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China is hitting back at the growing crackdown on smartphone maker Huawei, calling the US the “empire of hackers.” In a statement following the US’ new restrictions on the smartphone giant’s access to crucial components, China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that President Xi Jinping objected to the “discrediting” of Chinese companies by the …

Wendy Williams could give Helga Pataki a run for her money. The 56-year-old daytime talk show host honored son Kevin Hunter Jr.’s 20th birthday on Tuesday with an Instagram tribute that revealed the bizarre keepsakes she’d held onto since he was born. “Today is my biggest day! Son Kevin & I are celebrating his 20th …

Police officers in Chicago have been retiring at twice the average rate recently, sounding alarms among local officials that the city could soon be short of officers if the trend continues. Michael Lappe, vice president of the board of trustees for the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, said at least 110 officers are …

The Trump administration intensified its crackdown on Huawei, imposing new restrictions on the Chinese smartphone giant’s access to crucial components. The US Commerce Department said Monday it will tighten rules enacted earlier this year that prevent Huawei from obtaining semiconductors without a special license — this time preventing even non-US companies from selling parts to …

Special Prosecutor Dan Webb concluded Monday that Chicago prosecutors committed “substantial abuses of discretion and operational failures” in their handling of the case against actor Jussie Smollett last year but are not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing. According to a news release in which Webb announced the conclusion of his investigation, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx …

Tom Brady doesn’t sound like he’s missing Bill Belichick much. In fact, he seems downright giddy to be teaming up with Bruce Arians in Tampa Bay with the Buccaneers. “It’s my 30th year of playing football, including high school, and it’s the first time I’ve ever had an offensive head coach,” the future Hall of …

Ireland Baldwin marked six years of being “anorexia and bulimia” free on Saturday, commemorating the moment on Instagram. “Today is the 15th of August and today marks six years that I have been free of anorexia and bulimia and all of my other food compulsion and eating disorders that I struggled through for many years,” …

The surge in violence that has emerged this summer in major American cities continued over the weekend, with at least 64 shooting victims in Chicago and 52 in New York City since Thursday. Five men were killed in the violence in Chicago, while injured victims included teenagers and one 12-year-old boy. In New York, seven …

The special prosecutor assigned to investigate the handling of the Jussie Smollett case says Chicago’s top prosecutor, Kim Foxx, engaged in “substantial abuses” in letting the actor go free. “The [Office of the Special Prosecutor] did develop evidence that establishes substantial abuses of discretion and operational failures by the [Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office] in …

Sia is staying mum on her kid’s private lives from now on. The “Chandelier” singer revealed on “The Kyle & Jackie O Show” on Sunday that she regrets opening up about her adopted children because her “job is to protect them and not blab about what’s going on in their lives.” “I made a bit …