The state of Florida has been nicknamed the "Sunshine State" because of its large number of sunny days. It's also called the "Peninsula State" because it jets southward about 400 miles into the sea.

In most cases, such name changes are reviewed by a Department of Interior panel known as the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she sent a letter to Google opposing a decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps. On Monday, Google announced on ...

Chevron previously used "Gulf of Mexico" to refer to that body of water, which stretches from Texas to Florida on the ...

Google Maps has shared when it will update digital maps to include the Gulf of America instead of its previous name, the Gulf of Mexico.

A lot of us longtime Floridians commemorate big events with special T-shirts. Looking back through the collection in our closet is like having a photo album made of 100% cotton. Tom Petty Concert 1995 ...

You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the ...

Following President Trump’s declarations about changes to the map, Google employees were given the highest level of urgency ...

The U.S. government is already working to remove all mentions of the Gulf of Mexico name in the Geographic Names Information ...

When Joe Biden first became president, some found it hard to believe that he cared very much about climate change.

The change will likely only be visible to users based in the United States. As part of what it described as a longstanding ...

Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed ...