CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department released more than 400 pages of official documents from "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's case on Thursday. The documents include case reports, arrest files and ...

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s town hall attack has sparked controversy online, with several users comparing the incident to Jussie Smollett’s 2019 staged hate crime case. Know more about both cases, as ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago police released their investigative files and video Monday of the alleged staged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in late January. Police released nearly 70 hours of video, ...

CHICAGO -- A lawyer for actor Jussie Smollett has issued a response to the city of Chicago's threat to sue the actor. The City of Chicago's Law Department has threatened to file a civil suit against ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After two brothers spent hours telling a jury how Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago, the former "Empire" actor ...

CHICAGO -- "Empire" is filming near the scene of the allegedly staged attack on former cast member Jussie Smollett. Co-creator Lee Daniels said in June that the show would go on without Smollett. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The charges against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett are now in the jury's hands as the trial wrapped up Wednesday. Both prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments ...

CHICAGO -- Lawyers for the City of Chicago will be in court Thursday hoping to have a counter suit from actor Jussie Smollett dismissed. The actor's legal team claims the prosecution against him is ...

CHICAGO -- Jussie Smollett, an actor on the TV show "Empire," was attacked early Tuesday in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood in what Chicago police are investigating as a possible hate crime.