Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...

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.

While these changes are largely symbolic, they’ve prompted mapmakers and educators to reconsider established labels. Florida ...

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of ...

Albuquerque, El Paso, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson – and why the lessons learned in this region are relevant for the rest of the country in the era of mass migration and climate change.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of ...

A new fire in southern California has exploded from 500 acres to more than 9,000 in just a few hours, prompting new evacuation orders for an area already reeling from blazes that have destroyed ...

Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades, Eaton and Hughes fires, are burning ...

Los Angeles County’s latest major wildfire burns more than 10,000 acres near Castaic Lake as new Laguna Fire forces campus to evacuate ...