Easter

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.

Celebrating Easter Sunday is difficult during the pandemic, but families are finding creative ways to continue traditional rituals. Rick Montanez reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, 2020.

Churches were empty but Californians celebrated Easter from their homes and even in their cars as residents endured the fourth straight weekend under statewide orders to stay indoors to slow the spread of the coronavirus. At least 500 worshipers joined via Facebook Live to hear the priest Nicolas Sanchez Toledano lead Sunday’s service from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in...

Churches are hosting Easter celebrations through virtual services, broadcasting them online and on the radio. Church members are also honking their cars as a way to celebrate the day. Gene Kang reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, 2020

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

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.

Easter Sunday is taking on a whole new importance for many this year as houses of worship across the Bay Area are turning to technology to stay connected.

Drive-up religious services will be allowed this weekend in Riverside County, but will be barred again after Easter Sunday to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The decision was a temporary reversal of an order that went into effect last weekend by Riverside County’s public health officer that sought to put a stop to all houses of worship from meeting...

Fresh snow in the mountains but no way to play in it. Tempting beaches after a week of rain but walking on them could bring a $1,000 fine. Easter egg hunts at local parks? Pretty much out. As 40 million Californians entered their fourth weekend under statewide stay-at-home orders designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, restrictions tightened further…

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.

Fr. Christopher Smith says the message of Easter takes on special meaning during the pandemic. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2020. 

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis chats with Stacy Krajchir-Tom to learn how to dye Easter eggs with natural ingredients found at home.

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...