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Ex-Michelle Obama aide says she had small role in assisting Jussie Smollett’s family

The comments from Tina Tchen are her first about her involvement in the case and come one day after Foxx’s office abruptly announced they were dropping charges against Smollett, who was charged last month for disorderly conduct for filing a false…

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R. Kelly’s legal team asks Chicago judge for more time before ruling on Dubai concert trip

While the United Arab Emirates and the U.S. don’t have an extradition treaty, lawyer Steve Greenberg says said that if R. Kelly is allowed to perform in Dubai, he has no fear that the singer will jump bond and flee from the U.S. to avoid trial.

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Illinois Supreme Court rejects bid to resentence cop who murdered black teen Laquan McDonald

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by prosecutors to resentence a former Chicago police officer for the controversial shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a black teen whose killing exacerbated tensions between police and the African-Am…