To reach America ... of North Alaskan waters to ship traffic poses a host of new challenges for the Coast Guard, which is responsible for security and safety from the Bering Strait to Canada ...

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Six Russian military aircraft were tracked operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone for about 2 1/2 hours ...

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The U.S. Army will take control of almost 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to support Border Patrol operations.

North American species like the Colorado potato beetle and the fall armyworm have become invasive elsewhere. Illustration by Marilyn Foehrenbach Q: In North America, we worry about invasive ...

Moscow is accused by pro-Western politicians of interfering in an EU referendum and presidential ballot in Moldova, while in ...

A season on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail—stretching from the Adirondacks to northern Maine—reveals fresh possibilities for ...

When a 7.7 magnitude earthquake destroyed her family’s home in Myanmar, US-based international student Hope Pyae felt helpless. On the morning of March 28, she woke to frantic calls from friends ...

The writer was a leading light in the 20th-century Latin American literature boom and has won a Nobel Prize. As Trump’s policies shake the Global North, the Global South has the chance to do ...