Sept 24 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC Tuesday night after a four-day suspension, choking up as he told the audience that it was never his intention "to make light of the murder of a young man" and criticising the Trump administration for threatening comedians and the press.

- Broadcasters Nexstar NXST.O and Sinclair SBGI.O said they will not resume airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday on their ABC affiliates and will instead run other programming, after ABC parent Walt Disney DIS.N said on Monday that it will resume broadcasting the late-night talk show.

- Bank of Montreal BMO.TO has recently launched a process to sell some of its U.S. branches with about $6 billion in deposits.

- OpenAI, Oracle ORCL.N and SoftBank 9984.T on Tuesday announced plans for five new artificial intelligence data centers in the United States to build out their ambitious Stargate project.

- Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on Tuesday expressed concern about President Donald Trump's attempts to pressure the U.S. Federal Reserve, saying his actions had started to hit financial markets.

- Ford F.N is racing to sell more F-150 pickups this quarter by offering lower interest rates to buyers with the weakest acceptable credit histories.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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