Before long, adoring fans were clamoring for Stumpy selfies and slapping its scrappy visage onto T-shirts, calendars and other swag. Organizers of a D.C.-area race even selected the beleaguered ...

"Stumpy" might be no more, but the folk hero's legend lives on. The iconic Cherry Blossom shot to fame for his look early in the pandemic and became a viral smash. Now, the tree has been removed, but ...