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An energy company with hundreds of thousands of Oregon and Washington customers is considering the early retirement of some of its coal-burning operations.

The X Prize plans to offer millions for new wildfire prevention technologies — all raised privately.

The semi scattered nearly 2,300 chickens' worth of feathers across an interstate highway Wednesday, according to authorities in Washington state. Oh, and reader beware: There be puns in this post.

On Wednesday, Croatia beat England in the semifinal of the FIFA World Cup. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly caught up with a few England fans at a bar in Central London during the match.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who created the search platform in 1998 in their Stanford dorm room, transformed Google into one of the world's largest, most profitable companies, dominating online search, digital advertising and video.

Many of the victims were asleep in beds in the factory when the fire began. Streets in the area were so crowded that firetrucks couldn't reach the site, and had to shoot water from 100 yards away.

The Chilean air force says it hasn't been able to locate the Hercules C-130 transport plane but has determined it likely crashed. A search and rescue mission is ongoing.

The literary prize, which honors fiction that tackles tough social issues, has announced a longlist of 16 titles. The nominees for the $35,000 prize include some big names and plenty of debuts.

President Trump says a mini trade agreement with China could happen "soon," but he offered no guarantees. In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Trump downplayed the cost of his trade war.

Gov. John Bel Edwards held off a challenger to remain the only Democratic governor in the Deep South. Edwards won in part by flipping Louisiana's historically conservative suburbs.