Actor Jussie Smollett trended online after social media users drew comparisons between his 2019 hate crime hoax and an ...

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 -- Two passionate groups gathered outside the county building Monday morning, opposed in their response to the dismissal of 16 felony charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. One group ...

A Cook County judge has ordered the sealed file surrounding the case of actor Jussie Smollett should be unsealed. Judge Steven Watkins issued his order Thursday after previously hearing oral arguments ...

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 -- 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) -- 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 -- 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, ...

Jussie Smollett (“Empire”) describes an attack Chicago police are investigating as a possible hate crime in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” (Stephen Green/ABC) ...