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Gretchen Carlson stepping down as Miss America chairwoman

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Gretchen Carlson is stepping down as board chairwoman of the Miss America Organization. The former Fox News host and former Miss America says in a statement Wednesday that she ha...

Jun 05, 2019

AMC to rethink Georgia filming if abortion law takes effect

ATLANTA - The network behind a show that's become synonymous with Georgia says it will "reevaluate" its activity in the state if a new abortion law goes into effect. "The Walking Dead" is an economic ...

Jun 05, 2019

Ceremony, political gibes mark Trump's first day in London

LONDON - Mixing pageantry and pugilism, President Donald Trump plunged into his long-delayed state visit to Britain on Monday, welcomed with smiles and a cannon salute by the royals but launching poli...

Jun 05, 2019

Tracy Morgan involved in NYC fender bender in his Bugatti

NEW YORK - Comedian Tracy Morgan was involved in a minor traffic crash while driving his 2019 Bugatti in midtown Manhattan. Police say the fender bender happened Tuesday afternoon near Tenth Avenue an...

Jun 05, 2019

Queen, world leaders honour veterans on D-Day anniversary

PORTSMOUTH, England - Queen Elizabeth II and world leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump gathered Wednesday on the south coast of England to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings tha...

Jun 05, 2019

Trump reads from FDR's prayer to the US on D-Day

PORTSMOUTH, England - President Donald Trump read from a prayer delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he joined other world leaders and veterans Wednesday in marking the 75th anniversary of ...

Jun 05, 2019

Survey: Companies add fewest jobs in 9 years in May

WASHINGTON - U.S. companies added the fewest jobs in nine years, a private survey found, as manufacturers, construction firms and mining companies cut workers. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday tha...

Jun 05, 2019

Sephora closes US stores for diversity training

NEW YORK - Sephora is closing its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday morning to host "inclusion workshops" for its 16,000 employees, just over a month after R&B star SZA said she had security calle...

Jun 05, 2019

35 dead as Sudan troops move against democracy protesters

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan's ruling military moved to crush the protest movement opposing its grip on power as security forces overran the main sit-in site in the capital Monday, unleashing furious volle...

Jun 04, 2019

Trial to open against Thomas Keller and his 3-star eateries

SAN FRANCISCO - A former employee of celebrated chef Thomas Keller is suing him and his three-star Michelin restaurants - Per Se in New York and the French Laundry in California - for discrimination, ...

Jun 04, 2019