SEATTLE (AP) — The "bikini baristas" in one Washington city might become tank-top baristas following a U.S. appeals court ruling.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on a legal challenge to a new Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for asylum seekers (all times local):

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to give quicker bond hearings to immigrants caught on the border who pass initial asylum screenings.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit filed against Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant by two Seattle police officers over public statements she made calling the...

SEATTLE (AP) — A lawsuit by 17 states challenging President Donald Trump's separation of migrant families at the Mexico border has been transferred to a California courtroom where a federal judge is already overseeing several related cases.

Washington, California, Massachusetts and other states led by Democratic attorneys general filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said Wednesday that transferring the case would be more efficient.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal civil-rights jury has awarded a Federal Way man $640,000 after finding a Federal Way police officer used excessive force when arresting him at an accident scene in 2014.

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for the city of Everett have filed a brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asking for a temporary ban on a dress code for bikini baristas to be lifted.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on a federal court hearing in Seattle regarding President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people entering the military (all times local):

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A federal judge in Seattle says she won't immediately consider President Donald Trump's new policy banning transgender people from serving in the military.

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The city of Everett, Washington, has filed an appeal after a federal judge ruled in favor of bikini baristas, who sued the city over new dress code ordinances that ban bare skin.

The Daily Herald reports the baristas' lawsuit has been put on hold as the city appeals the judge's decision in December to extend an injunction, preventing the city from enforcing its two laws.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the University of Washington from billing the College Republicans a $17,000 security fee for a campus rally on grounds that it violates free speech rights.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on courts blocking the president's efforts to keep transgender people from enlisting in the military (all times local):

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A third federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people joining the military.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman issued her ruling Monday in a case brought by several plaintiffs, including a soldier based in Washington state and two young men who hope to enlist.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of bikini baristas in Everett, Washington, who sued the city over new dress code ordinances that ban bare skin.

U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman on Monday extended an injunction that prevents the city from enforcing the two laws. That means the coffee stands can continue to operate while the lawsuit filed by seven baristas and the owner of a chain of coffee stands called "Hillbilly Hotties" makes its way through court.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle says she'll decide by Dec. 8 whether to join her counterparts in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore in blocking the Trump administration's proposed transgender military ban.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman heard oral arguments between lawyers for the Justice Department and transgender rights advocates, including Lambda Legal, on Tuesday — just hours after the Baltimore judge's ruling.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has found the Washington state agency that oversees mental health services in contempt for failing to provide timely competency evaluations for people waiting in jails.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has blasted the Washington state agency responsible for providing competency services to mentally ill people in jail, saying the agency doesn't appear to understand that these individuals "have constitutional rights that are being violated."

SEATTLE (AP) — The state of Washington has accrued fines of almost $7.5 million for failing to provide competency services to mentally ill people charged with crimes who must wait in jails for weeks or months before receiving evaluations or treatment.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman issued an order Tuesday saying the state must pay the outstanding balance of $2.3 million.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has modified a permanent injunction against the Washington state agency that oversees competency evaluations for mentally ill people charged with crimes.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Washington state's mental health services agency to pay a civil contempt fine of $185,500 for failing to provide timely competency services to mentally ill defendants.

The fine follows a contempt order that U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman issued on July 7 against the Washington state Department of Social and Health Services.

Pechman said the state has not complied with her 2015 permanent injunction that required the...

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday held Washington state's mental health services agency in contempt for failing to comply with her order to provide competency services to mentally ill defendants in a timely fashion.

The Department of Social and Health Services is violating the constitutional rights of these people by forcing them to wait weeks or months in jail before receiving competency evaluations or treatment to restore their competency, U.S. District Judge...