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California delivered on its reputation as a testing ground for liberal ideas as state lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session that extended the nation's most ambitious climate change programs, raised the minimum wage to $15 and toughened gun laws.

California delivered on its reputation as a testing ground for liberal ideas as state lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session that extended the nation's most ambitious climate change programs, raised the minimum wage to $15 and toughened gun laws.

An oil-rich American Indian tribe has been handed a setback it its fight against a Texas company building oil and natural gas pipelines beneath a lake on its reservation.

An oil-rich American Indian tribe has been handed a setback it its fight against a Texas company building oil and natural gas pipelines beneath a lake on its reservation.

A massive explosion erupted Thursday at SpaceX's main launch pad, destroying a rocket as well as a satellite that Facebook was counting on to spread internet service in Africa.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is investigating possible safety problems with guns manufactured by at least two companies.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is investigating possible safety problems with guns manufactured by at least two companies.

Authorities say a construction worker has died after falling into an elevator shaft at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Authorities say a construction worker has died after falling into an elevator shaft at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

The Philadelphia area's main transit agency began returning some of its sidelined rail cars to service Thursday following repairs and projects its full fleet will be back in service by mid-November.

The Philadelphia area's main transit agency began returning some of its sidelined rail cars to service Thursday following repairs and projects its full fleet will be back in service by mid-November.

The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed in the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing regular air service severed at the height of the Cold War.

The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed in the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing regular air service severed at the height of the Cold War.

With its sights firmly fixed on Earth, Europe's eye in the sky never saw it coming.

With its sights firmly fixed on Earth, Europe's eye in the sky never saw it coming.

Every few months, a pilot somewhere in the world is stopped before their jet takes off because a passenger or co-worker smelled alcohol on their breath.

Fertilizer makers Potash Corp. and Agrium say they are in talks to combine into one company.

Fertilizer makers Potash Corp. and Agrium say they are in talks to combine into one company.

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The race between a small town on the Rio Grande in New Mexico and a Salt Lake City suburb to entice a new Facebook data center with millions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies is raising questions about public investments in a booming cloud-computing economy that typically brings few local jobs.