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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president. The 221-212 party-line vote put

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The Bank of Japan’s quarterly survey on business sentiment shows large Japanese manufacturers have grown more optimistic in the past several months. It was the third straight quarter of improvements even as the economy contracted in the July-September quarter. The BOJ’s “tankan” quarterly survey measured business

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Joe Biden’s favorite stories is about his first international summit after taking office, when he declared that “America is back” in the wake of Donald Trump’s erratic and isolationist leadership. “For how long?” responded one of the other leaders in the room. It’s a

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s environmental board is set to decide next week whether the state should adopt California-style regulations limiting the sale of new gas-powered vehicles. Supporters say the proposal being considered by the Board of Environmental Protection on Dec. 21 simply accelerates the adoption of electric vehicles. If

By MATT BROWN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 7 in 10 Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and only about 1 in 10 believe democracy is working “extremely” or “very” well, according to a new poll from AAPI Data

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press KRALJEVO, Serbia (AP) — When Serbia began talks to join the European Union in 2014, pro-Western Serbs were hopeful the process would set their troubled country on an irreversible path to democratization. A decade later, that optimism is gone, replaced by feelings of betrayal — both toward

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers rummaging through private homes in Gaza. Forces destroying plastic figurines in a toy store, or trying to burn food and water supplies in the back of an abandoned truck. Troops with their arms slung around each other, chanting racist slogans as they dance in a

By CARA ANNA Associated Press Many sentiments are universal. Many words are not. As 2023 ends, The Associated Press reached out to colleagues around the world for terms that emerged this year and seized or crystalized the popular mood. Some were newsy, some cultural. A couple were kind of delightful. Whatever the language, the emotions

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, and its officials signaled that they expect to make three quarter-point cuts to their benchmark rate next year. The Fed’s message Wednesday strongly suggested that it is finished with rate hikes

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Donald Trump “flip-flipped” on abortion, overreached in response to COVID-19 and failed to uphold his campaign pledge to get Mexico to pay for a wall on the southern U.S. border, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday in Iowa. DeSantis, who is in a distant second place behind Trump in

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Attorneys say former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza is being dropped from a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged she was raped by San Diego State University football players in 2021. Attorneys for both sides say the woman agreed to dismiss Araiza from the suit she filed last year while

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — State media say senior North Korean economic officials have met with the governor of a Russian region along the Pacific coast for discussions on boosting economic cooperation between the countries. The meeting came as concerns have grown in South Korea that North Korea may be

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Austrtalia (AP) — Tropical Cyclone Jasper has crossed Australia’s northeast coast as a category 2 storm, lashing the sparsely populated region with winds of up to 87 miles an hour. Queensland state Deputy Premier Steven Miles says Jasper intensified from a category 1 storm on a 5-tier scale before

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A military-themed brewery will open in Virginia despite some community opposition over alleged racist and homophobic remarks of a former U.S. Navy SEAL who has a small ownership stake in the business. Norfolk’s City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to approve permits for Armed Forces Brewing Company’s

By HANNA ARHIROVA and KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A barrage of Russian missiles has targeted Kyiv and wounded at least 53 people as Ukraine’s president seeks more military support in Europe. Loud explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital at 3 a.m. on Wednesday as the city’s air defenses were activated for the second

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (AP) — A former Southern California elementary school janitor who spent years in jail after being accused of sexually abusing students has been acquitted of all charges. His attorneys say Pedro Martinez of Hesperia, who’s been jailed since January 2019, was found not guilty on Monday on all 10 counts against him.

NEW YORK (AP) — A debut author who used fake accounts to “review bomb” other writers on the influential online platform Goodreads has been dropped by her agent and had her book deal cancelled. Cait Corrain’s novel “Crown of Starlight” had been scheduled to come out next year through Del Rey, a science fiction and

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after a fatal accident, federal officials are proposing modifications and additional inspections to the engine housing of nearly 2,000 Boeing jets in the U.S. The proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday largely follows recommendations that Boeing made to airlines in July. The FAA wants airlines to replace fasteners