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Judge DENIES James Heerdegen's request for a restraining order against wife Christina Ricci after he claimed the actress mixed pills and alcohol daily and would 'black out' in a drunken rage

A judge has denied James Heerdegen's request for a restraining order against his wife Christina Ricci, after he claimed she is a drunk, pops pills and is a danger to their six-year-old son. Court documents obtained by DailyMail.com show a Superior Court of California judge turned down Heerdegen's request for a temporary restraining order, a change in custody of their son and a change in visitation rights Friday.  The ruling said there was 'no basis for emergency orders before a hearing' and that the allegations made will be 'considered fully' at a hearing already scheduled for February 11 in Los Angeles.   Heerdegen had filed a temporary retraining order against the actress Friday making blistering claims that Ricci would get into drunken rages in front of him and their son Freddie, black out and then forget everything she did when she finally came to.  Heerdegen also claimed he had to check their son's bottles of breast milk for fear of it being contaminate

President Joe Biden suspends Trump administration census-related initiatives critics feared favored whites and Republicans

The U.S. Census Bureau is suspending efforts to create neighborhood-level statistics on the citizenship of residents, using 2020 census data, in the latest rollback of Trump administration census-related initiatives that critics feared would be used to favor Republicans and whites during the drawing of state and local districts. As part of an order President Joe Biden signed Wednesday on the 2020 census, the Census Bureau said Friday that it would discontinue efforts to create citizenship tabulations at the city-block level using 2020 census data combined with administrative records. Among his first acts as president, Biden's order revoked two Trump directives related to the 2020 census. The first attempted to discern the citizenship status of every U.S. resident through administrative records, and the second sought to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used for apportioning congressional seats among the states. Among his first acts as president, Biden's orde

It's too early to draw conclusions about Israel's vaccine drive, insists Vallance after global alarm that Covid hospitalisations have not yet dropped despite 30% of population having jab

Sir Patrick Vallance today said it was too early too draw conclusions from Israel's vaccination drive after alarm that hospitalisations have not yet dropped. Israel is currently leading the global vaccination drive, with around 30 per cent of its citizens having had at least a single dose of a jab so far.   However, infection and death rates, as well as the numbers of people in hospital, have shown little sign of falling.  Latest figures show a further 7,027 tested positive for the virus on Thursday, with 64 new deaths from the disease. Out of 82,930 active cases, 1,918 are hospitalized. Last week, the hospitalisation figure was just over 1,000.  Addressing the apparent failure of the jab regime in cutting infection rates, Israel's top coronavirus medic said on Wednesday that the Pfizer vaccine was less effective than expected.  Real-world data from Israel's world-beating rollout showed the first dose led to a 33 per cent reduction in cases of coronavirus between 14 and 21

COVID-19 positivity rate tops 10 percent in nearly a THIRD of all NYC zip codes as Gov. Cuomo complains about lack of vaccine supply from federal government after fears the state could run out

Nearly a third of all New York City zip codes are currently reporting a COVID-19 positivity rate that exceeds 10 percent, in a dramatic increase in new cases since the holiday period. As of Saturday, there are 54 out of 177 city zip codes with a rate over 10 percent. In comparison, in the week before Thanksgiving, only 40 zip codes had a positivity rate that was over only four percent. Gov. Andrew Cuomo previously held a four percent positivity rate as the measure by which he would begin to shutdown neighborhoods before the metrics changed to focus on hospitalizations. In a press briefing on Saturday morning, Cuomo revealed that, according to states figures – which differ slightly from those issued by the city – the Big Apple has a positivity rate of 5.71 percent and the state 5.26 percent. Cuomo was speaking from a pop-up vaccination site in public housing apartments in Brooklyn as he urged those eligible to take the COVID-19 vaccine, at the same time criticizing the federal governmen

Two teachers from the same Georgia school district die from COVID-19 within hours of each other three weeks after a beloved art educator from the area passed on Christmas Day

Two teachers from the same school district in Georgia died within hours of each others from complications from the coronavirus.  Both Dana Johnson and Cynthia Lindsey, educators at Cobb County Schools in the metro Atlanta area, died on Thursday.  The educators deaths were confirmed by Connie Jackson, president of the Cobb County Association of Educators, CNN reports. A GoFundMe page for the two teachers also confirmed the news. Both Dana Johnson and Cynthia Lindsey, educators at Cobb County Schools in the metro Atlanta area, died on Thursday Johnson, a teacher at Kemp Elementary School, had pre-existing conditions. Lindsey was a paraprofessional at Sedalia Park Elementary.  Patrick Key, a third educator from the county, died on Christmas Day from COVID-19 complications. Key was a beloved art teacher at Hendricks Elementary School in Powder Springs. 'Teachers are willing to take a bullet for our kids. We shouldn't have to be willing to, in the middle of a pandemic, die from a di

Police find dozens of party-goers hiding in a cupboard at student halls in Birmingham after raiding illegal party

Cops videoed their bust-up of a student lockdown party in Birmingham with 50 people fined and dozens found trying to avoid capture by hiding in a closet. People travelled from as far as Newcastle, Nottingham and London to attend the event at Canalside accommodation, Birmingham on Friday. Officers said, 'Covid is real', as they opened up a closet to find people, adding 'you will receive a fine'. As the party-goers emerged from the closet, one by one, a shocked officer said: 'Wow, any more?' Around 50 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued by police for breach of coronavirus regulations. One officer was assaulted as a student bolted, although he was unhurt. Police say they are trawling through CCTV to identify him, adding: 'We take the safety of our officers very seriously.' The camera footage shows police making their way through the premises and as they found more people hiding in the kitchen. They also found others at the 'very, very top floor' and

Britons will refuse to live 'like Troglodytes' under indefinite lockdowns, says rebel Tory MP as he urges No 10 to focus on lowering hospital admissions

A Conservative MP has said Britons will not tolerate another 'absurd' coronavirus lockdown. MP for New Forest West Sir Desmond Swayne said that the Government's focus should be on lowering hospital admissions so lockdown can be lifted. He described the current lockdown as 'madness' and suggested people are 'going to have to rise up and bring it down'.  It comes as Britain's daily coronavirus case total plunged by 18 per cent in a week today. MP for New Forest West Sir Desmond Swayne has said Britons will not tolerate another 'absurd' coronavirus lockdown Sir Desmond told Talk Radio's Julia Hartley-Brewer: 'As hospital admissions decline, with the progress of vaccination, the notion that ordinary people are going to be prepared to tolerate going on living like troglodytes, in this ridiculous way, is absurd. 'We were told - it's always been the case - that we were protecting the NHS and reducing hospital admissions.  'As they

Don't make phone calls or talk to each other on public transport to prevent spread of Covid, French commuters are told

Passengers on French public transport should avoid talking on the phone or to each other other to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus, officials have said. The France National Academy of Medecine said in a statement that French citizens should 'avoid talking and making phone calls'.   Academy member Patrick Berche said on national broadcaster BFM TV on Saturday that if there were only three people in a subway car there was no problem. But he added that if you were only two centimetres away from the next person it made sense not to converse or talk on the phone. 'It is not an obligation, it is a recommendation,' he said. The comments came as French people in the eastern city of Lyon flocked to shops during the first day of the winter sales.  After the country came out of a national lockdown at the end of November, non-essential shops have been allowed to stay open but must close at 6pm, in line with a national curfew which is in place.  On Saturday, officials anno