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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City and its police department have discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday after releasing the latest in a series of investigations into state and local law enforcement agencies. In its 45-page report, the DOJ found the city unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with mental illness and that the police department often escalates crisis situations by responding with armed officers instead of with behavioral health professionals. “As a result, urgent mental health needs often go unaddressed and crisis situations are needlessly escalated, sometimes leading to avoidable use of force,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. Oklahoma City and police Chief Ron Bacy both said Thursday they were still reviewing the report. The report said the DOJ launched the investigation in 2022 after receiving a complaint but did not provide further d...

Jack Nicholson with his daughter Lorraine.   Photo:  LORRAINE NICHOLSON/Instagram   Jack Nicholson   spent some quality time with his loved ones over the holiday season.  In an  Instagram post  shared by his daughter Lorraine Nicholson on Thursday, Jan. 2, the actor, 87, was captured sharing a sweet father-daughter moment with the 34-year-old in a rare photo.  The image saw Lorraine smiling as she wrapped her arms around her dad’s shoulders and he placed his hand on her arm.  “Your dad looks great. ❤️,” director  Nancy Meyers , who directed Jack in the 2003 film  Something's Gotta Give , wrote in the comments section. The three-time Oscar winner was last photographed at a public event in April 2023 when he watched his team the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Memphis Grizzlies in the  NBA playoffs . In a  video posted to X  (formerly known as Twitter) at the time,  The Departed  star could be seen hugging and...

More than a third of US states have now introduced restrictions for online adult content, blocking access to popular pornographic websites such as  Pornhub . From 1 January, 2025, there are 17 states with restrictions in place after Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee became the latest to enforce over-18 age verification laws for viewing porn sites. Legislation aimed at banning under-18s from viewing adult content in these states – which have a combined population of more than 120 million – typically requires visitors to provide state-approved identification, such as a passport or driving license. Critics claim that this is a violation of user privacy, with Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn parent company Aylo claiming that it also puts people’s personal data at risk. The company said it has withdrawn its websites from these states as a result of the laws. “Aylo has publicly supported age verification of users for years, but we believe that any law to this effect must preserve user sa...

The suspect who allegedly drove into a joyous crowd at a New Year's celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar by the FBI. Jabbar—who died at the scene of the attack—was a U.S.-born citizen who lived in Texas, FBI Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Alethea Duncan said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. In 2012, Jabbar and Nakedra Charrlle Jabbar's marriage came to an end. The New York Times reported that his second marriage also came to an end in 2022. The Times also reported that the pair shared two children together. Court documents reviewed by Fox News Digital showed that Jabbar missed child support payments to the couple's children. SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS FBI INVESTIGATES ACT OF TERRORISM AFTER BOURBON STREET ATTACK A photo released by the FBI of Shamsud Din-Jabbar.

  President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty” after President Joe Biden on Monday   commuted   the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison. “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign. After Biden’s commutation of most federal death row inmates – which Trump on Truth Social said “makes no sense” – there will be just three individuals in federal prison facing the death penalty when the president-elect takes office in January. Those three remaining cases are all individuals who committed mass shootings or terrorist atta...