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 -- 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 ...

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 -- In a classic Chicago-way document dump, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx released thousands of pages of Jussie Smollett records after 5 p.m. Friday. The records were turned over under ...

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 -- Although Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx publicly recused herself from the Jussie Smollett case, she still sent texts to lead prosecutors in charge, and an email from one of her ...

CHICAGO -- A retired judge who filed a petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case asked a Cook County judge to ...

CHICAGO -- The Jussie Smollett case returned to federal court Tuesday morning for a hearing on the city of Chicago's $130,000 lawsuit against the "Empire" actor. Officials said false claims of an ...

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 ...

That is the question many are asking, after CNN reported that the investigation by Chicago police into Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack has changed. CBS News reported that, according to a source close ...