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

Five days into the new Trump administration, the White House is keen to show off its work on immigration enforcement so far, ...

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength ...

New York City was once the "Oyster Capital of the World." A new art installation explains how regrowing their populations ...

Extreme drought expanded into parts of Los Angeles County as a dry start to the wet season continues. See this week’s California Drought Monitor report.

Texas has outlawed most abortions and forbids sending abortion medication through the mail. That didn’t stop thousands of ...

BOSTON - An earthquake felt in Boston, Massachusetts today was centered off York Harbor, Maine according to the United States Geological Survey. It was also felt in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, a ...

The city’s scientists have spent years taking on some of the city’s biggest climate issues. Here’s some of what they say.

In October, the driest month ever was recorded across much of the eastern half of the country, including New York City ... the organization says. Large sections of other Western states, Texas ...

Bitterly cold wind chills are expected to impact all of the state of New York on Sunday as winter storms caused by a polar vortex continue to batter large swathes ... than it is. Maps produced ...

By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State ... Hochul of New York on Thursday proposed several measures that would restrict hedge funds and private-equity firms from buying up large numbers ...