Authorities in Chicago say the actor Jussie Smollett is suspected of filing a false police report.
The Empire actor said he was the subject of a racist attack in January.
The actor's lawyers said they would "conduct a thorough investigation and mount an aggressive defence".
William Denselow has more:
US completes another round of strikes on Iran, Gulf countries under attack
The US military has struck Iran's coastal defences and missile sites as Kuwait responded to Iranian attacks while Bahrain activated its sirens early on Thursday.
3 police officers killed, 20 injured in twin attacks in Pakistan
Two attacks targeting a security convoy and a police station have left at least three officers dead and 20 injured in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday.
Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Toronto, threatens US cities
Toronto's air quality has ranked the worst among major cities globally on Wednesday as wildfire smoke from northwestern Ontario blackened skies and spread into the northeastern United States, prompting health warnings and calls for residents to limit outdoor activities.
Bus accident kills six in China's Sichuan
A bus has plunged into a river after colliding with a road guardrail on Wednesday, killing six people and injuring 11 in China's southwestern Sichuan province, local authorities said in a notice on Thursday.
One dead, 3 presumed dead from capsized boat in San Francisco Bay
The US Coast Guard has called off its search on Wednesday for people missing from a triple-deck pontoon boat that capsized in San Francisco Bay a day earlier, leaving the casualty toll at one confirmed death and three others lost at sea.
