guilty. the only black juror on the panel that convicted jussie smollett and his hate crime hoax trial opens up about a key piece of evidence, telling local chicago media he couldn't understand why smollett put a noose used in the attack back on to show police as an african-american person i'm not putting that noose back on at all. smollett is awaiting sentencing for five convictions related to the fake hate crimes. google is reportedly planning to fire employees who don't comply with the company's covid vaccine january 18th to get vaccinated or be placed on paid leave for one month employees remain unvaccinated after the paid leave would be put on unpaid leave for six months and anyone unvaccinated after that faces termination. okay. get ready to ring in the new year with fox news channel. "fox & friends weekend" co-hosts pete hegseth, rachel