A federal court says Republican legislators diluted Black voter strength. New maps may help Democrats break the G.O.P.

Lake Pepin, the largest naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River, is a beloved resource. But it’s got a big problem: Massive amounts of sediment are eroding from stream banks, ...

A cloudy, rust-colored liquid plume, roughly the size of a football field, flowed into the Mississippi River last week out of ...

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Get live updates and the latest news as Trump concludes Asia trip after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea and the government ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming the city it is today.

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened ...

From California to the Mediterranean, abandoned groves are being restored to life in order to save shrinking towns and ...

China has repackaged Xinjiang into a tourist haven, touting "ethnic" experiences that activists say it's trying to erase.

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A top-20 showdown is in store for No. 14/14 Tennessee this Saturday night inside a sold-out "Dark Mode" Neyland Stadium as it hosts No. 18/18 Oklahoma in a crucial SEC battle between two College ...