Authorities have closed a wide swath of popular campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington as they search for a former Army soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters.

Travis Decker, accused of killing his three daughters in central Washington, remains at large after being spotted in Idaho, while federal agents have joined the search for him.

Several thousand veterans converged on the National Mall on Friday at a rally among 200 events nationwide against an overhaul that includes staffing reduction and some services cut.

Day, thousands of veterans and supporters are gathering for the Unite for Veterans, Unite for America rally, demanding protections on the essential services being cut by the Trump administration. NBC News' Melanie Zanona reports more from the National Mall in Washington,

An Oregon teen has been arrested in connection with an alleged mass shooting plot targeting the Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, in southwestern Washington, officials said.

A Columbia County teen planned to set off an explosive at the mall in Kelso off I-5 and then shoot people as they fled the movie theater there, the FBI said.

The charges faced by a teen accused of making a “detailed and imminent” plan for a mass shooting at a Kelso mall were released by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. Read online:

By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Donald Trump met privately with White House officials on Wednesday, there was little to suggest that the U.S. president was close to a public break with Elon Musk,

Back in March, "Sinners" director Ryan Coogler reacted to Denzel Washington's public statements about appearing in "Black Panther 3" and while it was something Coogler seemed excited about, he stopped just shy of confirming it.

Washington let it slip last year that he's planning a trip to Wakanda. It looks like the third time will be the charm for Ryan Coogler and the man he considers to be the greatest actor on the planet.

Like any Marvel fan thirsting for even a whiff of Black Panther 3 updates, we finally got a tiny splash of hope in the superhero drought — and it came straight from Ryan Coogler himself. The director behind the iconic franchise casually confirmed he’s writing a role for none other than Denzel Washington in the next installment.