A year after omicron began its assault on humanity, the ever-morphing Covid mutant drove virus case counts higher in many places just as Americans gathered for Thanksgiving. It was a prelude to a wave that experts expect to soon wash over the U.S.

An Arizona-based law firm founded to defend what it says are Christian values in court is trying to block the most used method of abortion.

A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.

The Indian Health Service announced that all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment when appropriate, under a new vaccine strategy.

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of Covid.

U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 230,000 times on the Mexican border in October, the third-highest month of Joe Biden's presidency amid growing numbers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia and other countries.

Buu Nygren has ousted Jonathan Nez as president of the Navajo Nation, a position that wields influence nationally because of the size of the tribe's reservation in the U.S. Southwest and its huge population.

With 1.8 million ballots counted by mid-morning on Wednesday, less than 12,000 votes separated Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs and Republican nominee Kari Lake. Hobbs clung to a narrow lead that shrank considerably overnight. By 10:30 a.m., Hobbs had received 50.3% of the vote to Lake’s 49.7%.

Democratic leads narrowed throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, but by late morning on Wednesday Democratic Secretary of State candidate Adrian Fontes still held a five-percentage point lead over Republican nominee Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley.

Citing newly released test scores, Gov. Doug Ducey is setting aside $100 million in federal funds to conduct a second year of "summer camp'' to help youngsters catch up on what they missed in school due to Covid.