WSU professor upgraded to serious condition

SPOKANE — The Washington State University professor who has been hospitalized since a March 30 assault has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. David Warner is recovering at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Pullman police say the 41-year-old Warner received severe head injuries after he tried to break up a fight outside of Adams Mall on College Hill in Pullman. Police have arrested two people in connection with the case, and say they are trying to locate two additional suspects.