Five people have been arrested in Washington after shots were allegedly fired at police officers.

President Barack Obama and his family today attended Easter service at a historically black Methodist church in south-east Washington.

An American woman who was expected to have been jailed for life for murdering her four daughters could instead walk free under a scenario outlined by the judge who found her guilty.

A rapidly-spreading US wildfire forced the evacuation of nearly 200 homes in Montana, while nursing home residents in Washington state were evacuated because of smoke from a nearby blaze.