Take a little break from coronavirus coverage to look at the beauty of cherry blossom trees which line the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but were brought to the United States from Japan.

Dorothy Campbell, 88, looked through a window on Thursday at her husband of more than 60 years, Gene Campbell.

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California — the first reported fatality outside Washington state — as federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home where most of the victims were stricken. Officials in California’s Placer County, near Sacramento, said an elderly person who tested positive after returning...

There were 88 reported cases of coronavirus in the United States as of Monday and more than 80,000 worldwide. This scare has led to a spike in sales of products Americans think will help them avoid the virus.

The governor of Washington state declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United States

Health officials in California, Oregon and Washington state worried about the novel coronavirus spreading through West Coast communities after confirming three patients were infected by unknown means.

A lost sea lion took over a road in Washington state, and it took multiple agencies an hour to get it off land and back into the water.

When Christy Nielsen was searching for a new dog, she didn’t go to a pet store, or a breeder or even a shelter. Instead, Nielsen found her Pomeranian, Tinker, at the Omaha Correctional Center. Tinker is one of hundreds of dogs that has been fostered by inmates at the prison as a part of their Canine Compassion program. “I see...

Traci Strahan sits down with NPR’s Jami Floyd to discuss an Apollo Theater panel examining Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work, and how to adapt his 1967 manuscript in the current political climate on its 50th anniversary.

We’re taking a trip down memory lane and checking in on some of the pets adopted during the 2016 Clear the Shelters event.

A 30-foot pileup of tumbleweeds in Washington state trapped cars and motorists on Highway 240 on New Year’s Eve.

Eleven people were injured, three of them critically, after a man crashed his van into a Washington state clothing store Monday night, NBC News reported. The crash happened at around 9:15 p.m. at the Ross Dress for Less in Burien, about 11 miles south of Seattle. King County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Abbott said the driver of the van was waiting...

Michelle Obama joined forces with Ellen DeGeneres to give a Southeast Washington, D.C., elementary school a huge surprise. Randle Highlands Elementary School was brimming with holiday spirit on “Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways” this week. The talk show host enlisted the former first lady to surprise students with a new basketball court, updated computers and iPads for every...

A Seattle area movie theater was evacuated on Friday after mistakenly receiving a leaking package that contained bodily fluids, NBC News reports. The North Bend Theatre in North Bend, Washington — about 30 miles east of Seattle — received a box marked “highly contagious human substance” on Friday night, according to a Twitter thread from Eastside Fire & Rescue. Authorities...

A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys’ high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington. Videos circulating online show a youth staring at and standing extremely close to Nathan Phillips, a 64-year-old Native American man singing and playing a drum. Other students, some wearing Covington Catholic...

An organization that helps people with disabilities find jobs is feeling the effects of the partial government shutdown.

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes a pizza chain downsizing, a place specializing in bundt cakes and crowdfunding for a brewery

With no clear answer as to when federal workers can expect their next paycheck, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is taking action and considering giving those impacted state benefits.

In this edition of Restaurant Roundup, a closed cupcake spot and a gluten-free bakery is opening.