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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Lawyers for former congresswoman Katie Hill and her ex-husband told a Los Angeles judge they are close to settling her allegations of harassment and years of abuse, which led her to obtain a temporary restraining order against him in December. On December 8, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Anne Richardson ordered Hill’s ex, Kenneth Heslep, to stay at least 100 yards away from her, along with her mother and sister. READ MORE: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Motor Deputy Killed In Lakewood Crash A hearing was scheduled for Jan. 26 on whether the order should be extended, but lawyers on both sides said at that time that they were trying to resolve the issues without the need for a trial. Attorneys later said they had nearly resolved the issues and asked for another week to finalize their agreement. The judge set another hearing for March 2. Also in December, Hill filed court papers against Heslep for allegedly releasing unauthorized nude images of her for … [Read more...] about Former Rep. Katie Hill, Ex-Husband Inch Closer To Settling Temporary Restraining Order

Woolworths has revealed that customers increasingly continued to purchase via online channels during the half year to 31 December 2020. The Australian supermarket giant revealed that group ecommerce sales reached nearly AU$3 billion, after seeing a 78% uplift on the AU$1.65 billion reported last year . Online sales penetration for the half grew 8.2%. Woolworths also reported average weekly traffic to group digital assets increased materially, up 62.4% to 20.2 million visits per week, which it said was due to "customers increasingly looking to engage digitally as part of their shopping journey". Looking more specifically at the digital arm of the company's Australian food business, WooliesX, online sales saw a significant jump of 92% to AU$1.8 billion in the half. This represented 7.7% of its Australian food business sales that came in at AU$23.5 billion for the period. During the half year, Woolworths established three new dedicated ecommerce fulfilment centres in Notting … [Read more...] about Woolworths reports strong start to FY21 as online sales and net profit experiences uplift

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis Nadler House Judiciary split on how to address domestic extremism George Floyd police reform bill reintroduced in House Nadler presses DOJ to prosecute all involved in Capitol riot MORE (D-N.Y.) is demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to reports that it is considering not charging more of the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Nadler expressed alarm at the possibility that some might not be charged, saying it was "critical that all of the perpetrators of this insurrectionist attack be identified, investigated, arrested, charged and subsequently prosecuted,” he wrote in a letter to acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson “The Department of Justice must dedicate every available resource to its offices across the country in order to ensure that all of these individuals are held accountable,” he wrote. ADVERTISEMENT The DOJ did not immediately … [Read more...] about Nadler presses DOJ to prosecute all involved in Capitol riot

‘This remains an accident and an accident is not a crime. They do happen, unfortunately.’ IMAGE: The damaged car of Tiger Woods is towed away after he was involved in a car crash, near Los Angeles on Tuesday. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Tiger Woods will not face criminal charges in the car crash that left him with serious injuries, the Los Angeles County Sheriff said on Wednesday, as the golf great recovered from extensive surgery to repair his fractured right leg and shattered ankle. Investigators were still trying to determine what caused Woods, 45, to lose control of the grey Genesis sport utility vehicle he was driving on Tuesday morning. Woods was negotiating a curved, downhill stretch of highway that authorities said was notoriously dangerous when the luxury SUV he was driving veered across the opposite lanes, collided with a road sign and rolled several times before coming to rest. "We don't contemplate any charges whatsoever in this crash," Los Angeles … [Read more...] about Tiger Woods will not face charges in car crash

How to achieve calm in a state of panic. Source: Zoffness In the face of COVID-19, we’re seeing a viral spread of anxiety contagion . Panic is as contagious as any pathogen and is dangerous in its own right. Research shows that when we see people panicking – buying up all available water, for example – our brains respond with a similar anxiety spike. We’re built that way because it can be adaptive in certain situations. But it can also be maladaptive . Sustained anxiety is literally bad for your health: The more you panic, the less functional your immune system becomes. The science of anxiety is this: in the face of a real or perceived emergency, your sympathetic nervous system (SNS) kicks on, triggering the release of a stress hormone called cortisol . Over time, cortisol suppresses your immune system, causing a decrease in white blood cells – the cells that help you fight off viruses — putting you at greater risk of infection. The more you panic, the less able … [Read more...] about Anxiety Contagion: Tips for Relief