On the evening of October 9, 1946, members of the Kaibab Trail crew at the Grand Canyon National Park were watching the sky during a meteor shower caused by the trail of Comet Giacobini-Zinner.

The investigation centers on whether two of the uranium mining company’s leaders used nonpublic information about President Trump’s cuts to a Utah monument for stock purchases.

A new study says the tiny alpine streams that feed rivers like the Colorado are seeing less groundwater-fed streamflow. That could have a cascading effect.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected a Republican-turned-independent as her running mate in a tough reelection campaign. The ticket with former Mesa Mayor John Giles aims to appeal to Republicans and conservative independents in a state that once was a GOP stronghold.

Carter Eslick pleaded guilty to hazing a fraternity pledge who died after drinking excessively during a rush event. Under a plea deal, he could serve up to four years of probation and a year in jail.

The U.S. Senate voted Friday to confirm Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, to lead the federal agency that provides healthcare for some 2.8 million Native American and Alaska Native patients.

The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point.

On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.

Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts.

Hundreds of migrants have again attempted to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. This time, Moroccan officials fended them off, raising new questions about the crossing of July 30.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KXJZ listener Nori Aquino of Sacramento, Calif.