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• 17 you should know about Comic-Con 2017

  24-07-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Comic-Con 2017 had a lot to offer, from an incredible year for cosplay to a number of major movie and TV franchises dropping news about upcoming films and series and plenty of panels, merch, publicity stunts and more for the thousands of comic book fans that came to San Diego.
  Here are 17 things – and we’ll be honest here, we are giving you that many things, plus a whole bunch more – to know about this year’s convention:
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• Kawhi Leonard sparks Clippers’ fast start in win over Nets

  26-01-2026 05:45 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Clippers’ successful run isn’t talked about in the locker room or in team meetings. The fact that they have posted a league-best stretch of games is a quiet conversation, if mentioned at all.
  “I mean, we understand we’re playing good basketball right now,” guard Kris Dunn said. “Right now, we just are focusing on keeping it one game at a time and everybody keeping their urgency up.”
  Not even Coach Tyronn Lue talks about the past and
  
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• If roses are nature’s poetry, this man’s the Bard

  26-01-2026 04:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Tom Carruth fell in love with roses at an early age and nurtured his romance into a full-time career.
  Carruth, rose hybridizer and curator of The Huntington Rose Garden in San Marino, will speak at the Laguna Woods Garden Club meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 28. He will share details of his unique career and offer advice to gardeners who want to see their gardens grow.
  The “Julia Child” rose, named after the famed chef, was hybridized by Tom Carruth, the rose curator at the Huntington Lib
  
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• Riverside man accused of manslaughter after pregnant woman dies in Anaheim collision

  26-01-2026 04:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A driver from Riverside was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and DUI in Anaheim early Sunday, Jan. 25, after police say he ran a red light, collided with another car and a pregnant passenger in that car died.
  Daniel Ramos, 24, was booked into the Anaheim Detention Center, police said in a news release.
  “Due to the victim being pregnant, additional charges may be considered pending the outcome of the investigation,” Sgt. Eric Anderson wrote in the release. Those charges
  
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• Rams can’t complete comeback in NFC championship loss to Seahawks

  26-01-2026 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Seattle Seahawks’ Dareke Young (83) celebrates after recovering a fumble by Rams wide receiver Xavier Smith during a punt return during the second half of the NFC Championship NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
  Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua (12) makes a touchdown catch past Seattle Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen (27) during the second half of the NFC Championship NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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• Car pursued by CHP plunges off 105 Freeway near LAX

  26-01-2026 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A car being pursued by California Highway Patrol officers early Sunday, Jan. 25 flew off the 105 Freeway and crashed to the ground below near Los Angeles International Airport, the  CHP said.
  The driver’s face was bloody, and he appeared dazed after El Segundo firefighters cut him out of a Chevrolet Camaro, as seen in a video by freelance news organization OnScene.TV.  The man was arrested and hospitalized.
  California Highway Patrol officers arrest a man who they say led them on
  
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• Trump, unbowed by backlash to Minneapolis shooting, blames Democrats for ‘chaos’

  26-01-2026 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a fierce national debate and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night continued to blame Democratic officials.
  After remaining relatively quiet on Sunday, the Republican president in two lengthy social media posts said that Democrats had encouraged people to obs
  
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• Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver

  26-01-2026 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JIM MUSTIAN and SARAH RAZA
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Minneapolis mourned the intensive care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers in a hail of gunfire, those who knew Alex Pretti came forward Sunday to dispute the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent “domestic terrorist” and would-be assassin.
  Pretti, 37, was remembered as kind and warm-hearted by his family, neighbors and the loved ones of the ailing veterans he treated at th
  
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• Shooting of man by federal agents in Minnesota creates tension on gun rights; LA federal prosecutor’s comments criticized by NRA

  26-01-2026 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The killing of Alex Pretti after an encounter with federal immigration officers Saturday in Minneapolis spurred notable tension with the GOP’s long-standing support for gun rights. Officials say Pretti was armed, but no bystander videos that have surfaced so far appear to show him holding a weapon. The Minneapolis police chief said Pretti had a permit to carry a gun.
  Yet administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have q
  
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• Chad Baker-Mazara scores 29 in USC men’s win over Wisconsin

  26-01-2026 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  USC forward Ezra Ausar (2) reacts after a basket by guard Alijah Arenas (0) as Wisconsin forward Nolan Winter (31) looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
  Wisconsin forwards Nolan Winter (31) and Will Garlock, second from left, force a jump ball against USC forward Ezra Ausar (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
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• AFC championship game: Patriots punch ticket to 12th Super Bowl with gritty win over Broncos in snowy Denver

  26-01-2026 00:34 via ocregister.com
  
  New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye runs against the Denver Broncos during the second the half of the AFC Championship NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/Garrett W. Ellwood)
  New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye (10) hands off against the Denver Broncos during the second half of the AFC Championship NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
  New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel looks on during the first half o
  
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• No. 3 UCLA women’s basketball dominates Northwestern for 13th straight win

  26-01-2026 00:12 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA center Lauren Betts, left, rebounds a ball against Northwestern forward Grace Sullivan, center, and guard Tate Lash during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Evanston, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
  UCLA forward Angela Dugalić, left, and Northwestern forward Grace Sullivan battle for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Evanston, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
  UCLA guard Kiki Rice, center, drives
  
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• Trump says US used secret weapon to disable Venezuelan equipment in Maduro raid

  25-01-2026 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro. Trump also renewed his threat to conduct military strikes on land against drug cartels, including in Mexico.
  Trump made the comments in an interview Friday with the New York Post.
  The Republican president was commenting on reports that the U.S. had a pulsed energy weapon and said, “The Dis
  
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• Israel launches ‘large-scale operation’ to locate last hostage in Gaza

  25-01-2026 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By NATALIE MELZER
  NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Israel said Sunday its military was conducting a “large-scale operation” to locate the last hostage in Gaza, as Washington and other mediators pressure Israel and Hamas to move into the next phase of their ceasefire.
  The statement came as Israel’s Cabinet met to discuss the possibility of opening Gaza’s key Rafah border crossing with Egypt, and a day after top U.S. envoys met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about next
  
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• Struggles continue for USC women’s basketball team

  25-01-2026 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Olivia Olson had 23 points and No. 7 Michigan rallied after giving away a 16-point lead to beat struggling USC 73-67 on Sunday.
  Kara Dunn led USC with 26 points — her sixth straight 20-plus point game — and 10 rebounds. Londynn Jones had 12 points and Jazzy Davidson added 11 with seven assists for the Trojans (11-9, 3-6 Big Ten), who have lost six of their last seven games.
  Mila Holloway finished with 13 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Wolverin
  
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• Struggles continue for the USC women’s basketball team

  25-01-2026 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Olivia Olson had 23 points and No. 7 Michigan rallied after giving away a 16-point lead to beat struggling USC 73-67 on Sunday.
  Kara Dunn led USC with 26 points — her sixth straight 20-plus point game — and 10 rebounds. Londynn Jones had 12 points and Jazzy Davidson added 11 with seven assists for the Trojans (11-9, 3-6 Big Ten), who have lost six of their last seven games.
  Mila Holloway finished with 13 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Wolverin
  
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• Governing at gunpoint: ICE in Minneapolis

  25-01-2026 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Minneapolis is reeling as masked, heavily armed ICE agents flood immigrant neighborhoods, pulling people from cars, entering homes, and clashing with protesters and observers. Businesses have shuttered, school districts have shifted online, and candlelight memorials mark civilians killed during federal operations. Now President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy federal troops, framing the unrest as an &
  
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• New mayor takes the gavel in Laguna Woods

  25-01-2026 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Woods has a new first. After voters elected an all-female City Council in 2024, the city now has its first Black mayor, a woman to boot.
  Laguna Woods Village resident and Mayor Pro Tem Annie McCary took the helm on the dais in December, chosen by her colleagues to serve the next year leading the council.
  Having grown up in the Jim Crow South, McCary said she “could not have imagined a moment like this.”
  “Opportunities were limited and expectations were often set for us b
  
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• US security agreement for Ukraine is ‘100% ready’ to be signed, Zelenskyy says

  25-01-2026 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is “100% ready” after two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia.
  Speaking to journalists in Vilnius during a visit to Lithuania, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is waiting for its partners to set a signing date, after which the document would go to the U.S. Congress and Ukrainian parliament for ratification.
  Zelenskyy also emphasized Ukrain
  
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• Massive winter storm across the US brings ice, frigid temperatures and widespread power outages

  25-01-2026 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATE BRUMBACK and JULIE WALKER
  A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and paralyzing air and road traffic. Power lines were draped in ice, and hundreds of thousands of people in the Southeast were left without electricity.
  The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday in much of the country, followed by very low temperatures, which could cause “dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts&r
  
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• Iran unveils mural warning of retaliation if US conducts a military strike

  25-01-2026 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELENA BECATOROS
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities unveiled a new mural on a giant billboard in a central Tehran square on Sunday with a direct warning to the United States to not attempt a military strike on the country, as U.S. warships head to the region.
  The image shows a bird’s-eye view of an aircraft carrier with damaged and exploding fighter planes on its flight deck. The deck is strewn with bodies and streaked with blood that trails into the water behin
  
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• Ice from winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands of customers without power across the South

  25-01-2026 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATE BRUMBACK and JULIE WALKER
  A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and halting air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast were left without electricity.
  The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday followed by very low temperatures which could cause “dangerous travel a
  
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• More than 10,800 flights canceled Sunday as massive winter storm sweeps across US

  25-01-2026 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By MAE ANDERSON and RIO YAMAT
  NASHVILLE (AP) — A massive winter storm made for a brutal travel day Sunday, with widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation’s busiest airports.
  Widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people — more than half the U.S. population — in a path stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England, the National Weather Service said Saturday night. After sweeping through the South, the
  
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• More than 10,500 flights canceled Sunday as massive winter storm sweeps across US

  25-01-2026 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By MAE ANDERSON and RIO YAMAT
  NASHVILLE (AP) — A massive winter storm made for a brutal travel day Sunday, with widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation’s busiest airports.
  Widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people — more than half the U.S. population — in a path stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England, the National Weather Service said Saturday night. After sweeping through the South, the storm move
  
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• Latest shooting in Minnesota enforcement surge fuels more calls for immigration agents to leave

  25-01-2026 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARAH RAZA, JACK BROOK and STEVE KARNOWSKI
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local leaders and Democrats across the country demanded federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis and set off clashes with protesters in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier.
  The latest shooting has sparked a legal fight over control of the investigation amid the immigration surge that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities.
  
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• Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting

  25-01-2026 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARAH RAZA, STEVE KARNOWSKI and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground in the wake of another shooting death by federal agents.
  “Which side do you want to be on?” Gov. Tim Walz asked the public. “The side of an all-powerful fede
  
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• Democrats vow to oppose homeland security funding bill. That increases the chance of a shutdown

  25-01-2026 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, in a social media post Saturday night, hours after the shooting, said that what is happening in Minnesota is “appalling” and that Demo
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday, January 25, 2026

  25-01-2026 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday, January 25, 2026.
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• Those friendly skies aren’t so friendly anymore

  25-01-2026 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By Shaun Tumpane
  Laguna Woods Globe
  Can you remember when air travel was an enjoyable experience? When travelers got dressed up to fly to Grandma’s house for the holidays?
  Granted, it seems like that was decades ago, because, well, it was decades ago.
  In the ’60s and ’70s, men wore suits and women elegant frocks with decolletage demurely hidden by the softest of fur from some dead animal. Sleek four-engine jets came with a shelf over the ample-width seats for a salesman’s
  
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• U.S. home sales 18% below average despite cheaper mortgages

  25-01-2026 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Americans bought homes at the fourth-slowest pace for a November in a 21-year history, despite the lowest mortgage rates in three years.
  Nationally, 269,665 residences were sold in November. That’s existing homes and newly built properties – both houses and condos, according to Attom data dating to 2005. This broad tally of sales is off 13% over 12 months and 18% below average.
  It’s no short-run slip. Sales over the past three years averaged 340,913 per month, 8% below the pace
  
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