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CHICAGO -- Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Jussie Smollett is officially a suspect in a criminal investigation for filing a false police report, a Class 4 felony. Guglielmi said CPD detectives are currently presenting evidence before a Cook County grand jury. Earlier Gugliemi confirmed prosecutors are speaking with Jussie Smollett's attorneys as part of their investigation into an alleged attack on the "Empire" actor. "We are hopeful that we'll have a chance to ask the questions that we have," Guglielmi said. "It doesn't matter what the investigation shows; if you have information that's helpful to law...

Another student at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) has hoaxed a racist hate crime attack, local police have confirmed. More than a week after the 2016 Election, a man on the BGSU campus claimed he had been pushed to the ground and robbed, all while the two perpetrators allegedly called him a racial slur. The university’s vice president for student affairs, Thomas Gibson, put out a statement based off a local police investigation where he confirms that the alleged attack did not actually happen, The Blade reported. It is still unclear whether or not the student will be charged for...

"Evil Dead" star Bruce Campbell brought out his social media boomstick to debunk a fake photo going viral on Twitter. A picture tweeted by "Conservative Nation" claims to show "what happened to [a] female Trump supporter when she met 'peaceful' and 'tolerant' liberals." The image shows a blonde woman covered in blood, suggesting she was attacked by protesters at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Campbell, however, pointed out the woman is actually actress Samara Weaving and the photo was from a make-up test for her role on "Ash vs. Evil Dead." The Starz horror-comedy series follows Campbell's...

Toledo, Ohio (AP) -- A pregnant attorney who vanished for four days last week now says her tale of being kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to Georgia was fabricated, police said Tuesday. Karyn McConnell Hancock, a former Toledo city councilwoman, had disappeared Wednesday and was found Saturday near Atlanta. Her husband said Monday that his 35-year-old wife, six months pregnant with her second child, claimed she was kidnapped by two men and a woman. Police would not discuss a motive, but Hancock's husband Lawrence Hancock said his wife has been having a meltdown for several years. "She experienced a meltdown...