Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump outlined in one of his many executive orders a mission to celebrate ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after ...

How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...

Vigilance and preparation are important, say forecasters at the NWS, as wintry weather brings hazardous travel conditions.

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 61% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Cloudy with a high of 37 °F (2.8 °C ...

Cloudy with a high of 3 °F (-16.1 °C). Winds WSW at 13 to 14 mph (20.9 to 22.5 kph). Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds from WSW to SW at 14 to 17 mph (22.5 to 27.4 kph). The overnight low will be -22 ...

Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” highlights the politics of map naming, sparking debates, social media snark, and mixed reactions globally and domestically.

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The ...

N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.