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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying two U.S.-German science satellites and five commercial communications satellites has blasted off from the central California coast.

The Latest on the launch of seven satellites from California (all times local): 1:06 p.m.

Michigan's economic development board awarded $618 million in tax incentives on Tuesday for a $2.1 billion development project in Detroit that includes a 58-story building on the site of the iconic former J.L. Hudson department store — the first use of new state tax breaks for "transformational" redevelopment work.

After striking a delicate deal with the United Arab Emirates on rules for airline competition, the Trump administration went to war with itself about what the agreement actually said.

Police opened fire Tuesday on protesters demanding the closure of a south Indian copper plant, killing nine people, officials said.

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt says dealing with a widespread contaminant in drinking water is a "national priority."

Electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. is investing 1 trillion yen ($9 billion) mostly in image sensors over the next three years.

Asian markets were mostly lower Tuesday after Wall Street gained as Italy moved toward forming a euroskeptic-led government.

The United States has raised tariffs on steel from Vietnam that Washington says originated in China and evaded anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

The latest on the crash of an airliner in Cuba (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Cuban state media say a 23-year-old survivor of Friday's plane crash in Havana has died, raising the death toll to 111.

Stocks are jumping Monday morning after the U.S. and China appeared to make major progress in trade talks.

General Electric's train engine division will tie up with railroad equipment maker Wabtec in deal worth about $11 billion as GE CEO John Flannery continues to break off parts of the conglomerate.

Businesses from pizza parlors to airlines across the EU's 28 countries are rushing to comply with the bloc's new rules on data privacy, which takes effect May 25.

One of NASA's prime shippers, Orbital ATK, has launched a fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station.

Authorities say an explosion and fire at a chemical plant near Houston injured 20 people and left one missing.

A massive high-tech, sphere-shaped venue that will host concerts and other events while engaging multiple senses will break ground this summer in Las Vegas, officials announced Friday.

The Latest on the aftermath of a school bus crash with a dump truck in New Jersey (all times local): 7 a.m.

U.S. stocks indexes edged mostly lower in early trading Friday, adding to the market's modest losses from a day earlier.

First, a scraping sound.

The House pressed ahead Friday toward a showdown vote on a bill that combines stricter work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of farm subsidies popular in Republican-leaning farm country.