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Regulators to require inspections after jet engine explosion
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday that they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one involved in fatal failure that killed a woman in a plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia. The Federal A...
Delta: Data of 'several hundred thousand' customers exposed
Delta now says that payment-card information for about "several hundred thousand" airline customers may have been exposed by a malware breach last fall that also hit Sears and other companies. The airline says that the malware attack may have...
United suspends new reservations for pets in cargo hold
United Airlines is pausing its pet-shipping business after mishaps that included a dog winding up in Japan instead of Kansas. United said Tuesday that it will halt PetSafe reservations while it reviews the service, which lets customers ship pets as...
Dog dies after airline worker has it placed in overhead bin
A dog died on a United Airlines plane after a flight attendant ordered its owner to put the animal in the plane's overhead bin. United said Tuesday that it took full responsibility for the incident on the Monday night flight from Houston to New...
Zinke says Interior should be a partner with oil companies
HOUSTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says his agency should be a partner with oil and gas companies that seek to drill on public land and that long regulatory reviews with an uncertain outcome are "un-American." Speaking Tuesday to a major e...
Trump move to tax some imports creates its own risks for US
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's move Tuesday to tax imported solar cells and washing machines is meant to make good on his vow to reverse decades of U.S. support for free trade and to protect American jobs from foreign competition. But t...
Solar industry on edge as Trump weighs tariffs on panels
DALLAS (AP) — Solar energy is booming in the United States, but companies riding the wave fear that President Donald Trump could undercut them this week if he decides to impose new tariffs on imported solar panels. Businesses that install s...
Delta's profit dips 8 percent but tops Street's expectations
DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit slipped 8 percent, but the results still beat expectations as average prices for passengers continued to creep higher. The airline also raised its forecast of 2018 e...
Q&A: Plan to expand offshore drilling draws cheers, jeers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The energy industry is cheering the Trump administration's proposal to open nearly all U.S. coastlines to offshore oil and gas drilling, saying it will reduce U.S. dependence on foreign supplies and create jobs. Independent e...
Exxon settles pollution case with US, will upgrade 8 plants
DALLAS (AP) — Exxon Mobil settled violations of the clean-air law with the Trump administration by agreeing to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty and spend $300 million on pollution-control technology at plants along the Gulf Coast. Federal o...
Tourism, agriculture businesses brace for Irma's impact
After knocking down parts of the vital tourism industry in the Caribbean, Hurricane Irma is spinning toward Florida, another vacation haven. Tourism accounts for 1.4 million jobs in the Sunshine State, where more than 112 million people visited last...
Gasoline prices head higher while motorists panic
DALLAS (AP) — The spike in gasoline prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has hit the accelerator. The national average for regular was $2.56 a gallon by late Friday afternoon, an increase of 20 cents in the last week, according to GasBuddy. P...
Harvey knocks out more refineries, shifting global oil flows
DALLAS (AP) — Hurricane Harvey is sending pump prices higher for U.S. motorists and causing temporary shifts in the flow of oil and gasoline around the world after taking down a huge chunk of U.S. refining capacity. It will be days or even weeks b...
Exxon discloses refinery emissions as storm hits Gulf Coast
DALLAS (AP) — Exxon Mobil has released pollutants into the air from a refinery that was caught in the storm pounding the Texas Coast. The oil giant told regulators that a floating roof over a tank at its refinery in Baytown, Texas, oil refinery p...
Hurricane Harvey closes key oil, gas operations in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm's aftermath. Even before the H...
Harvey slams region's economy, with damages in the billions
DALLAS (AP) — Flood damage from Harvey is likely to reach into the tens of billions and the storm is expected to cause the region's economy to shrink, at least in the near term. Harvey is soaking refineries along the Gulf Coast, leading to higher p...
US airlines bump fewer passengers after dragging backlash
DALLAS (AP) — Following widespread outrage over a passenger who was violently dragged off an overbooked plane, U.S. airlines are bumping customers at the lowest rate in at least two decades. The Transportation Department said Tuesday that just one i...
Science Says: Why some airplanes don't fly in high heat
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to getting airplanes off the ground in broiling weather, it's not the heat or the humidity. It's the air density. Hotter air gets thin, making it harder to take off and land safely, mostly for smaller jets. That's w...
TSA is testing 3-D scanners for carry-on luggage
DALLAS (AP) — Federal officials are screening some carry-on bags with 3-D scanning technology, which they say improves the ability to find bombs. The Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that it is testing computed-tomography, or C...
Investors press Exxon on disclosure of climate change impact
DALLAS (AP) — Disregarding the company's opposition, Exxon Mobil shareholders asked the oil giant to provide more information about the impact that climate-change policies could have on its business. The measure was approved Wednesday by investors h...
Appeals court strikes down FAA drone registration rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday struck down a Federal Aviation Administration rule that required owners of drones used for recreation to register their craft. The ruling was a victory for hobbyists and a setback for the FAA, which c...
US Treasury rejects Exxon Mobil request to drill in Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has rejected a request from Exxon Mobil to waive U.S. sanctions against Russia to allow the company to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday in a brief s...
AP Source: Exxon seeks OK to resume Russian oil venture
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exxon Mobil is seeking permission from the U.S. government for approval to resume drilling around the Black Sea with a Russian partner, state-owned Rosneft, according to a person familiar with the matter. The oil giant's request i...
Easing coal rules unlikely to make US energy independent
DALLAS (AP) — The Trump administration is gutting Obama-era regulations opposed by the coal industry, but the strategy isn't likely to have much effect on U.S. energy independence. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was ushering in "the start o...
Saudi energy minister keeping close eye on US oil producers
HOUSTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia's energy minister says OPEC production cuts are working to bolster crude prices and his country will look at whether other oil-producing nations are living up to their promises to curtail pumping before deciding whether t...
