A federal hydrologist appeared to be momentarily at a loss for words Thursday as he described how dire the latest forecast has gotten for how much water will flow through the Colorado River Basin this summer.

A uranium ore truck headed from the Pinyon Plain Mine to Utah crashed on the Navajo Nation near Shonto Wednesday. Officials say no radiation leak was detected.

Moon trees are descendants of the seeds astronaut Stuart Roosa brought with him on Apollo 14 in the 1970s. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly helped Lowell dedicate a tree on May 5.

The Navajo Nation Department of Criminal Investigations does not have an on-site medical examiner, forcing criminal investigators to take on duties they are not properly trained for and slowing down murdered and missing persons investigations.

Rachel Entrekin has become the first woman to win the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon while shaving two hours off the course record.

A consultant for Essential Minerals says the proposed project near Coppermine is only being explored. But Navajo residents are still skeptical.

A police investigation is underway in the Philippines, with suspicions that the incident was staged to help Sen. Ronald dela Rosa escape.

Eileen Wang, now the former mayor of the City of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge that she acted as an illegal foreign agent of China.

President Trump is vying to make deals with China during his visit with President Xi Jinping. And, the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next leader of the Federal Reserve.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran diplomat Richard Haass about the differences in Chinese and U.S. readouts from President Trump's meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping.

At the summit, the Chinese leader placed Taiwan, a key point of friction between the U.S. and China, at the center, calling it "the most important issue" between the two countries.