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FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the "Empire" FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police say they're interviewing two "persons of interest" who surveillance photos show were in the downtown area where Smollett says he was attacked last month. A police spokesman said Thursday the two men aren't considered suspects but may have been in the area at the time Smollett says he was attacked. Smollett says two masked men shouted racial and homophobic slurs before beating him and putting a rope around his neck on Jan. 29. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Chicago police release 2 men questioned in Smollett case

Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioning them.
Survivors of artisanal miners sit in a tent after rains flooded mines on the outskirts of Kadoma, west of Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, Feb, 16, 2019. About 40 people were trapped underground, said a police spokesman. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

8 miners rescued in Zimbabwe; others remained trapped

8 artisanal miners who were trapped underground for several days after heavy flooding in Zimbabwe have been rescued
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2018 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shake hands during a news conference in New York. Cuomo and de Blasio trumpeted Amazon's decision to build a $2.5 billion campus in the Queens borough of New York as a major coup. Neither one expected the near immediate local backlash that would cause Amazon to cancel their plans on Feb. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart

When Amazon chose the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens to build a new campus, New York's top brass saw it as a major coup but what they didn't anticipate was the deal's eventual unraveling

Joliet mayor calls I-80 bridge over Des Plaines River unsound

The mayor of Joliet says because the Interstate 80 bridge over the Des Plaines River is structurally unsound, he may be forced to take action
Southern Illinois man convicted in eye-gouging attack
A southern Illinois man has been convicted in an April 2018 attack that left another man blind
Weekend shows in Rosemont trigger traffic advisory
Heavy traffic is expected in multiple areas of Rosemont during the weekend of Feb. 16 and 17 for the International Motorcycle Show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, the Shen Yun shows at the Rosemont Theatre and the Elton John shows at the Allstate Arena.
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's skewed picture of border perils
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's skewed picture of immigrant perils underpins his extraordinary declaration of a national emergency at the southern border
FILE - In this Monday, May 14, 2018 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation after party at Wollman Rink in Central Park in New York. Smollett, who is black and gay, has said he was attacked by two masked men shouting racial and anti-gay slurs early Jan. 29, 2019. Chicago police said on Saturday, Feb. 16, "the trajectory of the investigation" into the reported attack on Smollett has shifted and they want to conduct another interview with the "Empire" actor. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Chicago police: Jussie Smollett assault case has 'shifted'
Chicago police say Jussie Smollett investigation has shifted; actor's attorneys blast reports he played a role in the attack
FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2017 file photo, Jussie Smollett participates in the "Empire" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Smollett, an actor on the TV series "Empire," is also an R&B musician who performed Saturday night, Feb. 2, 2019, at a concert in Los Angeles. Smollett, who is openly gay, says two masked men attacked him early Tuesday in Chicago in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Key moments in actor Jussie Smollett's Chicago attack
Key moments in actor Jussie Smollett's Chicago attack
People light flares in front of the Serbian parliament building during a protest march against populist President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. People protested against what they say is Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s autocratic rule. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Thousands in Serbia protest for 11th week against populists
Thousands of people have rallied in Serbia's capital for 11th week in a row against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government
FILE - In this May 28, 2018, file photo, Laurie Holt, left, walks out of the airport with her son, Josh Holt, walking behind her, after returning to Salt Lake City after Josh and his family received medical care and visited President Donald Trump in Washington. Laurie Holt, a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail, has died at age 50. (AP Photo/Kim Raff, File)
Mother who helped free son from Venezuelan jail praised
The family and friends of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail was remembered for her fearlessness and determination at her funeral Saturday
Investigators work at the apartment complex of the alleged shooter from the Henry Pratt Co. on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Aurora, Ill. An employee of a manufacturing company opened fire in its suburban Chicago plant Friday, killing several people and wounding several police officers before he was fatally shot, police said. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Aurora shooting victims ranged from intern to plant manager
The victims of disgruntled employee who opened fire at a suburban Chicago industrial warehouse were co-workers ranging from an intern to a plant manager
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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