The state’s previous congressional district map was struck down for diluting the votes of Black voters. Now, some Louisiana ...

While research from the 1990s on minority-opportunity districts did not find consistent turnout effects, more recent analysis ...

Scientists said the storm's strength and potential for far-reaching impacts is notable, but its timing isn't unusual.

P at Bunker was trying to figure out where he was at.

Living near the water has required understanding its rhythms and their consequences. But for generations, one thing most ...

Severe weather tore across the South Tuesday with power outages, damage to homes and businesses, flight delays and a continued threat overnight. Here are our live updates as the threat moved east from ...

The average 48-state temperature for meteorological winter (December through February) came in at 34.09 degrees Fahrenheit (1 ...

If you open up Google Maps, zoom out and focus on the body of water south of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi ... both the new name and the historic name. For our part, NPR is following ...

Alabama lawmakers moved closer to renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Wednesday. The Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Committee, voting along party lines, approved ...

That range does, of course, vary by city and state. It takes the greatest income to reach the middle class in Massachusetts, which has replaced New Jersey as the priciest place for mid-level living.

Life offers few guarantees, but here’s one you can take to the bank in Birmingham, Alabama: when those seafood cravings hit, ...