Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring Arizona sheriff’s offices and corrections staff to help federal immigration agencies with enforcement.

A coalition is working to add federal protections to the Upper Verde River and Sycamore Creek via a Wild and Scenic River designation. It's threatened by groundwater pumping and long-term drought.

Though distinct disciplines, both paleontology and archaeology use similar technologies and methods in their work and show fascinating intersections.

For several hours Tuesday morning, residents near the Whispering Pines Ranch area west of Bellemont were prepared for a possible evacuation due to a nearby wildfire.

A quick-strike crew of Navajo firefighters and utility workers are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of the Eaton Fire that rampaged through the Los Angeles area.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland set out four years ago on a historic journey as the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.

An Israeli investigation found "professional failures" occurred in last month's killing of 15 Palestinian medics by Israeli forces in southern Gaza.

NPR speaks with Kim Daniels, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, about what Pope Francis has meant to U.S. Catholics.

The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in Texas under the Alien Enemies Act in an uncharacteristic middle-of-the-night order on Saturday.

The Trump administration has threatened to stop brokering peace talks between Russian and Ukraine if progress isn't made soon, raising anxiety in Ukraine after a string of deadly Russian attacks.

Pope Francis has died at 88. He was one of the most popular pontiffs in decades, forcing the church to turn its attention back to the poor and disenfranchised and to clean up corrupt Vatican finances.