By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Building on California’s ambitious effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday …

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Mondelez, the company behind Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies, said its profit in the first quarter nearly doubled as it raised …

BEIJING (AP) _ A french fry supplier to the McDonald’s restaurant chain in China has been issued Beijing’s biggest-ever pollution fine for releasing dirty wastewater. …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ Bill Cosby will visit Alabama for a two-day event aimed at highlighting schools in one of the poorest areas of the …

ORANGE, N.J. (AP) _ A New Jersey school district has fired a teacher whose third-grade class wrote get-well letters to a sick prison inmate convicted …

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ The University of Vermont Board of Trustees plans to discuss a proposed 3.4 percent tuition increase for the 2016 academic year …

MIAMI (AP) — Shane Battier called it one of the biggest honors of his life. The Miami Heat forward was announced Saturday as the winner …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Half the U.S. Senate urged NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday to change the Washington Redskins’ name, saying it is a racist …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana thought it had taken control Tuesday night. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade stole it right back. The four-time MVP and perennial …