A day after former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was convicted on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about being the victim of a racist, homophobic attack, a British appeals court overturned a lower court ruling Friday that could lead to WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange being extradited to the United States.…

A day after a Jeffrey Epstein accuser testified against Ghislaine Maxwell in court, the defense team representing former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett rested its case. The case then went to the prosecution, shortly after Smollett finished a second day of testimony. Prosecutors said they had no other witnesses to call, and Judge James Linn scheduled…

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett took the witness stand Monday at his trial on charges of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lying to Chicago police about it. The actor who starred on the TV show “Empire” shared his account of what happened in January 2019 in an attempt to refute damaging testimony from two…

On the same day jury selection began in the trial of former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, opening statements began Monday in the sex trafficking trial of longtime Jeffrey Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell. The video above shows the scenes inside and outside the courtrooms of both trials. The beginning of Maxwell’s trial comes over two years…