9.4K views · 90 reactions | Jussie Smollett trial: Jury was shown a video that prosecutors say is the former "Empire" actor doing a 'dry run' with the brothers that he allegedly paid to attack him. | HLN | Facebook

Prosecutors rested their case at Jussie Smollett’s trial Thursday after key testimony from two brothers who said the former “Empire” actor plotted a racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago and paid them to carry it out. FULL STORY --> https://bit.ly/32YAN3d | NewsNation

112K views · 413 reactions | HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION: Authorities in Chicago have launched a possible hate crime investigation after actor Jussie Smollett, star of the hit TV show “Empire,” told police he was brutally attacked by two men in ski masks who allegedly shouted racial and homophobic slurs, poured a chemical on him and put a rope around his neck. Steve Osunsami reports. https://abcn.ws/2GaWqA2 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | Facebook

62K views · 483 reactions | SMOLLETT CUT OUT OF SHOW: Producers of "Empire" have announced that they are removing actor Jussie Smollett's character from the last two episodes of the season as authorities say Smollett faked the racist and homophobic attack against him. Eva Pilgrim reports. https://abcn.ws/2VdCuR0 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | Facebook