Native American women earned historic wins in Tuesday's elections. Crystalyne Curley was elected as the first woman president of the Navajo Nation and former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland broke ground as the first Native woman elected governor of New Mexico.

A Coconino County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed man at the KOA Campground late Saturday. The man's wife told 911 dispatchers her husband had a gun and threatened to take his own life.

Arizona voters approved most of the measures Republican lawmakers put on the ballot, even as they handed control of the House and Senate to Democrats.

In her first speech since easily coasting to reelection, Gov. Katie Hobbs promised to crack down on Arizona's school voucher system, which many see as out of control and riddled with fraud and abuse.

Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley won by a margin of 1,115 votes. But her opponent, New Mexico attorney Justin Jones, isn’t giving up.

Four weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked hard to get to polling places and voting day became part of the recovery process.

Ukrainians are heading into their fifth winter at war. Russia has stepped up its bombing campaign of Ukraine's critical infrastructure. But Ukrainians see one bright spot — the U.S. midterm elections.

Democrats saw sweeping wins in state legislatures in the midterm elections — and it could bring changes in reproductive rights, health care and other issues.

House GOP lawmakers have chosen Ohio's Jim Jordan to serve as minority leader, elevating a co-founder of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus to succeed Mike Johnson as the chamber's top Republican.

The so-called billionaire tax has failed in California. With proposition 40 dead, here's what could be next for future wealth taxes.

Russia's top independent newspaper is closing after more than 30 years amid state pressure and censorship laws. Its founder won the Nobel Peace Prize and several of its journalists have been killed.