A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

The role of geography and terrain Texas has so many deaths because of its geography, population and size, experts say. The area where the most recent deadly floods struck is known as flash flood alley ...

Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, ac… ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that visa ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before ...

Their proposed methodology, outlined in an article in Nature Human Behaviour, allowed them to create a detailed map of human beliefs, unveiling patterns hinting at polarization (i.e., extreme ...

In this episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” reporters Larry Neumeister and Michael Sisak share their coverage of the case as the trial unfolds and witnesses take the stand.

The convicted ringleader of an international human smuggling plot has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, three years after a family from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S ...