Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson took it personally when detectives determined that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett allegedly lied about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.

A Coast Guard officer suspected of drawing up a hit list of top Democrats and network TV journalists spent hours on his work computer researching the words and deeds of infamous bombers and mass shooters while also stockpiling weapons, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Dispatchers helped a mother in New London deliver a baby inside a van on Thursday morning.

Police said Smollett planned the hoax because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted to promote his career. Before the attack, he also sent a letter that threatened him to the Chicago studio where "Empire" is shot, police said.

During the shoot, Franci Neely, who is Houston Astros owner Jim Crane's former wife, asked the family to leave because they were blocking a walkway. The words escalated, and Neely took aim at the father's cell phone. She also kicked the baby’s balloons.

People in a northeastern Tennessee county woke up Thursday to severe damage from a mudslide.

A hospital patient stole an ambulance in Texas early Thursday morning, causing a police chase until he was finally stopped.

President Donald Trump hopes to move beyond pleasantries next week in his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, officials said on Thursday, describing the follow-up talks as more intensive than an inaugural round last year in Singapore.

Faced with a housing shortage and skyrocketing rents, Oregon is poised to become the first state to impose mandatory rent controls, with a measure establishing tenant protections moving swiftly through the Legislature.

A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina, according to Ecuador's government.