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 proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America was bound to be controversial (“Trump wins first round vs. AP in fight over ‘Gulf of America,’” Web, Feb. 25).

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NASA astronauts Cmdr. Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Sunita "Suni" Williams spent nine months aboard the space station on what was supposed to be an eightish-day mission.

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If you walk out to the end of the Canandaigua City Pier you will see a tiny island off to the right. In 1779 the island was bigger, nearly two ...

The Associated Press refused to adopt the name change, leading to a dispute with the Trump administration and the AP's banishment from White House press events. The AP sued the Trump administration, ...

A 637-pound great white shark has traveled thousands of miles over the last two years and is now heading toward Louisiana's ...

It was 1993, and Bunker was looking for the Gulf of Mexico. Really he was just looking for the water. Bunker, a Seattle kid turned Iowa Hawkeye, had come to Florida’s Panhandle during winter break for ...

Legislation under consideration would rename the Gulf of Mexico in 52 sections of state laws. A separate bill would require ...