House finches are a familiar sight in northern Arizona, but their path to the West is a story of human introduction and adaptation.

Brendan Basham is a Diné author, educator and artist who lives in New Mexico near the Navajo Nation and Pueblo of Zuni. Basham was the first-ever culinary resident at Ucross, a foundation that hosts artists in Wyoming, and is working on his second novel after his celebrated debut "Swim Home to the Vanished."

Veteran Flagstaff outdoor photographer John Burcham is recovering from a recent rock-climbing accident in a remote Sedona canyon.

Navajo Nation police say a suspected drunk driver drove into a crowd ahead of a Christmas parade in Kayenta Monday, killing one person and injuring several others.

Gov. Katie Hobbs' office says it's partnered with a nonprofit to erase $642 million in medical debt owed by almost half-a-million Arizonans.

Rep. Walt Blackman of Snowflake has introduced a proposal to provide $1.5 million to the new independent office overseeing the state's prison system.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed to defend the self-ruled island's sovereignty in the face of what he termed China's "expansionist ambitions," days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills near its shores.

The protests began due to economic pressures, with Iran's currency rapidly depreciating. Demonstrators have also chanted against the country's theocracy.

Former special counsel Jack Smith spoke with lawmakers behind closed doors in December. That testimony is now public.

There's a new pill and new ways to pay for the weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ana Gonzalez and cellist Yo-Yo Ma about their new podcast Our Common Nature from WNYC, which connects music with nature and place.