German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally been renamed after more than seven decades of debate.

The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the ...

A tsunami warning that was then downgraded to an advisory was triggered by a 7.3-magnitude quake in the Gulf of Alaska on Wednesday, according to data from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System, which is ...

Multiple U.S. states and Canadian provinces are experiencing poor air quality from wildfire smoke. Here's where.

Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

Yahoo News used data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to calculate the number of days in each county ...

A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until this week.

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and ...

If you are involved in the horse industry, there's a good chance you've heard of "Gordyville USA." It's not a town, but ...

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