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Tampa, Florida kicked off the annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival on January 25, with pirates invading the city in full costume ...

Columnist Mark Patinkin ponders new names for Rhode Island and it's cities and towns as the Gulf of Mexico gets renamed.

From deserts aglow like neon to lakes disappearing before your very eyes, these events are as singular as the landscapes that ...

A very prominent character in oceanographic history and science was Matthew Fontaine Maury. Being born an American in ...

The recently elected US president wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, amongst other places.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America and Denali, the tallest peak ...

Donald Trump would have no recourse under international law if he decided to make a play for the passage, and Panama's president has rejected the US president's words, saying no nation "interferes ...

President Donald Trump's recent executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America has thus far elicited a ...

From the southern tip of Texas, the coastline of the United States stretches eastward toward Florida's Big Bend, then ...

This week, announced it’ll begin accepting Venmo, offering a quick and easy way to pay for flights. The option is available ...

In support of President Trump's executive orders, the Coast Guard will send additional resources to maritime borders, the military branch said Tuesday.