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A year after losing a $300 million no-bid contract to restore Puerto Rico's hurricane-shattered electric grid, Whitefish Energy Holdings has quietly been seeking and winning U.S. government contracts.

___ Google expands Pixel phone screens, undercuts Apple on price NEW YORK (AP) — Google's new Pixel phones mirror the industry trend moving the devices toward lusher, bigger screens, and add new twists on the camera for taking better selfies and other pictures.

New Jersey's troubled transit system suffers from a lack of funding, low morale, a top-heavy management structure and little or no strategic planning, according to a lengthy audit released Tuesday by Gov. Phil Murphy.

One of the oldest coal companies in the U.S. has filed for bankruptcy to deal with steep debt amid declining world demand.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

The Japanese online retail tycoon who plans to travel to the moon on the SpaceX rocket says he respects and trusts Elon Musk as a fellow entrepreneur, despite his recent troubles.

Nine people have died in a fiery explosion at a steel plant in central India.

Postal workers and their supporters spent part of the Columbus Day holiday protesting what they see as a White House push to make the U.S. Postal Service private.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is in southwestern Montana, where he's expected to approve a plan to block new mining claims on public lands near Yellowstone National Park.

When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up.

California voters will soon decide whether to drive out a gasoline tax increase passed to fund transportation projects across the state.

A new chief executive has been named at Airbus.

The Latest on a mining ban near Yellowstone National Park (all times local): 10 a.m.

New CEO Larry Culp is off to a strong start.

Italian authorities say they have placed a 25-year-old Italian under investigation for allegedly hacking eight NASA web domains in 2013.

Oahu's median price for a single-family home hit a record $812,500 last month, a Honolulu Board of Realtors report said.

New York City has put expansion of its organics collection program on hold because not enough people are participating in the often-smelly chore of setting aside their table scraps, spoiled food and grass clippings.

California's race for governor pits Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and former San Francisco mayor, against Republican businessman John Cox.

Thousands of environmentalists are protesting the expansion of a coal mine in western Germany a day after a court blocked the felling of an endangered forest near the site.

Not since 1969: US regains ultra-low 3.7 pct.