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Justice Department to investigate treatment of mentally ill adults in Oklahoma

The U.S. Justice Department has announced a civil rights investigation into the treatment of people with mental illnesses by the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City police.

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Ex-Trump CFO Weisselberg admits breach of trust during tax fraud trial – USA TODAY

Ex-Trump CFO Weisselberg admits breach of trust during tax fraud trial  USA TODAY Trumps had role in fraud scheme, Allen Weisselberg testifies at company’s trial  CBS News Former executive testifies Trumps had role in fraud scheme  CBS New York Trump Org. stopped illegal

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Kari Lake isn’t conceding in Arizona governor’s race she lost – CBS News

Kari Lake isn’t conceding in Arizona governor’s race she lost  CBS News Kari Lake Live | US Midterms Elections Result | Republican Vows ‘I Won’t Back Down’ | News18 Live  CNN-News18 Lake refuses to concede in Arizona governor’s race she lost  The Associated

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Britain announces big tax rises and spending cuts over the next five years

A cloud of economic gloom settles over Britain as the government announces big tax rises and spending cuts over the next five years.

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Officials have made Nador uninhabitable for migrants in search of a better life

The city of Nador, Morocco is Europe’s southernmost border and a gateway for migrants from Africa in search of better opportunities. But attempting to cross that border can turn deadly. (Image credit: Ricci Shryock for NPR)

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Judge blocks Ron DeSantis law barring ‘woke’ education

Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Thursday issued a temporary injunction against the so-called “Stop Woke” act in a ruling that called the legislation “positively dystopian.”

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Climate Protesters Are Throwing Soup at Art. A Brooklyn Psychologist Is Behind It

The plan was to do something illegal, but no one among the two-dozen climate protesters assembled in a courtyard in Midtown Manhattan would tell me exactly what. Extinction Rebellion organizers were coming through the small crowd, asking who was “red

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Russia sends Brittney Griner to a penal colony

The U.S. basketball star was transferred to a prison colony in Mordovia — 300 miles southeast of Moscow — to begin serving out a nine-year sentence on drug charges. (Image credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

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Live updates: Nancy Pelosi announces she will not run for leadership post – CNN

Live updates: Nancy Pelosi announces she will not run for leadership post  CNN Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election as leader of the House Democrats  Fox News Nancy Pelosi Will Step Down From House Democratic Leadership: Live Updates  The New York Times Pelosi

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Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations

Experts say this summit’s success or failure centers on the issue. And most of the negotiators and public faces of the issue are women.

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