NEW YORK (AP) — Happy birthday, Twitter. The social media site famous for hashtags and a 140-character "tweet" limit turned 10 years old Monday, having evolved from what was originally billed as a "microblogging" site into one of the Internet's most i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's lead negotiator for last year's global climate deal is stepping down. Todd Stern has been the State Department's envoy for climate talks since 2009. His work culminated with last year's Paris agreement desi...

MOBILE, Alabama (AP) — European aircraft maker Airbus is conducting a test flight for its first airplane made in the United States. A twin-engine A321 passenger jet took off Monday from the company's new assembly plant at Brookley Field in Mobile, Ala...

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — Health authorities say a Pennsylvania dairy that supplies raw milk around the country has been linked to two cases of listeriosis, one of them fatal. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one person in Cal...

NEW YORK (AP) — Data providers IHS and Markit are combining in an all-stock deal worth more than $13 billion. IHS Inc. shareholders will own about 57 percent of the company, with Markit Ltd. shareholders owning 43 percent. The new company, based in L...

CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) — Appalachian coal communities hit hard by layoffs will get $35 million in federal funding to help them diversify their economies, create new jobs and retrain workers. The Appalachian Regional Commission, the White House...

BERLIN (AP) — Europe's flight safety authority is calling for better, quicker and broader information-sharing about possible risks to aircraft passing over combat zones following the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. The Col...

TOKYO (AP) — Scandal plagued Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. is selling its medical unit to Japanese camera maker Canon Inc. for 665.5 billion yen ($5.9 billion). Both companies said Thursday the deal has been completed. Canon has been eager ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Two hospitals in Washington state have urged nearly 1,500 patients to get tested for hepatitis and HIV after a former surgery technician was charged with stealing and swapping a syringe. Rocky Allen has pleaded not guilty to federal cha...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar's energy minister says members of OPEC and other key oil producers will meet next month to discuss a freeze in oil output levels. Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada said in a statement on Wednesday that the meeting wil...