As of Wednesday night, map applications for Google and Apple still called the mountain and the gulf by their old names.

Since all three Americas touch the body of water in question, the Gulf of America should have a different name, Richard ...

After a year of driving through 49 states, here is the best spot in each region of the US from the South's Everglades to the ...

Donald Trump is already failing the implicit geography test that is taking office as the president of the United States.

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The United States is a collection of oddly shaped territories whose silhouettes have become instantly recognizable. How did Michigan lay claim to the Upper Peninsula and not Wisconsin? Here are ...

1. “The Associated Press will refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its original name while acknowledging the name, Gulf of America. As a global news agency that disseminates news around the world, the AP ...