In 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Federal Writers’ Project. His ...

If you see your reflection in the snow covered hills, it might be time to check out a new map from the United States Geological Survey. The map reveals that a surprisingly large part of the country is ...

The goal of the project is to put data in the hands of community members, so that they can make crucial decisions about their ...

About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed to a remote Alaska island amid a spike in Russian ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that indicates nearly 44% of the U.S.

In interviews over the first half of the year, USA TODAY reporters repeatedly heard frustration and a deep longing for better ...

The string of recent deadly slides is changing the way people look at their surroundings and plan for the future in a ...

A new map highlights which states have the highest proportion of women to men, and explores the factors contributing to ...

Even for serious bird-watchers, Black-capped Chickadees and Carolina Chickadees are tough to tell apart. Both are members of ...

The 2024 Permanent Fund dividend and energy relief check will total $1,702, the Alaska Department of Revenue announced on Thursday. This year's dividend will start being paid on Oct. 3 and will ...

Beginning today, users can discover hikes in U.S. national parks, create custom walking routes, save favorite spots to a new ...

In just a few years, the powerful synthetic painkiller fentanyl has almost entirely replaced heroin as the dominant opioid in ...