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 ...

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

Despite this, Google Maps and Apple Maps have not yet been updated to reflect these new names — and realistically might not ...

A Newark, NJ, seafood company was raided by immigration agents as President Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants begins. Eric Scott has the details on this morning's First News.

Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too ...

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 settlement ...

Political scientist Mark Leonard has found that people around the world are far more optimistic about Trump's presidency than ...

A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to ...

Amid renewed calls to boost domestic energy production, including President Donald Trump's famous "drill, baby, drill" ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will ...