Energy in America

Online retailer Amazon is surging to new highs Friday following a strong first quarter and tech giants Microsoft and Intel are also climbing, but U.S. stocks are just modestly higher overall.

Connecticut regulators are investigating why utility Eversource has nearly doubled the number of electricity service shut-offs for nonpayment over the past few years, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Friday.

Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near-$1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal-fired plants.

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by eight this week to 1,021.

The Latest on an explosion and fire at a refinery in northwestern Wisconsin (all times local): 6:30 a.m.

Exxon is reporting first-quarter earnings of $4.65 billion, coming up just short of expectations despite rapidly rising crude prices.

Authorities have not allowed residents back in their homes after crews extinguished a smoky blaze at a northwestern Wisconsin refinery where an explosion injured at least 11 people and forced most of the city of Superior to evacuate.

Italian gas and oil company Eni says first-quarter profits dropped slightly as production grew by 4 percent amid rising oil prices.

An explosion and asphalt fire at a Wisconsin oil refinery sent huge plumes of smoke into the air that pollution experts said almost certainly contained large amounts of toxins, posing a serious health risk to those living downwind.

Several people have been injured in an explosion at a refinery in Wisconsin.

An explosion and asphalt fire at a Wisconsin oil refinery on Thursday sent huge plumes of smoke into the air that pollution experts said almost certainly contains large amounts of toxins, posing a serious health risk to those living downwind.

Authorities say the fire is out at a Wisconsin refinery where an explosion injured at least 11 people.

The Latest on a Wisconsin refinery explosion that injured several people (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Authorities have expanded the evacuation zone around a Wisconsin refinery that was rocked by an explosion and are now saying anyone within a three-mile (five-kilometer) radius should leave.

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The Latest on a Wisconsin refinery explosion that injured several people (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Authorities now say five people have been taken to hospitals after an explosion rocked a large refinery in Wisconsin.

To the beat of electronic dance music, men and women inside a slate-gray building harvested marijuana plants festooned with radio-frequency identification tags.

Explosion rocks Wisconsin refinery; fire chief says at least six people hurt.

U.S. stocks are rising Thursday morning as Facebook leads a big rally for technology companies.

Asian share benchmarks were mixed on Thursday as investors digested the latest quarterly corporate earnings.

Two former coal miners in Kentucky who claimed defective dust masks led to their debilitating black-lung disease were awarded $67.5 million in damages in their civil lawsuit.