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Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Courthouse after his court appearance on March 26, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. This morning in court it was announced that all charges were dropped against the actor. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

After Jussie Smollett's charges were dropped, a judge sealed his case file. Now, it will be made public

TOPSHOT - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven out of Southwark Crown Court in London on May 1, 2019, after having been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. - A British judge on Wednesday sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. Assange took refuge in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden and was only arrested last month after Ecuador withdrew his asylum status. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

WikiLeaks founder indicted on charges of 'unlawfully obtaining' and disclosing classified information

Feds say banker bribed Manafort while seeking job in Trump administration

Marlene Paul stands on the back porch of her Webbers Falls home and watches water from the Arkansas River approach May 22, 2019. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)

Runaway barges smash into Oklahoma dam after officials order evacuations and shut down roads

Presidential candidate and former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro speaks during a rally with McDonald's employees and other activists demanding fairer pay, better working conditions, and the right to unionize in Durham, N.C., Thursday, May 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

With protesters at the gates, McDonald's talks up its success story

Mario Batali -- The Italian food fanatic, restaurateur and TV personality at the Hong Kong launch of his popular New York-based restaurant, Lupa. It's the first of three restaurants he plans to open here.

Mario Batali faces criminal charge in alleged Boston groping incident

Presidential candidate and former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro rallies with McDonald's employees and other activists demanding fairer pay, better working conditions, and the right to unionize in Durham, N.C., Thursday, May 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

McDonald's workers protest for higher wages

A billboard that can be seen from an interstate in Arkansas is trying to solve a 1954 cold case.

Arkansas billboard asks who lynched WWI veteran

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on 1994 crime bill: 'The bad outweighs the good'

A painter has revealed an 80-foot mural of New Zealand's prime minister comforting woman after mosque attacks

A disabled woman who gave birth at a Phoenix care facility was likely pregnant before, documents allege

'American Taliban' released from prison, a key case for questions about radicals re-entering society

Watch when the 'American Taliban' was found

A federal prisoner believed to have spent the longest time in solitary confinement has died

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 11: Geoffrey Rush speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court of New South Wales after being awarded AUD$850,000 damages on April 11, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The three-week defamation trial concluded in November 2018. Justice Michael Wigney today ruled in favour of Geoffrey Rush, and is entitled to aggravated damages. Rush sued The Daily Telegraph for defamation over a series of articles that were published in late November and early December 2017 that alleged he behaved inappropriate during a 2015 stage production of King Lear. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Actor wins $1.9 million payout in #MeToo defamation case

Geoffrey Rush speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court of New South Wales after being awarded AUD$850,000 damages on April 11, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The three-week defamation trial concluded in November 2018. Justice Michael Wigney today ruled in favour of Geoffrey Rush, and is entitled to aggravated damages. Rush sued The Daily Telegraph for defamation over a series of articles that were published in late November and early December 2017 that alleged he behaved inappropriate during a 2015 stage production of King Lear. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Geoffrey Rush wins $1.9m payout on #MeToo defamation case

These doctors risked their careers to expose the dangers children face in immigrant family detention

Pakistani demonstrators carry placards during a protest against the rape and murder of a child in Lahore on January 11, 2018.

Father of murdered 10-year-girl says she was raped and acid thrown on her

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward journalists as he departs the White House for a campaign rally in Pennsylvania May 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. On his way to Montoursville, Pennsylvania, Trump said that Iran does not currently pose a direct threat to the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Most presidents don't pardon murderers. Trump did, and may again.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - MAY 18: Gay couple A-Tuo (L) and Hsuan Yo kiss during a wedding event to raise HIV awareness a day after Taiwan's parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriage, on May 18, 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan yesterday became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage after lawmakers voted to allow same-sex couples full legal marriage rights, including areas in taxes, insurance and child custody. Thousands of gay rights supporters gathered outside the parliament building in the nation's capital as the result was announced. The bill will go into effect on May 24. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

For China's LGBTQ people, Taiwan's rainbow victory is a moment of joy and pain

President Donald Trump delivers a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump spreads false claims about Mueller as Democrats start tightening the screws

Border patrol agent calls migrants 'subhuman' and 'savages' in text messages, court papers say

Connecticut police hope that 15,000 likes on Facebook will get man to turn himself in

U.S. Border Patrol agent Steven Charles Holmes is accused of sexual assault.

US Border Patrol agent accused of sexual assault

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has collaborated with new artists for the 25th anniversary of 'Runaway Train.'

Music video for 'Runaway Train' turns 25. New version uses modern technology to find missing kids.

HONG KONG - FEBRUARY 09: Rioters set fires in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on February 9, 2016 in Hong Kong. More than 40 police officers and journalists have been injured after a riot with protesters on the first day of Chinese New Year celebrations. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Hong Kongers wanted for rioting granted refugee status in Germany

Federal court unseals Michael Cohen search warrants, further detailing his Russian ties

Fixing the war on drugs

McDonald's is under pressure as allegations of sexual harassment surface and activists circle the wagons

Students at Clayton State University 'take' SAT exams.

Three more guilty pleas in college admissions scandal

Rampage Killings Fast Facts

In this photo provided by the Guardia Civil on Wednesday May 22, 2019, a civil guard works next to two luxury cars in an undisclosed place in Spain. Europol, the European Union's police agency, says an international law enforcement operation has smashed an organized crime gang that earned hundreds of millions of euros in drug and cigarette trafficking, assassinations and money laundering. (Guardia Civil via AP)

Top European crime network busted

Trump honors 14 public safety officers with the Medal of Valor

Arizona prisons ban a book that talks about the criminal justice system's impact on black men

A woman checks her phone while walking her dog on a sunny day on May 18, 2019 in New York City. - After a cold and rainy weather, the National Weather Service forecasted temperatures with highs in the 70s through the weekend. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

New York might make it illegal to text while walking

Attorney Michael Avenatti speaks to the press after leaving the federal court house in Manhattan on March 25, 2019 in New York City. - Michael Avenatti, who shot to fame as the lawyer of adult film star Stormy Daniels, was arrested on March 25, 2019, on charges of trying to extort more than $20 million from Nike and for embezzling from a client. The celebrity attorney, who represented Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, was arrested in New York based on separate complaints filed in that city as well as Los Angeles. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

READ: Michael Avenatti indictments

Stolen RV sets off violent car chase in California

Photo taken in February 2019 shows a media event held by Verizon Communications Inc. in San Francisco. The American telecommunications giant announced on April 3 that it has launched the world's first 5G mobile service in Chicago and Minneapolis. (Kyodo via AP Images) ==Kyodo

How 5G is changing the game for first responders

Policeman schools playground kids with half-court shot

South Florida voters cast their ballots at a polling center in Miami, Florida on November 6, 2018.

Florida governor announces cybersecurity review following election hacking revelations

Yovavi Yardiel Lopez being held by his father, Yovany Lopez

Baby struggles for his life after mother's murder

A wild police chase in California had multiple collisions and dogs leaping from a stolen RV

Pro-choice activists hold signs in response to anti-abortion activists participating in the "March for Life," an annual event to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the US, outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, January 18, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Alabama's anti-abortion law isn't alone. Here are all the states pushing to restrict access