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A 13-year-old boy who fell into a sewer pipe during a family Easter celebration at Los Angeles’ Griffith Park has been found alive after a methodical 12-hour search of the drainage system.

After a month in crisis mode, governors across the U.S. face their next challenge in the coronavirus pandemic: When and how to lift restrictions designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and return to something approaching normal life.

President Donald Trump is anxious to put the pandemic and its crippling economic crisis behind him ahead of the election in November, discussing with aides when social distancing can be rolled back. A team, expected to be formally announced as early as Tuesday, has begun meeting behind closed doors in the West Wing to tackle another matter paramount to the...

A Virginia pastor who told his congregants, “God is larger than this dreaded virus” died of COVID-19 the day before Easter, his church said. The New Deliverance Evangelistic Church, in North Chesterfield, Virginia, right outside Richmond, announced the death of Bishop Gerald O. Glenn in an Easter Sunday address by Bryan Nevers, a church elder. “The first thing I asked God is, ‘Why?’”...

The coronavirus death toll in the United States has surpassed 22,000 while the total number of cases was over 550,000 Monday morning, according to a tally from John’s Hopkins University.

Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods and mudslides. In Alabama, people seeking shelter from tornadoes huddled in community shelters, protective masks covering their faces to guard against the new coronavirus….

Severe storms swept Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama on Sunday, destroying houses and cars on a day where many families expected to celebrate Easter. Forecasters say the severe weather threat could last for several more days.

The coronavirus death toll in the U.S. has climbed to nearly 20,000 while the total number of cases surpassed 514,415, according to a tally from John’s Hopkins University.

Andrea Bocelli’s Easter concert on Sunday was a gorgeous moment for the world to come together and reflect on the trying times we are all experiencing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis is calling for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic

Churches across New England found creative ways to celebrate Easter Sunday services during the coronavirus pandemic.  The pandemic, which has sickened over 35,000 people in New England, has forced religious institutions to rethink worshiping practices as local health officials urge people to practice social distancing. In Norwood, Massachusetts, the Grace Episcopal Church set up drive-thru Stations of the Cross and…

Christians around the world are celebrating Easter at a distance, with many churches closed and family gatherings canceled amid wide-ranging shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Churches across New England are finding creative ways to still hold Easter Sunday services during the coronavirus pandemic.

The town of Andover, Massachusetts, put on an Easter parade for the first time Saturday to celebrate the holiday while social distancing. The “Bunny Hop Parade” celebration comes with in-person religious celebrations canceled and group events banned in an effort to stop the coronavirus pandemic. The Easter Bunny rode on top of an Andover Fire Department ladder truck, waving to…

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 100,000 on Friday as the epidemic in the U.S. cut a widening swath through not just New York City but the entire three-state metropolitan area of 20 million people connected by a tangle of subways, trains and buses.

While the COVID-19 crisis means there will be no large Easter egg hunts, in-person church services, or holiday brunches served at bustling restaurants this weekend, many New Englanders are determined to celebrate—even if they do so in different ways than usual. “I miss all the people with whom I’m friends,” said Bishop Christopher Coyne of the Roman Catholic Diocese...

The COVID-19 pandemic means no in-person church services and no large egg hunts this year. But despite the changes, New Englanders are determined to celebrate in different ways than usual.

While traditional Easter and Passover festivities may not be happening this year, plenty of people are staying connected to loved ones from afar. From a family who left an iPhone on their 92-year-old grandmother’s doorstop so she could participate in Passover, to a 31-year-old only child whose new boyfriend will have to meet the parents via Zoom, here’s how eight...

Bertucci’s: Delivery or takeout will be available at all locations, choose from two different packages at $10 or $12.50 per person Branch Line: All items are available for delivery or takeout and serve four people Moldova Restaurant: The Easter menu is available for free delivery or takeout, most dishes serve 4-5 people Eddie V’s Prime Seafood: A full Easter dinner…

With bans on large public gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic, the faith community has had to find other ways to celebrate Easter this year.