Place names affect how people perceive, experience and emotionally connect to their surroundings in both conscious and subconscious ways. Psychologists, sociologists and geographers have explored how ...

Homeowners' discontent over rising property taxes is leading the growth of a movement to abolish them across GOP-led states.

Researchers debate whether marriage between educational equals—homogamy—is on the decline. But one thing is clear: The ...

Just a short drive from downtown lies Fort Worden State Park, a former military installation that’s found a peaceful second ...

A YouTuber has shared a horrifying glimpse of what the United States would look like if all the glaciers on Earth melted ...

Thirty-one countries gathered in Paris — without the United States — to coordinate their support for Ukraine during this ...

The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...

Apple has unveiled a major change to its ubiquitous Maps service, formally recognising the Indigenous lands of Australia and New Zealand as part of a project four years in the making.

Alderman, University of Tennessee, and Jordan Brasher, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how ... time can signal cultural shifts. The ...

A Jefferson County father and daughter successfully hunted in four different states to get to qualify for grand slams in ...