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Maps. Where would we be without them? And how would we even know? They can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else ...

Google has updated its US-based maps from Lake Ontario to Lake America, following an order by Donald Trump changing the name last week. Users in Canada will continue to see Lake Ontario, Google said, ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America is ...

As people move from place to place, the populations of towns and cities also rise and fall—sometimes significantly. New York City, for example, has been the largest city in the United States since ...

State boundaries can be iconic. Many were drawn by human hands, but some of the most recognizable contours were shaped by nature: the boot of southeastern Louisiana, carved by the Mississippi River, ...

A University of Oklahoma student plotted every U.S. hurricane landfall since 1851, totaling 307. The mid-Atlantic region, particularly around Washington D.C., has seen very few direct hurricane ...

The United States is heading into one of its most consequential midterm elections in decades. On November 3, every seat in the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate will be up for grabs ...