The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho ...

Vee – eh – kees That’s the way to say the name of the island eight miles off the coast of Puerto Rico, calm enough for ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- A box truck from Maria's Seafood in Pensacola crashed into the water Tuesday afternoon from a bridge on I-10 in New Orleans. It happened around 2 p.m. at the Twin Span Bridge ...

An army of trucks finally descended on the state four months after it was battered by Hurricane Helene. The cavalry arrived after the president threatened to dismantle FEMA following his Friday ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Gulf Islands Ferry in Manatee County will no longer stop on the northern end of Anna Maria Island until the city of Anna Maria fixes a pier damaged last year by Hurricane Milton. The service will ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

TOGETHER QUITE QUICKLY. THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL OUT THERE CARING FOR US, HUNDREDS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE GETTING SOME RELIEF FROM THE REGION’S HISTORIC COLD. THANKS TO DONATIONS FROM ...

What we know: In September 2017, FEMA issued an urgent request for 40 million self-heating meals per week to aid Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Brown, through her Georgia-based company ...

A dog roams the streets of the La Perla neighborhood in Old San Juan as residents prepare for a direct hit from Hurricane Maria on September 19, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Alex ...

Trump was criticized for that incident, and he also engaged in a war of words with island officials in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Trump made Cameron Hamilton ...

He sometimes sparked criticism, like when he tossed paper towels to survivors of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. “If you’re a disaster survivor, no matter who you voted for, it’s always good ...