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• A high school basketball camp for challenged teens, run by varsity athletes, proves a lesson of love for all

  21-07-2018 10:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Beckman High senior Shubh Khandhadia greets campers during an introduction exercise at Beckman All-Stars Camp in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Khandhadia created the three-daybasketball camp for kids with disabilities.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Beckman High senior Shubh Khandhadia, center, helps teach Savanah Gallardo how to dribble during Beckman All-Stars Camp in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Khandhadia created the three-daybasketball camp for ki
  
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• First days of NFL draft could reveal Rams’ competition timeline

  24-04-2024 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Stop me if you’ve heard this already: For the first time since 2016, the Rams are poised to use a first-round pick in the NFL draft.
  I know, I know, it’s been talked about ad nauseam since the season-ending loss to the Lions in the first round of the playoffs. With pick No. 19 on Thursday, in addition to No. 52 in the second round and Nos. 83 and 99 in the third on Friday, the Rams have the opportunity to add to the young core that made the surprise postseason appearance in 2023. And
  
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• Pro-Palestine students, supporters occupy park on USC campus

  24-04-2024 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Several dozen pro-Palestinian students began an occupation of USC’s Alumni Park on Wednesday, April 24, and issued a list of demands including university divestment from any organizations that “profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation in Palestine.”
  The action added USC to a growing list of college campuses across the nation that have seen encampments and ongoing protests over the continuing Israel-Hamas war, most notably Columbia University. USC’s Alumni Pa
  
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• Ron Hart: Dithering dolt Biden tells a whopper about cannibals

  24-04-2024 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Biden lied again. The legacy corporate media covers for him, so you might not have heard about it. Biden told a doozie this time about his uncle getting eaten by cannibals.
  Biden said his “Uncle Bosie” was shot down in a plane he was flying in combat over New Guinea during WWII, and then he was eaten by cannibals. But the true story has come out because the Pentagon keeps records. Uncle Bosie was not flying the plane (he was a passenger), it was not shot down (both engines failed), a
  
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• Gov. Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

  24-04-2024 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sophie Austin | Associated Press/Report for America
  SACRAMENTO — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in that state.
  It would apply only to doctors licensed in good standing in Arizona and their patients, and last only through the end of November. Arizona’s 1864 law banning nearly all abortions except if the mother’s life is in jeopardy takes eff
  
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• Huntington Beach City Council’s silly fight over voter ID law

  24-04-2024 20:33 via ocregister.com
  
  We’re not exactly shocked that the state filed a lawsuit against Huntington Beach over the recently passed initiative that requires voters at polling stations to show their identification before voting – and also provides surveillance at voter drop boxes. The city’s conservative council majority spearheaded Measure A and 53 percent of voters supported it.
  “By requiring additional documentation to establish a voter’s identity and eligibility to vote at the time of vo
  
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• States move to label deepfake political ads

  24-04-2024 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Gopal Ratnam | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call
  WASHINGTON — After 20,000 or more New Hampshire voters received a call with the artificial-intelligence-doctored voice of President Joe Biden asking them to skip the state’s primary in January, state officials were in a quandary.
  Attorney General John M. Formella launched an investigation alongside others into the robocall that urged recipients to “save your vote for the November election,” ultimately identifying a Texas-based organizatio
  
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• Airlines now must pay automatic refunds for canceled flights

  24-04-2024 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Allyson Versprille | Bloomberg
  Airlines will now have to provide automatic refunds to travelers if their flights are canceled or significantly altered under new US Department of Transportation rules.
  The final regulations released Wednesday outline the circumstances where passengers are entitled to refunds for all travel to, from and within the US. The goal is to make it easier for people to get money back and to make refund policies more consistent from one airline to the next.
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• Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer

  24-04-2024 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Arielle Zionts | KFF Health News (TNS)
  HISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young.
  Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, said she’s lost six friends and acquaintances to suicide, two to car crashes, and one to appendicitis. Four of her relatives died in their 30s or 40s, from causes such as liver failure and covid-19, she said. And she recently lost a 1-year-old nephew.
  “Most Native A
  
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• Amon-Ra St. Brown agrees to 4-year deal with Lions worth more than $120M, according to source

  24-04-2024 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY LAGE (AP Sports Writer)
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth more than $120 million with $77 million in guarantees, according to a person familiar with the situation.
  The person spoke Wednesday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the financial terms were not announced.
  “Four more years,” St. Brown said in an Instagram post.
  Detroit drafted St. Brown out of USC in t
  
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• Disneyland adds another potential themed land to the mix: Encanto

  24-04-2024 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The number of potential new themed lands that could be built as part of DisneylandForward has grown to 10 for those keeping track of all the possibilities that could come to the Anaheim theme parks under Disney’s $1.9 billion plan that just won preliminary approval.
  An Encanto themed land is the latest addition to the ever-growing line-up of possibilities that Disney continues to dangle as enticing possibilities for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
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• Biden administration sets higher staffing mandates. Most nursing homes don’t meet them

  24-04-2024 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Jordan Rau | (TNS) KFF Health News
  The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so.
  The new rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are the most substantial changes to federal oversight of the nation’s roughly 15,000 nursing homes in more than three decades. But they are less stringent than what patient advocates said was needed to p
  
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• Study: More than 25% of Americans expect to never retire

  24-04-2024 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By Fatima Hussein | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — More than one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds.
  About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday by the organization that shows how a graying America is worrying more and more about how to make ends meet even as economists and policymakers say the U.S. economy has all but achieved a soft
  
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• Travel: How to spend 6 perfect days in the Scottish Lowlands

  24-04-2024 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  When one dreams of vacationing in Scotland, it’s the Highlands and not the Lowlands that comes to mind. Don’t take our word for it; even the national tourism board touts the Scottish Highlands as “the Scotland of your imagination and the perfect backdrop for your next adventure” on its website. And on National Geographic’s list of “Best of the World” destinations, only the Highlands gets love.
  OK, so the Scottish Lowlands isn’t home to the monstrou
  
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• Is financial trauma holding you back from living your best life?

  24-04-2024 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alana Benson | NerdWallet
  The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. NerdWallet, Inc. does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks, securities or other investments.
  Whether it’s going to bed before midnight, eating broccoli, or dealing with your finances, doing the “right” thing can sometimes feel like a herculean effort.
  Similar to an erratic sleep schedule or
  
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• Spirit Airlines shows improvements, but still finishes last in travel industry customer satisfaction study

  24-04-2024 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Discount carriers Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, once destined to be merger partners, both upped their games in terms of serving their customers, but remained on the bottom of an annual customer satisfaction survey for 2023-24, a national research firm has announced.
  Although it registered more improvement points than any airline, South Florida-based Spirit finished last in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index Travel Study conducted by CFI Group of Ann Arbor, Mich. The study,
  
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• NFL draft: Should the Chargers trade the No. 5 pick?

  24-04-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Conventional wisdom, along with a fair number of pundits from coast to coast, suggests the Chargers will trade the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday, acquire additional draft capital and then seek to fill a number of pressing roster needs with an additional selection or two or three.
  But will they?
  Should they?
  Can they even pull it off?
  Joe Hortiz, the Chargers’ new general manager, made it clear last week that he would not simply make a trade just to make a trade. He would not
  
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• Pro-Palestinian student protests target colleges’ financial ties with Israel

  24-04-2024 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY, STEVE LeBLANC and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS (Associated Press)
  Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in protest encampments with a unified demand of their schools: Stop doing business with Israel — or any companies that support its ongoing war in Gaza.
  The demand has its roots in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a decades-old campaign against Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians. The movement has taken on new strength as
  
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• Remnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA says

  24-04-2024 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONEL ALECCIA | AP Health Writer
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows.
  The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings “do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers.” Officials added that they’re continuing to study the issue.
  “To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that th
  
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• Ducks banking on youth, promise and plenty of cap room

  24-04-2024 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE –– Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek may not have the commanding presence or steely stare of his former teammate and front-office mentor Steve Yzerman, but the feisty, fiery forward turned first-time GM will certainly be the center of attention this summer, when the Ducks figure to be a major player in the offseason.
  They’re bursting with potential over the long haul and an added benefit of having a bundle of scintillating talents younger than 25 is that many of them are
  
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• Sober Living Task Force wants to keep issues in Sacramento’s face as billions are spent

  24-04-2024 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Jessica, 34, says she would love to get off fentanyl but worries it’s not possible while homeless. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Hey! Planning for the caterpillar-to-butterfly (we hope) transformation of California’s mental health system — spending billions to tackle homelessness, addiction and mental illness on our streets — is happening. Right now.
  And since ours is the most directly impacted region, the Southern California Sober Living Task
  
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• Stagecoach 2024: What you need to know before heading out to the three-day country festival

  24-04-2024 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is making its way to the Empire Polo Club in Indio following both weekends of its sister event, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 26-28.
  The three-day country festival includes headliners Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen, supported by acts such as Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Hardy, Willie Nelson & Family, Bailey Zimmerman, Leon Bridges, Diplo, Dwight Yoakam, the Beach Boys, Wiz Khalifa, Carin León and more.
  As fans
  
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• Biden signs $95 billion war aid measure with assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

  24-04-2024 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and that also has a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in the U.S.
  The announcement marks an end to long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress over urgently needed assistance for Ukraine.
  “We rose to the moment. we came together. and we got it done,”
  
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• Will orange-cream combo challenge pumpkin spice for seasonal flavor champ?

  24-04-2024 17:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Good Humor ice cream’s ad notes its Creamsicles are only a 100-calorie treat. (Courtesy: Unilever)
  I have to admit to a certain weakness for creamsicles.
  The curious mixing of orange and vanilla into an ice cream treat had long been a personal favorite, and it seems that a flock of product managers for noteworthy food brands have similar feelings. Various spins on orange and cream have made this classic combo a hot item again in 2022 on menu boards and grocery shelves.
  Now, it’s a go
  
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• No joke, for 12 days Netflix is turning Los Angeles into the comedy capital of the world

  24-04-2024 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  For 12 days Los Angeles may be the funniest place in the world as more than 300 comedians jump on various stages across the city and bring the laughs during the Netflix is Joke Fest.
  “It’s one of the biggest festivals ever put together celebrating comedy,” said Robbie Praw, Netflix’s vice president of stand-up and comedy.
  The festival takes place from May 1-12 at more than 35 venues across the city. Performers range from comedy legends like Jerry Seinfeld, Ali Wong, Kevin
  
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• Swanson: Kawhi Leonard’s return sparks hope, even in Clippers’ loss

  24-04-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Leave it to Tyronn Lue to sit at a podium wearing a smug little grin after a playoff loss.
  What, Lue worry? Not three years ago, when the Clippers were down 2-0 after consecutive home losses in a first-round playoff series against these Dallas Mavericks. And certainly not now, with this first-round series tied 1-1 heading to Dallas for Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Sunday.
  No sir, as Lue would say. He’s not sweating Tuesday night’s 96-93 loss at Crypto.com Arena. He
  
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• Newsom’s gun control constitutional amendment gets nowhere, to the surprise of no one

  24-04-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom made headlines last summer for proposing a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution enshrining a handful of gun control measures into the supreme law of the land.
  There was some ginned up fanfare, with state Sen. Aisha Wahab praising Newsom as “a man of action” in the press release announcing the amendment.
  It was all a bit much for what everyone understood at the time to be Newsom’s latest attempt at positioning himself for the White House.
  Alas, the
  
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• Elitism and arrogance threaten a backlash against Democrats

  24-04-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Trouble in River City” goes the famous line in “The Music Man,” one of America’s best-loved musicals, set in the fictional town of River City, Iowa, meant to represent the country’s heartland. It is in America’s heartland — not just geographic, but socio-political — that Democrats risk a backlash this November. For it’s a heartland that is home to Americans who may be repulsed by Donald Trump for infinite compelling reasons, but whose
  
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• UN calls for investigation into mass graves uncovered at two Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

  24-04-2024 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDITH M. LEDERER | Associated Press
  UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations called Tuesday for “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops.
  Credible investigators must have access to the sites, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters, and added that more journalists need to be able to work safely in Gaza to report on the facts.
  Earlier Tuesday, U.N. human rights chie
  
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• Keep NDAs out of the lawmaking process

  24-04-2024 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  On Thursday, the California Assembly’s elections committee is set to consider Assembly Bill 2654.
  Introduced by Asm. Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, the proposal “would prohibit lobbyists and certain public officials and employees, as specified, from entering into, or requesting that another party enter into, a nondisclosure agreement relating to the drafting, negotiation, discussion, or creation of legislation.”
  The bill would also invalidate laws negotiated under NDAs.
  As first re
  
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