Satellite imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wednesday showed the extent of the snow that covered the South.

Most cold weather-related warnings had expired across the U.S., but frigid temperatures remained in place across much of Florida.

Part of a legal description of a boundary line of Dixie County, for instance, says it goes "southerly down the thread of the ...

The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers.

At least 55 statutes include references to the Gulf of Mexico, while local-government ordinances also are tied to the ...