Industrials

The Latest: White House delays decision on tariffs

The Latest on President Donald Trump and steel tariffs (all times local): 6:50 p.m. President Donald Trump is facing a self-imposed midnight deadline to decide whether to permanently exempt the European Union and five separate countries from tariffs that his administration has imposed on imported steel and aluminum.

Wisconsin city returning to normal after oil refinery fire

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.

The Latest: Authorities: Evacuation order will stay in place

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.

Water exec: Uncertain mix of chemicals from consumer taps

A public water utility studied what it was serving to its 200,000 North Carolina customers and found it contained multiple unregulated industrial chemicals with uncertain health effects, including some substances that university researchers didn't know existed, legislators learned Thursday.

The Latest: Evacuation ordered near Wisconsin refinery

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.