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Hydrogen energy back in the vehicle conversation at CES 2024 01/10/2024 01:47pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — While electric vehicles are gaining the lion's share of the attention for carbon-neutral technology at CES 2024, hydrogen energy has snuck its way back into the conversation thanks to two automotive giants. Hyundai spotlighted its plans for utilizing hydrogen energy at the sprawli Do I really need supplemental insurance (Medigap) with Medicare? 01/10/2024 01:02pm • About 41% of Original Medicare beneficiaries had Medicare Supplement Insurance, or Medigap, in 2021, according to a February 2023 report summarizing enrollment data from AHIP, a national health insurance trade association. For the other 59%, Medicare has some “gaps” that could be costly. “Ther 3 police and a civilian killed in a pre-dawn militant attack in northwest Pakistan 01/10/2024 11:51am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — About a dozen armed militants attacked a Pakistani police checkpoint on a northwestern highway before dawn Wednesday, killing three police officers and a civilian before fleeing the scene, authorities said. The attack on the Lachi checkpoint on the Indus Highway in Kohat, Video appears to show the Israeli army shot 3 Palestinians, killing 1, without provocation 01/10/2024 09:18am • BEIT RIMA, West Bank (AP) — Security camera video from a West Bank village shows a young man standing in a central square when he is suddenly shot and drops to the ground. Two others rushing to his aid are also hit, leaving a 17-year-old dead, moments before Israeli military jeeps roll in. An Asso For 2024, some simple lifestyle changes can improve your little piece of the planet 01/10/2024 08:32am • NEW YORK (AP) — The fight against climate change requires the mass cooperation of industries, companies, governments and communities, but individuals have a role to play, too. Little things make a difference, and feel good too. At the dawn of 2024, also known as New Year's resolution season, 3-day union strike brings train traffic to a near standstill across Germany 01/10/2024 07:36am • BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers started a nearly three-day strike early Wednesday in a rancorous dispute with the country’s state-owned main railway operator over working hours and pay. Train travel across the country and in many cities came to a near stands Gary Woodland's brain tumor made him fear dying. Fear is replaced by gratitude to be playing again 01/10/2024 06:00am • HONOLULU (AP) — Gary Woodland arrived at the Sony Open and had a good night of sleep, meaning he didn't jump out of bed and grab the side of the mattress to make sure he wasn't falling out of the sky to his death. He flew to Hawaii without worrying the overhead bin would crash down and kill him. F CES 2024 updates: Car companies unveil new tech and Robert Downey Jr. targets scammers 01/10/2024 05:55am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Welcome to opening day of CES 2024. This multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is expected to bring some 130,000 attendees and more than 4,000 exhibitors to Las Vegas. The latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, Carbon pollution is down in the US, but not fast enough to meet Biden's 2030 goal, new report says 01/10/2024 05:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, even as the economy expanded at a faster clip, a new report finds. The decline, while “a step in the right direction,'' is far below the rate needed to meet President Joe Biden' Heavy winds, rain batter DC area: 80 mph wind gusts clocked at Bay Bridge prompting 4-hour shutdown 01/10/2024 04:57am • Heavy wind and drenching rain hammered the D.C. region Tuesday, shutting down both sides of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge for four hours, inundating roadways and knocking out power to thousands. Here's what you need to know. Wind gusts as high as 80 mph were clocked at the Chesapeake Bay Bridg Record-breaking cold threatens to complicate Iowa's leadoff caucuses as snowy weather cancels events 01/10/2024 02:33am • WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Snow was still piling on top of the 8 inches that had already accumulated when Kadee Miller trekked out to see Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley in Waukee. “There were moments on the drive up here, I was like, ‘What are we doing?'” Miller said about her 7-m Today in History: January 10, Thomas Paine publishes 'Common Sense' 01/10/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2024. There are 356 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense,” which argued for American independence from British rule. On thi Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate 01/09/2024 10:58pm • GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast Tuesday, and the president issued a decree declaring that the violence-plagued country had entered an “internal armed conflict.” The men armed wi Live updates | Blinken presses Israel on Gaza’s postwar future as Lebanon border clashes escalate 01/09/2024 09:50pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in Tel Aviv and, after meeting with top leaders Tuesday, said Israel must do more to lessen the Gaza war's toll on civilians and said Washington rejects any proposal for settling Palestinians outside the territory. Hundreds of people have been killed i Sprawling storms wallop US with tornado reports, damage and heavy snow, closing roads and schools 01/09/2024 09:41pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling storm hit the U.S. South, with tornado warnings and high winds that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida on Tuesday, while another storm buried cities across the Midwest in more than a half a foot of snow, stranding pe