In an initial report, county medical officials say the child died from hyperthermia, which is when the body overheats, and environmental heat exposure.

Mexico has faced increasing pressure in recent years to protect a nearly extinct porpoise that lives only in the uppermost part of the Gulf of California. As part of those efforts, officials say they will expand a no-fishing zone.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a 9-year-old migrant child died at a hospital in Mesa this month after falling ill while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Hundreds gathered on the lawns of the Yavapai County Courthouse on Friday afternoon to memorialize the legacies of the 19 elite Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives in the violent, sudden firestorm that fell on them a decade ago.

Mexico’s tourism ministry has selected the latest additions to its “magical town” program — including two more towns in Sonora.

Mexico’s president has made rooting out corruption a central promise of his presidency. But on Thursday, he admitted that a government agency focused on food security has been plagued by fraud.

The United States is placing 10 permanent attorneys and coordinators across the country to investigate the disappearances and killings of Native Americans.

Coconino National Forest and the surrounding area including Flagstaff will enter Stage 1 fire restrictions ahead of the Fourth of July.

KJZZ's Fronteras Desk accepted five national awards from the Public Media Journalists Association at a ceremony in San Antonio on Friday night. Reporters won second place in Division AA — the largest division that includes stations with 16 or more full-time news staff — in the Arts Feature, Continuing Coverage, Feature, Sports Feature and Use of Sound categories.