 300,000 residents and flooded rivers.

Bremerton School District officials said in a statement late Wednesday that assistant football coach Joe Kennedy's leave was necessitated because of his refusal to comply with district directives that he refrain from engaging in overt, public religious displays on the football field while on duty as a coach.

Firefighter Jeff McClelland uncovered a body on the moon-like surface that blankets what used to be the community of Oso. Suddenly, he realized the dead man's son and brother were among the volunteers scouring the debris field.