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Germany's highest court annuls a decision to repurpose COVID relief funding for climate measures 11/15/2023 07:17am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's highest court on Wednesday annulled a government decision to repurpose 60 billion euros ($65 billion) originally meant to cushion the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic for measures to help combat climate change and modernize the country. The ruling created a significant 100 years ago, anxiety prompted invention of yellow traffic light 11/15/2023 04:10am • Some aggressive driving behaviors never change — even as technology has morphed from mechanical to electronic, to computer-driven. Next week marks 100 years since Garrett Morgan was granted a patent for his improved traffic signal, the first signal that contained a step between "stop" and " Live updates | Israel says it has launched an operation inside Gaza hospital 11/15/2023 01:00am • Israel says its forces have entered Gaza’s Shifa hospital, the site of a lengthy standoff. The Israeli army had surrounded the facility as part of its ground offensive against Hamas, claiming the militant group conceals military operations in the hospital complex. But with hundreds of patients an Israeli military forces raid Gaza's largest hospital in operation against Hamas 11/14/2023 11:07pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military raided Gaza's largest hospital early Wednesday, conducting what it called a targeted operation against Hamas as troops seized broader control of northern Gaza, including capturing the territory's legislature building and its police headquarters. Firefighters extinguish small Maui wildfire that broke out during wind warning 11/14/2023 10:00pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Firefighters fully contained and extinguished a small wildfire on Maui that broke out Tuesday during a warning that gusty winds and low humidity posed a risk that fires could spread rapidly in the western parts of each Hawaiian island. Firefighters were able to quickly contain the Group at DC's pro-Israel rally raised $13 million for Israel 11/14/2023 08:24pm • Among those making the trip to D.C. for Tuesday's large pro-Israel rally on the National Mall was the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, which has generated millions of dollars for Israel recently. According to the group's chief development officer, Sarah Solomon, the organization has rai 'March for Israel' brings big crowds to National Mall 11/14/2023 07:02pm • Israeli and American flags in hand, thousands of demonstrators gathered on the National Mall Tuesday to put forward a unified voice against Hamas during a “March for Israel." The march comes more than a month after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas terrorist organization. The Jewish Iceland evacuates town and raises aviation alert as concerns rise that a volcano may erupt 11/14/2023 06:58pm • LONDON (AP) — Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. Police decided to evacuate Grindavik after recent seismic activit Anchorage adds more shelter beds after unusually high amount of snow and record outdoor deaths 11/14/2023 06:30pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage scrambled Tuesday to come up with more temporary housing for the homeless after back-to-back snowstorms dumped more than 3 feet of snow on the city in just nine days, an amount that is high even by Alaska standards. The concern grows as temperatures are expected The Georgia district attorney who charged Trump expects his trial to be underway over Election Day 11/14/2023 05:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia district attorney who charged former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election said Tuesday that she expects his trial will be underway through Election Day next year and could possibly stretch past the inauguration in 2025. Fulton Cou The Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say 11/14/2023 05:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid program, many the result of error-ridden state reviews that poverty experts say the Biden administration is not doing enough to stop. The projections from the health consulting firm Avalere come as state PGA Tour parsing private investment deals as the clock ticks on its Saudi deal 11/14/2023 03:00pm • The PGA Tour has created a program that would give players equity ownership in a new commercial enterprise, provided it finalizes a deal with Saudi Arabia's national wealth fund and five other private groups that want to invest. Commissioner Jay Monahan laid out the proposal in a memo to players on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones still loves the spotlight in his 80s, despite reasons to shrink from it 11/14/2023 02:53pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jerry Jones wandered over to where reporters were gathered to watch a recent Dallas Cowboys practice, ready for an impromptu question-and-answer session. The high-profile owner was still going when the closed portion of practice began, and jokingly pleaded for five more minute Big 12 quarterbacks have taken more than their fair share of lumps; 8 teams have lost starters 11/14/2023 02:25pm • Starting quarterback has been a precarious position in the Big 12. Whether due to injuries or coaching decisions, staying on the field has been a challenge for many of the league's quarterbacks who started the season No. 1 for their programs. Injuries have knocked out starters at some point in the Suspect convicted of 2nd-degree murder in 2018 shooting of a deputy US marshal in Tucson 11/14/2023 12:26pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a federal agent in Tucson five years ago could face life in prison when he’s sentenced in January, according to authorities. A jury on Monday found Ryan Phillip Schlesinger guilty of second-degree murder in the November 2018 death of Deputy U.S. Ma