Actor Jussie Smollett is under arrest, facing charges of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report claiming he was a victim of a hate crime in Chicago. 9News
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Chicago police suspect actor Jussie Smollett filed false 'hate crime' report | Sky News AustraliaChicago police have named Jussie Smollett as a suspect for filing a false report, three weeks after the ‘Empire’ actor claimed he was the victim of a hate crime.\n\nAuthorities are presenting evidence to a grand jury which is expected to determine whether to indict the 36-year-old actor with filing a false police report.\n\nSmollett claimed he was attacked by two masked men who shouted racial and homophobic epithets at him while he was walking home from a sandwich shop at 2am on January 29th.\n\nIf found guilty, he faces up to three years in prison.
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Actor Jussie Smollett suspected of 'filing a false report' over hate crime claimSmollett had told police he was attacked by two masked men while walking home from a Subway sandwich shop, but doubt about his claims has grown over the past week.
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Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrested over hate crime claimThe actor turns himself in over charges he lied to police when he claimed he was attacked and beaten by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs.
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Pair released over 'staged' attack on Empire actor Jussie SmollettChicago Police say that suspects arrested in connection with an alleged racist and homophobic assault on Empire actor Jussie Smollett have been released.
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Empire star Jussie Smollett now a suspect for 'false police report'A US police official says 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett is now considered a suspect 'for filing a false police report' after a reported attack.
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Trump signs bill to avert shutdown, but national emergency stays | Sky News AustraliaDonald Trump has signed legislation to avert another government shutdown after announcing a national emergency at the US-Mexico border in an attempt to get funding for his wall.\n\nSpeaking in the Rose Garden of the White House, the US president said the wall was needed because 'we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people, and it's unacceptable'.\n\nDemocrats have denied him the $US 5.7 billion he says he needs to build the wall, and they have vowed to legally challenge Mr Trump's move.\n\nHours after the announcement, he signed legislation to provide $US333 billion to finance several Cabinet agencies until the end of September to prevent part of the government shutting down for the second time this year.\n\nThe president said he was expecting a lengthy legal challenge over his decision but insisted he would be successful in the Supreme Court.\n\nBy declaring the emergency, he will be able to use his executive authority to tap funds from other sources to obtain a total of $US8 billion to construct the wall.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actor who played Hitler in ‘Downfall’ dies aged 77Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Adolf Hitler cooped up in his Berlin bunker in 'Downfall' and an angel in Wim Wenders' 'Wings of Desire' has died. He was 77.
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Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in 'Downfall', dies at 77Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor who gave masterful performances as Adolf Hitler in 'Downfall' and an angel seeking mortality in divided Berlin, died Saturday aged...
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