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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has filed a counterclaim against the City of Chicago. Smollett's attorney's filed a response Tuesday to Chicago's lawsuit in Federal court that ...

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 ...

Jussie Smollett is moving forward after his six-year legal battle with the city of Chicago was settled. The ordeal began after he reported that he was the victim of an alleged hate crime in 2019. 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jussie Smollett claimed that he was a victim of a hate crime in January 2019 when two men allegedly jumped him and called him ...

CHICAGO -- Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Dan Webb has been appointed as a special prosecutor in the Jussie Smollett case, Judge Michael Toomin announced at a hearing in ...

CHICAGO -- Jussie Smollett's PR team says "every iota" of his account of being the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in Chicago is supported by police evidence despite police repeatedly saying it ...

CHICAGO -- The city of Chicago has filed a lawsuit against actor Jussie Smollett for the cost of the overtime Chicago police spent investigating an attack they say Smollett staged. The City of Chicago ...

CHICAGO -- Actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty in court Monday to new charges for allegedly lying about an attack in Chicago last year. Smollett had been re-charged with six counts of felony ...