This is the Impeachment Briefing, The Times’s newsletter about the impeachment investigation. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weeknight. What happened today A string of moderate House Democrats — including Representatives Elissa Slotkin, Joe Cunningham, Ben McAdams, Jason Crow, Andy Kim and Abigail Spanberger — announced their plans to support impeachment. […]
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Asian shares are rising following a rally on Wall Street that sent the major indexes to record highs, cheered by surprisingly strong economic reports out of China By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer December 17, 2019, 2:38 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday following a rally on Wall Street that sent
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Rap star Stormzy had a blast from the past when his old primary school teacher phoned in to BBC Radio 2 while he was on air, spilling the beans about what he was like as a child. Emma Cook – formerly Miss Wheeler from Kensington Avenue school in Croydon – called Zoe Ball’s breakfast show
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Noel Acciari scores 3 times as Florida Panthers stop slide by beating Ottawa Senators 6-1 By PAUL GEREFFI Associated Press December 17, 2019, 3:00 AM 2 min read SUNRISE, Fla. — Noel Acciari scored three times for his first career hat trick, and the Florida Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak by routing the Ottawa
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Together, Mr. Royce, then the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mr. Engel invited Caesar to testify before the committee in 2014 and wrote the Caesar bill. They did so over the objections of the Obama administration, which had argued that imposing sanctions on Syria would endanger its diplomatic outreach. “They wanted him
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Image copyright Getty Images The idea artificial light from screens is keeping people awake at night is flawed, say scientists who have been studying the best type of lighting to nod off to. According to the researchers, from Manchester University, this blue light from devices is not the main problem. They exposed mice to different
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Hilarie Burton responded to the Hallmark Channel’s since-rescinded decision to scrap ads depicting a same-sex wedding with some eyebrow-raising claims of her own. The actor, best known for playing Peyton Sawyer on “One Tree Hill,” has appeared in a number of Hallmark’s original films over the years, including 2012’s “Naughty or Nice” and 2013’s “Christmas
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The Seattle Seahawks are bound for the playoffs for the eighth time in the past 10 seasons By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer December 17, 2019, 2:04 AM 5 min read RENTON, Wash. — This group of Seattle Seahawks won’t forget sitting on the tarmac in Charlotte, North Carolina, waiting to take off. Gathered around
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Monday unveiled a dozen bills that would allocate $1.4 trillion in federal spending for the remainder of the fiscal year to prevent the government from shutting down at midnight on Friday. The legislation, divided into two packages, provides funding for all federal agencies and departments and for extending a number of
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CHICAGO — Boeing Co. said Monday that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval from regulators to put the plane back in the air. The Chicago-based company said production would halt at its plant with 12,000 employees in Renton, Washington, near Seattle. But
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