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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday he is removing emergency powers police can use after authorities ended the blockades at the borders and the occupation in Ottawa by truckers and others opposed to COVID-19 restrictions.Trudeau said the “threat continues” but the acute emergency that included entrenched occupations has ended. His government invoked the powers last week and lawmakers affirmed the powers late Monday.“The situation is no longer an emergency, therefore the federal government will be ending the use of the emergencies act,” Trudeau said. “We are confident that existing laws and bylaws are sufficient.”The emergencies act allows authorities to...

Click here to find out more! Top of the Ticket Politics and commentary, coast to coast, from the Los Angeles Times « Previous Post | Top of the Ticket Home | Next Post » Boy, now he's in real trouble; Obama administration revokes U.S. visa of accused Nigerian bomber January 6, 2010 | 4:00 am Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Under the category of looks-like-about-12-days-too-late, the State Department has announced it is revoking the U.S. visa for suspected Nigerian underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. That will show him and who knows how many others that the Obama administration really means business. The...

A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rests at a shelter... Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest at a shelter... A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sits under an umbrella... OCOTAL, Nicaragua (AP) - The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials, stepping up pressure on coup-installed leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president. The U.S. State Department did not name the four, but a Honduran official said they included the Supreme Court magistrate who ordered the arrest of ousted President Manuel...

Tampa, FL -- The Florida Board of Medicine has revoked the license of an abortion practitioner who allegedly acted negligently in a shocking botched abortion case. The July 2006 incident involves baby Shanice Denise Osbourne, who saw abortion facility staff hide her body from officials after a botched abortion.

A California board has revoked federal water claims that were critical to building a long-stalled dam northeast of Sacramento, effectively ending the project. Tuesday's unanimous vote by the State Water Resources Control Board comes more than four decades after Congress authorized the Auburn Dam to control flooding along the American River. Board members said the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation had not done its job. --snip-- The Bureau of Reclamation could apply for new permits, but Congress first would have to reauthorize the project.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Hundreds of people could be charged with torture, disappearances and babynapping during Argentina's "Dirty War" against dissidents after the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down amnesties passed in the 1980s. For victims, the ruling revived the possibility of justice in cases like that made infamous by the 1985 Oscar-winning movie "The Official Story." For military officers, policemen and doctors with ties to the former dictatorship, it stoked fears of being brought back to court. Officially, 12,000 people are listed as dead or missing from the 1976-83 military junta crackdown on opponents, although human rights groups say...