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U.S. stocks edged higher in early trading Wednesday, led by gains in energy companies.

California may start requiring solar panels on new homes and low-rise apartment buildings built after 2020, the first such mandate nationwide and the state's latest step to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

As many as 60 Finnish-built speedboats are being imported to the U.S. through Portland as Maine pushes to encourage trade with Europe and the North Atlantic.

A group of Virginia and West Virginia landowners along the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline will have a day in court this week in their eminent domain lawsuit against the project.

Industrial equipment maker Siemens saw profit rise in the first three months of the year as the company booked a one-time gain related to pensions while profits from its factory digitalization business helped offset sagging results from fossil fuel power generation.

Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, says revenue improved over the past fiscal year, reaching $25.2 billion, with profits rising to $762 million.

NASA and Uber have signed an agreement to explore putting flying taxis in the skies over US cities. NASA said Tuesday that it will begin simulations for so-called "urban air mobility" vehicles that also include delivery drones.

U.S. stocks edged lower in early trading Tuesday, giving up gains from a day earlier.

The leaders of Cyprus, Israel and Greece say they want to push ahead with an envisioned pipeline that will supply east Mediterranean gas to Europe as the continent seeks to diversify its energy supply.

A Los Angeles judge has issued a final ruling requiring coffee to carry cancer warning labels in California.

Massachusetts casino regulators have agreed to remove Steve Wynn from the license his former company was issued to operate a resort under construction near Boston.

Thousands of custodians, security guards, gardeners and other service workers at University of California campuses started a three-day strike Monday to address pay inequalities and demand higher wages.

Beijing has dismissed the White House's criticism of China's "Orwellian nonsense" demands that foreign airlines not to refer to self-ruled Taiwan as a country, saying foreign companies operating in China must respect the nation's sovereignty.

A Polish mining official says more than 200 rescue workers are trying to reach five miners trapped after a quake struck a coal mine in southern Poland.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the families of 78 men who died in a West Virginia mine disaster in 1968.

The Latest on the missing miners in Poland (all times local): 10:55 a.m.

Officials say 7 missing in coal mine in southern Poland.

A landslide of a mound of mining waste has killed at least 14 people in northern Myanmar's jade mining region.

A fire has broken out at a Louisiana chemical plant, sending massive smoke plumes in the air and prompting an evacuation for a mile (1.6 kilometers) all around.

States should move quickly to replace their old, diesel-fueled bus fleets with electric-powered buses to help wean the country off fossil fuels.