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Heavy rains and snowmelt in January contributed to dangerous flooding conditions in the Pacific Northwest. Dozens of families evacuated their homes as the water rose.

The Tuesday figures come as the head of the World Health Organization warns that a few cases of 2019-nCoV that have been spread by people who never traveled to China could be "the tip of the iceberg."

Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count.

"If everyone makes this change, or these critical changes and sacrifices now, we will rally together as one nation," President Trump said on Monday.

The governor ultimately turned to a state public health official to issue an order shutting down the primary after a judge said postponing the vote at the last minute would set "a terrible precedent."

View NPR's graphics to see where COVID is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are under control and where cases are still spreading.

High school musicals are canceled around the country over coronavirus concerns. Broadway star Laura Benanti asked disappointed high school singers for the next best thing: performance videos.

In 1973, five black students and five white students were told to go around the room and say what they really thought about people of the other race. It bonded them in ways they never expected.

"We want to go big," President Trump said as his administration seeks to revive the now-stalled economy.

The virus pandemic comes at a vulnerable time for the Britain's overburdened public health care system.