Five years to the day that Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay disappeared from her home, the man who acknowledged beating her, stealing her truck and leaving her on the roadside is free from prison.

The national guidelines would establish recreational climbing as an appropriate use of Forest Service lands and would also allow more fixed anchors in wilderness areas.

Researchers say decades of dry, hot conditions have killed pinyon pine and juniper forests across the West.

Though the price of gas at the pump is falling, it’s still roughly $1 higher in Arizona than it was a year ago, due in part to the war with Iran. That’s putting a squeeze on the river rafting economy.

The Tohono O'odham Nation wants a federal judge to immediately halt pending plans by the Department of Homeland Security to build 62 miles of border wall through the reservation.

The Coppermine Chapter voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution opposing mining projects like the kind Essential Minerals wants to build.

President Trump has threatened further attacks on Iran while Vice President Vance attended talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland on Sunday.

Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula.

The president posted on Truth Social claiming vandals slashed the pool's lining and poured chemicals into the water, saying arrests have been made. He provided no evidence for his claims.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Yu-Mei Balasingamchow about her new book, "Names Have Been Changed."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WYSO listener John Blakelock of Yellow Springs, Ohio along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.