Easter Sunday

Above-average temperatures and plenty of sunshine are both in the forecast for Easter Sunday in the Chicago area. Temperatures are expected to warm into the low-to-mid 70s by Sunday afternoon, according to current forecast models. The average temperature for April 4 is in the mid-50s in Chicago, while last Easter saw a high temperature of 66, both of which will…

With Easter quickly approaching, stores across the Chicago area have released whether or not they will be open for the holiday this weekend.

“I really can’t believe all the attention that I have received the past two weeks,” Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly said.

The annual underwater Easter egg hunt in the Florida Keys is also a fundraiser to help local children in need.

An Australian Zoo is celebrating Easter by decorating the animal exhibits and welcoming in guests to join the festivities!

Public health officials, religious leaders and business owners are urging the public to be extremely careful in the coming days, with a rapid increase in COVID cases potentially being compounded by large-scale gatherings due to Passover and Easter. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports

April’s Easter holiday on Sunday brings a sign of hope, as well as a warning of caution from Chicago’s top doctor.

Walmart will be open on Easter, but Target will be closed — drugstores such as CVS and Walgreens will stay open for all your needs.

This will be an unusual Easter weekend for churchgoers as they look to celebrate online rather than in person. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern talks to Cardinal Blase Cupich about the holiday celebrated during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chicago native Harry Lennix from NBC’s “The Blacklist” is inviting a million people to stream his movie “Revival,” a retelling of the Bible’s Book of John set to gospel music, on Easter Sunday since people can’t go to church. NBC 5’s Lee Ann Trotter explains.

Easter Sunday is normally the most important date on Belgian chocolate makers’ calendar

Joel McHale revealed that he’s hosting a brand new episode of “Tiger King” that will debut on Netflix on Sunday, April 12.

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka held the first regular Sunday Mass since the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels killed more than 250 people. Military forces and police armed with assault rifles patrolled the streets leading to churches and stood guard outside the compounds. Everyone entering was required to produce identity cards and was body searched. Volunteers were...

A shooting at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego on Saturday, the last day of Passover, marks the latest tragedy in an increasingly dangerous trend of attacks on houses of worship during services where congregations are at their most vulnerable, NBC News reports. The attack on Chabad of Poway is the third of its kind in the last six weeks...

Catholic churches in Sri Lanka canceled all Sunday Masses until further notice over fears of more attacks from Islamic State-linked extremists, and the military said its soldiers in the eastern part of the country exchanged gunfire Friday night with suspects believed linked to the Easter bombings. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told journalists that church officials had seen a leaked security document...

More than 350 people were killed in bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Here are some details on the victims

Sri Lanka on Thursday lowered the death toll from the Easter suicide bombings by nearly one-third, to 253, as authorities hunted urgently for a least five more suspects and braced for the possibility of more attacks in the coming days. In rolling back the number of dead from 359, a top Health Ministry official, Dr. Anil Jasinghe, said in a...