The Chicago Police Department and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office insist their relationship is strong, even if they didn't agree on the outcome in Jussie Smollett's case.

Jonathan McReynolds wins big at Stellar Gospel Music Awards during a ceremony that also included a posthumous tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.

A battle's brewing over Chicago's demand that Jussie Smollett recoup the city more than $130,000 for an investigation into his report of a racist, anti-gay attack that police say he staged.

A judge has denied a request by TV actress Allison Mack for more time to negotiate a plea deal in the sex-trafficking case against an upstate New York self-help group.

Stevie Nicks, the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, has kicked off the 2019 ceremony with a superb performance of her solo hit 'Stand Back'.

AP Interview: Actress and activist Angelina Jolie says promoting equality for women, combatting injustice, and helping refugees are the most important part of her life after her 6 children.

Beyonce was named entertainer of the year at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards ceremony that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color.

An attorney for NBA star Kristaps Porzingis acknowledges that a woman has accused him of rape, but denies the allegation.

Nicolas Cage has filed for an annulment four days after getting married in Las Vegas.

Liam Neeson is again apologizing for revealing that he wanted to kill a random black person nearly 40 years ago after a close friend had been raped by a black man.

When Attorney General William Barr releases a version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation, several publishers will be ready to put it out in book form.

More than a dozen parents accused of paying bribes to help get their kids to elite universities are due in court.

Cancellations of Netflix's 'One Day at a Time' and CW's 'Jane the Virgin' demonstrate challenges faced by Latino-themed TV shows.

Actress and activist Angelina Jolie is warning that the world "will remain stuck in a cycle of violence and conflicts" as long as nations continue to put almost every other issue ahead of equality for women.

George Clooney is calling for the boycott of nine hotels in the U.S. and Europe with ties to the sultan of Brunei, which next month will implement Islamic criminal laws to punish gay sex by stoning offenders to death.

A French street artist has created an optical illusion installation around the Louvre's glass pyramid entrance to mark its 30th birthday.

U.S. immigration authorities have arrested a Canadian man who has twice been convicted of trespassing at the California home of model and Kardashian family member Kendall Jenner.

A California man faces decades in prison when he's sentenced for making hoax emergency calls, including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man.

Filmmaker Agnes Varda, a central figure of the French New Wave who later won the Golden Lion at Venice film festival, has died.

Woods beats Cantlay and advances to the round of 16 at Match Play.

An Arizona woman who had a popular YouTube channel featuring children has pleaded not guilty to charges she abused some of her seven adopted children by pepper-spraying them, striking them with a hanger and making them take ice baths.

Authorities say America's most famous pimp died of a heart attack in bed at one of his legal brothels in Nevada after a 72nd birthday bash in October.

A record label says both members of British indie duo Her's have been killed in a car accident in Arizona.

A court in London has rejected bail for diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, whose jewels once adorned stars from Bollywood to Hollywood.

The next essay collection from prize-winning writer Meghan Daum is coming this fall.