βEmpireβ actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career, Chicagoβs police superintendent said Thursday.
βEmpireβ actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said.
The chief executive and chief creative officer of luxury fashion powerhouse Burberry have apologized for putting a hoodie with strings tied in the shape of a noose on their London Fashion Week runway.
President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he would prevail over a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Authorities have arrested six illegal immigrants accused of trafficking large amounts of drugs throughout several states, including North Carolina, Georgia and Texas.
The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II died Sunday. George Mendonsa was 95.
Chicago police said Saturday the investigation into the assault reported by Jussie Smollett has βshiftedβ due to information received from two brothers questioned in the case, and attorneys for the βEmpireβ actor blasted reports alleging he played a role in his own attack.
150,000 fans expected to visit the Queen City through Sunday night.
A gunman opened fire at a manufacturing plant in suburban Chicago on Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers before he was fatally shot, police said.
Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have settled collusion lawsuits against the NFL.
Defiant in the face of a stinging budget defeat, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday to get more federal dollars for his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, relying on a broad interpretation of his powers that was certain to trigger stiff legal challenges.
Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited.
Melania Trump showed love for her new hometown during a Valentineβs Day arts-and-crafts session with pediatric patients Thursday.
Hundreds of thousands of students and adults across Florida and beyond bowed their heads in a moment of silence Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead.
Amazon says it will not be building a new headquarters in New York, a stunning reversal after a yearlong search.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a federal grand jury in the special counselβs Russia probe, a judge ruled Wednesday.
A purse containing a prom invitation, photos and other items from 1950s America will be returned to its now 82-year-old owner after workers found it while demolishing part of an Indiana high school.
In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then thereβs El Chapo.
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is resigning, months after an investigation found he misused government vehicles to travel to his home in North Carolina.
The FTC announced this week that romance-related scams have surged recently and generated more losses than any other consumer fraud reported to the agency last year.
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