Florida has become the first state to officially refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," following President Donald Trump 's executive order directing federal agencies to adopt the new name. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used the term in an emergency declaration issued on Monday ahead of a forecast winter storm.

New Mexico State Aggies (10-6, 3-0 CUSA) at Florida International Panthers (7-10, 1-3 CUSA) Miami; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Aggies -3.5; over/under is 143 BOTTOM LINE ...

Led by Zawdie Jackson’s 13 points, the New Mexico State Aggies defeated the Florida International Panthers 59-52 on Thursday night

BOTTOM LINE: Florida International hosts New Mexico State after Jayden Brewer scored 20 points in Florida International’s 81-74 loss to the Sam Houston Bearkats.

Florida International Panthers (7-8, 3-1 CUSA) at New Mexico State Aggies (9-7, 2-1 CUSA) Las Cruces, New Mexico; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Mexico State hosts Florida International after Molly Kaiser scored 32 points in New Mexico State's 65-49 ...

New Mexico State (11-6, 4-0 Conference USA) maintained its spot at the top of its conference with a 59-52 road victory over Florida International (7-11, 1-4) on Thursday evening.

A large-scale red tide bloom, roughly 100 square miles in size, is floating in the Gulf of Mexico about 25 miles off the Southwest Florida coastline, stretching from Charlotte Harbor to beyond Marco Island. Scientists say the bloom started in Tampa Bay after Hurricane Milton and has been slowly drifting south, fueled by nutrient-rich storm runoff.

Many Gulf Coast restaurants are falsely advertising imported shrimp as being sourced locally, new studies find.

The latest promotion also comes as JetBlue rolled out the ability to pay for flights with Venmo, the popular peer-to-peer payment app. Venmo is now present as a payment option on JetBlue’s website, though it will also become available on the airline’s mobile app later this year.

The cities with the highest "shrimp fraud rate" were Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, Florida, at 96%, according to SeaD Consulting. Only two of the 44 restaurants sampled were serving authentic shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico, a study found.

Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.