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LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a 2016 wildfire that burned thousands of acres of national forest, it was announced Friday. The money covers…

The union that represents locomotive engineers says a Thursday night coal train derailment in Virginia is renewing questions about Norfolk Southern's safety practices. The derailment happened coming down out of the Appalachian Mountains near Elliston about 20 miles (32.19 kilometers)…

UNITED NATIONS — Top U.N. officials vowed Friday to keep working for an extension of the deal that allows food and fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine despite their war, pushing back at Moscow's pessimism about a renewal before the…

NEW YORK — A judge Friday ordered New York City to temporarily delay new minimum pay standards for app-based food delivery workers, a day after being sued by Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub. City officials recently announced plans to substantially…

MEXICO CITY — An explosion and fire destroyed an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, while two workers died, six were injured and one was missing, officials said. The state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, said the…