A procession of winter storms is forecast to bring snow, sleet, ice and potentially flood-inducing rain to sprawling bands of the U.S. this week.

A huge volcano at the bottom of the sea near the US’ northwestern coast is predicted to erupt this year. Named Axial Seamount, it’s more than a mile wide and stands 3,600 feet (1,100 metres) from the ...

A United States spy plane on Monday flew over the Gulf of California, which is enclosed on three sides by Mexico, Newsweek's ...

In the thirty years leading up to the Civil War, tensions in the country mounted over the issue of slavery. By 1830, there were more than 2 million slaves in the United States, worth over a ...

Each New England state felt Monday's 3.9-magnitude earthquake, but here's how far the quake was felt across the region.

A large swath of what had long been private land on Northern California’s Lost Coast is now slated for public access. The ...

Now, they have a tool that allows anyone to put in an address on the Oregon coast and see exactly how they should evacuate on foot. The maps show exactly how long it will take to get to higher ...

A minor, 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the Gulf of Maine on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:22 a.m. Eastern about 10 miles east of Portsmouth, ...