Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

Among the blizzard of executive orders issued by Donald Trump on his first day back in the Oval Office was one titled ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following an executive ...

A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters and tried to overturn birthright citizenship in an aggressive first week that included ...

This incoming storm is tied to the remnants of the same system that is bringing beneficial, yet threatening, widespread rain ...

The Jacuzzi of Death, located 3,000ft below the Gulf of Mexico, is a circle around 100-foot wide and has very dense, very toxic waters containing methane and hydrogen sulphide ...

Backed by loyalists and tech billionaires, Donald Trump swept into office with a blizzard of executive orders to reshape ...

If you're dreaming of warmer weather, check out these seaside spots, from Kiawah Island in South Carolina to Kā'anapali Beach ...

It seems renaming places really is all the range in 2025, as Elon Musk has now suggested a new moniker for the English ...

Sea Turtle Inc. released over 300 sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico. Earlier in the week, the organization rescued the turtles during its second ...