Energy in America

China's customs agency says its imports from North Korea plunged 92.6 percent in June compared with a year ago under U.N. sanctions imposed to stop its nuclear and missile programs.

A communications company said Thursday that a subcontractor was working "on site" before an explosion that killed a Wisconsin firefighter this week.

The nation's burgeoning pension crisis has spurred thousands of workers and retirees to rally in Ohio's capital.

The Latest on a fatal natural gas explosion in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (all times local): 3:10 p.m.

U.S. stocks are rising in early trading Thursday as technology companies like Apple resume their upward march.

A Texas company's application to build a propane storage facility near the shores of one of New York's Finger Lakes has been rejected.

Growing global oil demand would be a strong indicator of a robust global economy.

The United States says North Korea is illegally smuggling refined petroleum products into the country beyond the quota of 500,000 barrels per year allowed under U.N. sanctions.

An activist says thousands of Iraqis in the southern Basra province have taken to the streets to protest against poor public services and unemployment.

The Kremlin says a new prospective natural gas pipeline to Germany will help increase regional stability and strengthen ties between Russia and the West.

Asian stock markets rose Thursday following Wall Street's decline amid U.S.-Chinese trade tensions and oil prices recovered some of the previous day's steep losses.

A Denver woman accused of shooting at officers during protests in North Dakota against the Dakota Access oil pipeline is finding out how long she'll spend in a federal prison.

The Latest on the sentencing of a woman accused in a Dakota Access oil pipeline protest shooting (all times local): 7:10 p.m.

President Trump publicly criticized Germany over its Baltic Sea gas pipeline deal with Russia.

___ Trump claims Germany 'controlled' by Russia, Merkel differs BRUSSELS (AP) — President Donald Trump has barreled into a NATO summit with claims that a pipeline deal has left Germany "totally controlled" and "captive to Russia."

Global stock indexes are falling Wednesday after the Trump administration released a list of $200 billion in goods that could be hit with tariffs and China said it would to retaliate.

The new acting chief of the Environmental Protection Agency defended his past lobbying work with the coal industry on Wednesday as he addressed agency employees roiled by months of ethics allegations against former administrator Scott Pruitt.

The U.S. is on pace to leapfrog both Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world's biggest oil producer.

Eight former supervisors and safety officers at a Kentucky coal company have been indicted on federal charges that they rigged dust monitoring in underground mines, forcing miners to work in the kind of dirty conditions that can lead to black lung disease.