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The Liberal government is expected to introduce a law Thursday to delay the extension of eligibility for medically assisted dying to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder. Justice Minister David Lametti has said the delay is needed after the federal government heard concerns that Canada’s health-care system might not be prepared for the expansion.The Liberal government agreed to expand eligibility in its 2021 update to assisted dying law after senators amended the bill to include it, arguing that excluding people with mental illness would violate their rights.But the bill included a two-year clock to delay the extension, which…

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Sidney Thornton, a two-time Super Bowl champion running back who played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, has died, the team announced Wednesday. He was 68.The cause of Thornton’s death was not announced. “We are saddened by the loss of former Steelers RB Sidney Thornton,” the Steelers said in a tweet.Thornton starred at Northwestern State, where he set career records in rushing attempts (537), rushing touchdowns (25) and rushing yards (2,662) when he turned pro. Those marks have since been broken. Pittsburgh would choose Thornton in the second round of the 1977 NFL Draft with the 48th pick.DEREK CARR’S…

UK power supplier Centrica has apologised for the “deeply disturbing” behaviour of a third-party contractor alleged to have broken into vulnerable customers’ homes to install pre-pay energy meters on its behalf, and suspended the controversial practice of forced instalments.Chief executive Chris O’Shea said the owner of British Gas had immediately suspended work with Arvato after an undercover reporter from The Times witnessed the contractor’s agents breaking into the home of a single father of three young children to fit a pre-payment meter. The investigation, which also unearthed other evidence of forced instalments in the homes of highly vulnerable customers, has…

REDDING, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric will face trial for manslaughter over its role in a 2020 wildfire in Northern California that killed four people, a judge ruled Wednesday.The judge in Shasta County ruled after a preliminary hearing that there was enough evidence for the nation’s largest utility to face trial on 11 felony and misdemeanor charges, including involuntary manslaughter and recklessly starting a fire.Twenty other charges were dismissed.The company, which is the nation’s largest utility, pleaded not guilty to the charges last June and was scheduled for arraignment on Feb. 15.The Zogg Fire that began in September 2020…

The frightened youngsters were approached by an apparent stranger in the dark and invited into his car before making the decision to run away in Ponteland, NorthumberlandParents are being urged to be extra vigilant after a man tried to convince children to get into his car. A police probe is underway after the terrified youngsters were invited into the stranger’s car and ran away. The children were approached on the street under the cover of night in Ponteland, Northumberland. Cops said they were left shaken but not physically hurt after their ordeal, reports the Chronicle Live. Officers have stepped up…

Washington CNN  —  A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over concerns about national security, in the latest indication of mounting scrutiny on the short-form video app from members of Congress. In a letter sent to the two tech giants on Thursday, Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet calls TikTok “an unacceptable threat to the national security of the United States” and cites the same concerns that have prompted the federal government and more than half of US states to restrict TikTok from official devices and networks. Writing…

CNN  —  The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing the structure and mission of its intelligence division as the US navigates a period of heightened polarization and radicalization, the agency’s intel chief said in an interview with CNN. Extreme public discourse and divisive politics of recent years is in part to blame for pushing people on the margins of radicalization “over the line,” Ken Wainstein, the DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, said in a wide-ranging interview in the wake of several high-profile mass shootings and an attempted arson attack on a New Jersey synagogue. “[Y]ou’re hearing sharp-edge commentary…

The federal government and several state-level entities have spent years trying to impose a new tax on drivers that would charge them for each mile driven, but a new bill from Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., aims to shut down that aspiration for good.Issa last week introduced the No Track No Tax Act, which bans the federal government from directing any funds toward the development of a system to track drivers and assess a tax for every mile driven.Issa’s bill is a reaction to the San Diego County regional tansportation agency’s plan to tax drivers for every mile driven in order…

CNN  —  The Republican-led House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. The action comes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially denied seats on the House Intelligence Committee to Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff, the former chairman of the panel – a decision that was condemned by Democrats. McCarthy vowed last year that if Republicans won back the House majority, he would strip Schiff, Swalwell and Omar of committee assignments, arguing that Democrats created a “new standard” when they held the majority…