(Reuters) -Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of ...

A bold new theory reimagines the NAA as a "Rayleigh–Taylor instability"—a geological term for when heavy, cold rock begins to ...

A hot blob currently beneath the Appalachians may have peeled off from Greenland around 80 million years ago and moved to ...

Oklahoma's history offers a truer, unvarnished portrait of America, with its ambitions, erasures, stubborn beauty and its ...

Interest in Greenland’s minerals is soaring, driven in part by Trump, who has said the U.S. must “get” the island. But the ...

The history of the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus is rich, diverse, and full of thriving civilizations ...

Old maps of North America often included mysterious bodies of water that didn't exist, sparking curiosity and intrigue. One such example is the so-called "Sea" that appeared on several early maps, ...

New York-based rapper Lil Tecca has announced a North American leg of his world tour. Following a UK/European tour in support ...

The idea that America faces an inexorable, irreversible decline has become a form of conventional wisdom. Is this really true — or is it becoming so because of poor policy choices being made by its ...

A vehicle has driven into a crowd of people in East Hollywood, injuring more than 20 victims. Up to five people are in ...

These factors, especially in the Balcones Escarpment landscape in Central Texas, make Flash Flood Alley one of the most flood-prone regions in North America.