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WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk reached out to experts in the region to learn more about what residents need to know about the quickly evolving health crisis.

Relatives say Sunday that Nichelle Nichols, who broke ground for Black women acting on television as Lt. Nyota Uhura on "Star Trek," has died at 89.

Temperatures forecasted to hang in the mid-90s for most of the week.

The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88. His family said on social media that Russell died on Sunday.

A woman who pleaded guilty to setting fire to police cars amid the 2020 racial justice protests in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.

President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug.

The latest winner of a big jackpot came Friday, when a single ticket sold in Illinois matched the numbers for a $1.337 billion Mega Millions prize.

Some people lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, and many didn't have much to begin with.

Behemoth developments in residential communities destroy the fabric that has held people together over generations.

A wave of “assassinations’’ led to 39 gun fatalities in Delaware’s largest city last year. This year, however, the opposite has been true.

It was the second weekend of protests after a viral video sparked accusations of racism and the park faces a racial discrimination lawsuit.

White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says in a letter that Biden “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well.”

It's the second such breach this week but this time, they didn't disperse peacefully.

Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday that four children are among the dead.

The suspect fired shots at the responding officers and a barricade was declared.