CHICAGO -- "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's legal team filed several motions in court Friday as they continue to fire back at the investigation surrounding the alleged attack that prosecutors said the ...

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 -- A Cook County judge ruled Friday to appoint a special prosecutor to review State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case. In his ruling Friday, the judge questioned ...

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 ...

The lower court determined that reputational damages and chilling effect damages didn't constitute special damages under ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ruled that Jussie Smollett's attorneys cannot call as a witness the Chicago prosecutor whose office dropped initial charges accusing the actor of staging a racist, anti-gay ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Chicago has denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett. Smollett is accused of lying to police when he reported that two masked men ...

CHICAGO — Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about being a victim of a hate crime. Smollett was convicted in December on five of six counts for felony ...