COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a ...

A clay rendering of the Robert Smalls monument. Basil Watson, of Georgia, design selected was selected to sculpt the statue. A monument honoring a former Black Congressman who commandeered a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A state panel has decided where a monument memorializing Civil War hero Robert Smalls will stand on the South Carolina State House grounds and what it will look like.

Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

Let’s hope that his national security team is focused more on these issues than what to call the Gulf of Mexico. Robert Beck of Peterborough, N.H. served for 30 years overseas with the United States government in embassies in Europe, the Middle East and ...

Article continues after... Let’s hope that his national security team is focused more on these issues than what to call the Gulf of Mexico. Robert Beck of Peterborough served for 30 years overseas with the United States government in embassies in ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum fired back at Trump over his latest pledge, saying her country might start referring to the United States as “América Mexicana” or “Mexican America,” The Associated Press reported. “That sounds nice, no?” Sheinbaum said at a press briefing last week, adding that the Gulf of Mexico had gone by its name since 1607.

Talos Energy Inc. TALO, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that it has encountered significant quantities of oil and natural gas at the Katmai West #2 well. The well is located in the Ewing Bank region within the U.

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Panama is part of a bigger piece of real estate that Mr Trump has his eye on. He wants to influence territory and infrastructure close to the United States. He views Mexico as a source of unwanted migration,

President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that Gulf of Mexico get a new, more American has sparked a feverish debate over who gets to name geography and when it should be changed.

President-elect Donald Trump has floated the idea of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Here's why that could cause some confusion.