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Harrisburg renamed its Market Street to Martin Luther King Boulevard and then switched back to Market Street several years ...

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

A Russian spy ship seen in U.K. waters points to continuing worries over the safety of undersea cables that link the global economy.

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

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An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.

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In an almost offhand digression Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump idly mentioned he was going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.