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Fox: Jussie Smollett won't be on final season on 'Empire'

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Fox Entertainment chief Charlie Collier says Jussie Smollett won't be back on "Empire." Collier, speaking to TV critics Wednesday, affirmed series co-creator Lee Daniels' decis...

Aug 07, 2019

ABC executive withholding judgment on the 'The Rookie'

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke said Monday she is withholding judgment on the fate of "The Rookie" pending an investigation into co-star Afton Williamson's claim that ...

Aug 07, 2019

Fox chief says Emmy Awards won't have a host this year

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The Oscars did it, and now the Emmys will too. There will be no host at the ceremony honouring TV's best next month. Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said Wednesday that g...

Aug 07, 2019

Immigration raids at Mississippi food processing plants

MORTON, Miss. - U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday, part of a large-scale operation carried out by President Donald Trump's administration that t...

Aug 07, 2019

Puerto Rico high court overturns Pedro Pierluisi as governor

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico's Supreme Court has overturned the swearing in of Pedro Pierluisi as the island's governor less than a week ago, clearing the way for Justice Secretary Wanda Vzquez...

Aug 07, 2019

Global stocks rebound as China eases up on currency

LONDON - Stock markets turned higher on Tuesday as China stabilized its currency after allowing it to depreciate against the dollar in response to President Donald Trump's decision to put more tariffs...

Aug 07, 2019

Stocks slide as rate cuts stoke fear of an economic slowdown

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks tumbled in early trading Wednesday as central banks around the world cut interest rates and increased fears that global growth is being crimped by the U.S.-China trade war. Ever...

Aug 07, 2019

El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid pain

EL PASO, Texas - The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes...

Aug 07, 2019

Trump heads to Dayton, El Paso, facing protests

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump headed to El Paso and Dayton on Wednesday to offer a message of healing and unity, but he will be met by unusual hostility in both places by people who fault his ow...

Aug 07, 2019

Trump vows urgent action after shootings, offers few details

WASHINGTON - Speaking out against weekend mass shootings that rocked a nation, President Donald Trump called for bipartisan solutions to the bloodshed but offered few details and faced pointed questio...

Aug 07, 2019