We're compiling all the closures we can find for Acadiana here; as the snow melts the list is getting smaller - but some ...

The Gilman Fire broke out in La Jolla neighborhood today, while a brush fire at the border with Mexico, has engulfed 20 acres ...

A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

As the West Coast braces for fiery winds and the Northeast shivers under a polar vortex, the nation finds itself caught between two extreme weather fronts.

Neuroscientists have set up computer frameworks that can help model individual brain dynamics.

The long-running fight over Georgia's district lines for Congress and the state legislature could have broader implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act.

House Republicans believe they should prioritize codifying Donald Trump's border security-related executive orders to prevent rollbacks or legal challenges.

The 2022 redistricting effort could undermine basic government functions and Parliament needs to fix the problem urgently, says Thiago Cintra Oppermann.

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

If confirmed, Rollins would take charge of the agency at a time when many farmers have seen their profits plunge and when the Forest Service is joining efforts to fight a wave of wildfires in ...

One of President Donald Trump's executive orders offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people. Here's a look at how.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) started using the term “Gulf of America” to refer to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order setting in motion the ...