The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.

The Staten Island Hunger Task Force, a coalition of numerous community groups working together to help feed needy Staten ...

As Southern California winds contribute to the spread of a major wildfire, map tools from NASA and Esri help first responders ...

A second wildfire fueled by dangerously high winds sparked in Los Angeles County on Tuesday and exploded in growth overnight.

The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia and Kenneth fires are burning in Southern California, destroying more than 10,000 structures. Here are the latest updates.

A new wildfire has started in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles County. The Kenneth Fire sparked along the 24000 block ...

A central part of the city was under threat as a new fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills. Firefighters were already struggling to fight the worst blaze in Los Angeles history, and more than 100,000 ...

Another fire has sparked amid strong winds and a number of other wildfires in Los Angeles County Wednesday evening. The ...

The City of Farmington Hills to host an American Red Cross, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Jan. 8, at Costick Activities Center, 28600 W.

A state regulatory agency produced an aerial map in September showing a roughly half-mile area surrounding the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in the City of Niagara Falls covered by what ...

Two Dallas-Fort Worth zip codes were among the hottest in the U.S. housing market last year, new research from Opendoor shows ...

The ZIP code is less like a cold, clinical, ordered list of numbers, and more like a weird overgrown number garden. It ...