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

Ultimately, Trump can rebadge the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, but only from a strictly US perspective. It is unlikely to matter much to the rest of the world, save for those wishing to ...

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 – ...

According to the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, from 1980 to 1999, the world suffered about 4,200 disasters that caused 1.19 million deaths and $1.63 trillion in economic losses.

A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

Alaskans are responding after President Donald Trump changed the name of North America's tallest peak from Denali back to ...

However, Trump's order only applies to the U.S. government's official position. Though headquartered in the U.S., ...

President Donald Trump is on a mission to celebrate American greatness. He jumpstarted the effort hours after taking office, ...

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a ...

Some remote regions will experience a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. The best places to see it will be in ...