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 – ...

The massive wildfire burning near the U.S.-Mexico border grew by another 200 acres overnight and remained 10% contained. Cal ...

A Wisconsin-based geographer writes in a commentary that in the U.S., place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on ...

The incoming rain this weekend brings mudslide threat to areas previously affected by the wildfires, as crews race to contain ...

Here are fires that started in San Diego this week: A brush fire was burning close to homes in La Jolla on Thursday afternoon ...

The Gilman Fire broke out in the La Jolla neighborhood today, while a brush fire at the border with Mexico, has engulfed 20 ...

Firefighters are battling a new brush fire that erupted in San Diego County near the U.S.-Mexico border, as they also race to ...

A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color. Nassau County reached a ...

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

The crackdown targeted undocumented immigrants with criminal records, with arrests occurring in multiple states.

Numerous faith leaders across the U.S. say the immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump’s new administration has sown fear within their migrant-friendly congregations.