More than 40 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

A new map created by Newsweek reveals the locations of the nation's top school districts according to a report published last fall, showing that some states are seen as clear leaders in education ...

For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast ...

Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.

Wildfires continue to burn in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay updated with our live coverage Thursday, March 27.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she sent a letter to Google opposing a decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps.

A new map shows the planned high-speed rail routes of AmeriStarRail, a private sector company proposing to partner with Amtrak to transform rail travel in the Northeast United States.

According to the most recent map, nearly 88 percent of the continental U.S. was considered abnormally dry. Nearly 52 percent of the continental U.S. was in moderate drought or worse.

The study, by the United States Geological Survey, used data derived from geographic and satellite observations to show how the northeastern U.S. coast might change within the next decade or so.

A new, ultra-detailed map shows that 75% of U.S. states are at risk of damaging earthquakes, but some are at far more risk than others. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The USDA's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map pushes about half ... 1991 through 2020 at 13,412 weather stations across the United States. ... a much more detailed map that measures differences ...