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• Landlord wins judgment against Clippers’ James Harden in long running fraud case

  25-03-2025 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A jury has ordered James Harden to pay nearly $1 million in punitive damages and share in the payment of another $450,000 in compensatory damages in a contract dispute lawsuit related to a Beverly Hills mansion the Los Angeles Clippers guard leased in 2019.
  Plaintiff George Santopietro’s long-running Los Angeles Superior Court complaint alleged that Harden paid $82,200 to stay for a week at the home contingent on him not having more than seven guests. But Harden had mul
  
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• Republicans look to rein in courts, judges as Trump rails against rulings

  25-03-2025 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary with proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach judges, tightening the GOP’s grip on government.
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• Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting ‘environmental justice’

  25-03-2025 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL PHILLIS, ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency illegally canceled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit hard by pollution, Senate Democrats say.
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• Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart is offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

  25-03-2025 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMIE STENGLE
  The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 would avoid the death penalty under a plea offer announced Tuesday, abruptly ending years of efforts by prosecutors to see that he face execution by lethal injection.
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• No criminal charges filed against Rialto Unified middle school students involved in classroom tussle

  25-03-2025 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A teenage boy and girl will not be criminally charged in connection with a classroom tussle at a Rialto Unified middle school that was partially recorded on video and widely seen on social media.
  In a statement Tuesday, March 25, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson said his office declined to file charges against either eighth-grader for the mutual combat that occurred March 10 at Jehue Middle School in Colton. Anderson said he hoped both students “can move on from this.
  
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• Judge orders a June trial for US government’s felony case against Boeing

  25-03-2025 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal judge in Texas has set a June trial date for the U.S. government’s years-old conspiracy case against Boeing for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people.
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• Clippers head east as postseason positioning looms

  25-03-2025 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers embarked on a four-game eastern trip that is crucial to their postseason goals. It’s not a make-or-break situation, but they could find their season on the edge if the outcomes aren’t favorable.
  For instance, if they win all four games, the Clippers would solidify themselves as legitimate playoff contenders. Win two or more of the games and they could settle in at No. 7 in the standings.
  Or the Clippers could lose all four and face rooting for other teams, like the Golde
  
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• Huntington Beach softball shows its offensive potential with sizzling start

  25-03-2025 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHuntington Beach softball coach Jeff Forsberg understands how players and teams succeed in hitting.
  Not only is Forsberg in his 21st season leading the Oilers, his background includes coaching reigning World Series MVP Freddie Freeman of Dodgers in travel baseball about 25 years ago.
  So, when it comes to explaining how fourth-ranked Huntington Beach (7-0) is averaging an eye-opening 11.7 runs per game, Fo
  
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• How Bill Murray’s scary character made Jennifer Coolidge giddy during ‘Riff Raff’

  25-03-2025 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Yes, Jennifer Coolidge has a pair of Emmys for her work on the first two seasons of “The White Lotus.” But an Emmy or two won’t help you when you’re face to face with Bill Murray and a gun.
  “I was giddy,” Coolidge says of that moment in “Riff Raff,” a new crime comedy that also stars Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, and Pete Davidson. “So I was really doing everything I could.
  “Like, I had this sharp zipper thing I kept trying to dig into my
  
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• Trump signs sweeping executive action overhauling US elections, including citizenship requirement

  25-03-2025 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
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• Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship

  25-03-2025 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
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• Newly unsealed memo sheds light on Justice Department’s rush to drop NYC mayor’s corruption case

  25-03-2025 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK
  NEW YORK (AP) — A top Justice Department official was leaning toward dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams even before summoning the top Manhattan federal prosecutor at the time to Washington to discuss the case, newly unsealed documents show.
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• Lawsuit blames downed power lines as second ignition point in Palisades fire

  25-03-2025 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A new lawsuit blames part of the catastrophic Palisades fire — the worst in Los Angeles history — on downed power lines from wooden poles snapped in the hurricane-force winds.
  The suit, filed Monday by attorney Alexander Robertson, alleges the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power tried for months to cover up the harm caused by the fallen line. It says the LADWP told the Washington Post days after the fire began Jan. 7 that the line was not energized at the time of the blaze and
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Josiah Hartshorn, Orange Lutheran

  25-03-2025 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Josiah Hartshorn
  School: Orange Lutheran
  Sport: Baseball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: Hartshorn batted .667 with four home runs, two doubles, eight RBIs and eight runs scored in four games as the Lancers won the championship of the Bishop Gorman Invitational tournament in Las Vegas. Hartshorn, who plays outfield and first base, signed with Texas A&M and is an early-round MLB Draft prospect. For the season he is batting .500 with five home runs an
  
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• Lakers seek to recapture defensive identity amid skid

  25-03-2025 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — As Lakers coach JJ Redick sees it, his team’s recent woeful defensive performances are because of the bad habits the group developed on that end of the floor over the previous couple of weeks while a few of their main players were injured.
  But those bad habits are still lingering even with LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes all back in the fold.
  This was evident in the Lakers’ back-to-back losses to the Chicago Bulls at home on Saturday and Orlando Mag
  
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• Swanson: Without JuJu Watkins, USC is finished, right? Not so fast

  25-03-2025 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Watching JuJu Watkins felled by a torn right ACL in an NCAA Tournament game Monday night left a lot of L.A. and all of the women’s basketball world grieving, as one fan emailed me early Tuesday, “like someone had died.”
  No one has, fortunately. Trust and believe, Watkins will be back. And the top-seeded Trojans are still dancing, headed to the Sweet 16 in Spokane, Washington, after Monday’s inspired 96-59 second-round route of ninth-seeded Mississippi
  
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• President Trump pardons former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer

  25-03-2025 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned a former business partner of Hunter Biden who was convicted of participating in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe.
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• Wall Street drifts and Trump Media jumps despite souring moods for US consumers

  25-03-2025 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street edged higher in a quiet Tuesday after roaring the day beforeon hopes that President Donald Trump’s tariffsmay not be as sweeping as earlier feared.
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• Lego Galaxy indoor coaster coming to Legoland California in 2026

  25-03-2025 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  An outer space-themed indoor roller coaster where riders will train for intergalactic travel before blasting off on a mission into the Lego Galaxy is coming to Legoland California as Southern California theme parks prepare for a brewing coaster war in 2026.
  Construction has already begun on the first-of-their-kind indoor coasters that will debut next year at Legoland California and Legoland Florida.
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• US Vice President JD Vance to join his wife in Greenland on Friday

  25-03-2025 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that he’s joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake.
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• Ducks look to hand Bruins their 7th consecutive loss

  25-03-2025 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Ducks remained in the mushy middle as they prepared to confront a club that’s plummeted to a similar position Wednesday, when they’ll welcome the Boston Bruins to Honda Center.
  The Ducks are two games under a .500 points percentage while Boston sits three games below. The Bruins are winless in their past six games and have a -19 goal differential during their freefall, mostly recently being bombarded 7-2 by the Kings.
  Goals and expectations have recalibrated for t
  
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• Utility customers getting $142 in electric, gas bill credits in April

  25-03-2025 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Utility customers are getting a small break in their April bill when California’s spring climate credits kick in.
  For Southern California Edison customers, a $56 credit that will be automatically deducted from residential electric bills. Customers with Southern California Gas also will see $86.60 knocked off their statements during the April billing cycle.
  Also see: Why are our electric rates so insane, and what can we do about it?
  The discounts are part of a statewide program ca
  
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• The US Postal Service has been struggling for years. Now Trump’s talking about privatizing it

  25-03-2025 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUSAN HAIGH
  The U.S. Postal Service is facing an uncertain future after the resignation this week of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the suggestion by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency, that the mail service could be privatized.
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• SDG&E customers to get credits on utility bills next month from state program

  25-03-2025 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  You will catch a break on your San Diego Gas & Electric bill next month, as $81.38 will be automatically deducted from residential electric bills. Customers with natural gas hookups will also see $54.21 knocked off their statements during the April billing cycle.
  You will catch a break on your Southern California Edison bill next month, as $56 will be automatically deducted from residential electric bills. Customers with natural gas hookups from Southern California Gas will also see $86.60 k
  
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• All-County girls water polo: Orange Lutheran’s Allison Cohen is the player of the year

  25-03-2025 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowALL-COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM 2024-25
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Allison Cohen, Orange Lutheran, Junior 
  Allison Cohen knows how to balance herself in and out of the pool.
  Inside the water polo course, the junior steadies Orange Lutheran with her multi-position defense, passing and scoring. This winter, she also represented the U.S. national team on two continents while being in-season with the Lancers.
  O
  
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• Dodgers hope to repeat as champions with mindset of ‘hunter’

  25-03-2025 20:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The narrative of a championship season usually focuses on all the things that went right. That’s one of the factors that has kept MLB from having a repeat champion since the New York Yankees in 2000 – everything doesn’t often go right two years in a row.
  As the Dodgers open defense of their first full-season championship since 1988 in earnest with their home opener Thursday, they don’t have to worry about that.
  “I would say hardly anything went right for us last yea
  
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• Watch: Two whales play in ocean steps from Aliso Beach and a crowd on the sand

  25-03-2025 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Two whales swimming, diving and rolling in the water just steps from the sand at Aliso Beach stopped beachgoers in their tracks.
  “It was a delicious, spiritual moment,” said Maria Bishop of the priceless encounter on March 23. “It was as if you moved, you would break it. It was about the moment. I just wanted to soak it up.”
  Bishop and her husband were walking the beach that morning when they came upon dozens of people standing looking out at the ocean.
  See Bishop’s
  
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• Stanford fires football coach Troy Taylor following investigations, seeks ‘reset’ for program

  25-03-2025 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor on Tuesday following two losing seasons, two investigations into his inappropriate behavior and one embarrassing leak to the news media.
  Specifically, Andrew Luck fired Taylor.
  “Since beginning my role as General Manager, I have been thoroughly assessing the entire Stanford football program,” Luck said in a statement announcing the decision.
  “It has been clear that certain aspects of the program need change. Additionally, in recent days
  
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• Dodgers 2025 preview: Roster breakdown

  25-03-2025 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  STARTING ROTATION
  Each of the past two seasons, the starting rotation has dissolved with injuries and off-field issues (Julio Urias in 2023), leaving them short in October. That has been addressed with back-to-back winters of heavy investment in starting pitching. The result is a deep group with the potential to be the best in baseball – if everyone stays healthy. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell will lead a rotation that also includes Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, electric
  
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• Spec homes sitting on the market pose risk of economic drag

  25-03-2025 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Michael Sasso | Bloomberg
  The so-called spec home, a spin on the American dream home with standardized color schemes and toilet fixtures, is falling out of favor with some US builders. While that means deals for buyers, the trend also could wind up as a drag on the economy.
  Spec, or speculative, homes are usually more affordable and available much more quickly for people who don’t demand their own personal touches. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the supply of previously
  
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• Musk’s broadband satellites have long-term costs, states say

  25-03-2025 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kelcee Griffis | Bloomberg
  The Trump administration is making changes to a $42 billion broadband subsidy program that will benefit satellite internet providers like Elon Musk’s Starlink, but some state and federal officials worry the technology isn’t robust enough to connect Americans on a mass scale and at affordable rates.
  The Biden administration’s vision for the Broadband Equity and Access Deployment Program (BEAD), designed to deliver fast, reliable home internet servic
  
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• With spring’s arrival, there’s work to do in the garden. Here’s a checklist

  25-03-2025 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jessica Damiano | The Associated Press
  OK, gardeners — it’s time to dig in! Now that it’s spring, we’ve got work to do.
  A checklist:
  Soil
  First, test your soil’s pH level. Each plant thrives best within a specific range, and nutrient absorption will be impaired if the reading falls outside that range. If warranted, amend the soil with ground limestone to raise its pH or elemental sulfur to lower it. Test kits are readily available and reasonably priced.
  Trees
  Fer
  
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• Disneyland cancels ‘Avengers Assemble’ rooftop stunt show

  25-03-2025 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Black Widow, Captain America and Black Panther will no longer battle Taskmaster near the docked Quinjet in Avengers Campus as the rooftop stunt show joins the growing list of canceled entertainment in the Marvel themed land at Disney California Adventure.
  The final performance of “Avengers Assemble” will be held on April 5 as the expansion of Avengers Campus begins at Disney California Adventure, according to Disneyland officials.
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• Remember Napster? It’s been sold to tech company for $207 million

  25-03-2025 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million.
  The tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music platform where artists can connect with fans and better monetize off their work.
  “The internet has evolved from desktop to mobile, from mobile to social, and now we are entering the immersive era. Yet, music strea
  
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• A new museum in Texas tells the life stories of Medal of Honor recipients

  25-03-2025 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMIE STENGLE
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A new museum devoted to telling the stories of those who have received the nation’s highest military honor is opening this coming week in Texas.
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• Angels release outfielder Mickey Moniak

  25-03-2025 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels released outfielder Mickey Moniak on Tuesday morning, apparently clearing the way for Jo Adell to be the everyday center fielder.
  The move with Moniak was a surprise because neither he nor Adell had separated themselves this spring, so it seemed as if the Angels might keep both of them into the season and go with whoever took control of the job.
  Now, the Angels are left with Adell and a cast of players who could play center field occasionally, but not on an everyday basis. Mike Trout,
  
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• Kroger blames Albertsons for merger’s demise in new court filings

  25-03-2025 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press
  Kroger is denying Albertsons’ claims that it didn’t do enough to ensure regulatory approval of the companies’ planned supermarket merger.
  In court papers filed Tuesday in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kroger said Albertsons disregarded the companies’ merger agreement and worked secretly with a partner, C&S Wholesalers, to try to force Kroger to divest more stores to C&S.
  Kroger also claimed that Albertsons was secretly plannin
  
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• Appeals court allows Trump administration to suspend approval of new refugees amid lawsuit

  25-03-2025 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to suspend entry of new refugees as a lawsuit plays out over the president’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system.
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• Angel City FC’s Alyssa Thompson named to USWNT roster

  25-03-2025 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. women’s national soccer team is coming to SoFi Stadium next month and Alyssa Thompson will be there.
  Thompson was one of the 23 players called into the camp by USWNT coach Emma Hayes for a pair of games against Brazil.
  The USWNT will first face Brazil on April 5 at SoFi Stadium (2 p.m.) in the first women’s soccer game to be played in the Inglewood site, and then head north to San Jose’s PayPal Park for an April 8 game (7:30 p.m.).
  The USWNT defeated Brazil 1-0 in the
  
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• Portugal intercepts a semi-submersible vessel loaded with cocaine

  25-03-2025 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese police have seized a semi-submersible vessel transporting 6.5 tons of cocaine destined for Europe, authorities in Lisbon said Tuesday.
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• Social Security under Trump: 5 warning signs to watch

  25-03-2025 19:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Chaotic change has been upending every federal agency since President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, and Social Security — despite its longstanding status as the untouchable “third rail” of American politics — is no exception.
  Trump pledged while campaigning that he would not seek to cut benefits to eligible recipients, and the White House reiterated that in a March 11 press release, saying: “The Trump Administration will not cut Social Security, Medicare
  
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• Israeli strikes in southwestern Syria kill 6 people as troops clash with residents

  25-03-2025 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By OMAR ALBAM and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
  KOAYIAH, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike Tuesday in southwestern Syria killed at least six people as Israeli troops occupying the area clashed with local residents, Syria’s Foreign Ministry and a war monitor reported.
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• New Parkinson’s treatment developed at Stanford could help millions

  25-03-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  After a twitching pinky finger led to a diagnosis of young-onset Parkinson’s disease, Keith Krehbiel, then 42, stopped at a bookstore on the way home to learn more about the progressive neurological disorder before telling his wife Amy the shocking news.
  “I remember sitting in a parking lot and hearing this sad piece by Miles Davis,” he said. “I haven’t been able to listen to it since without feeling what I felt then.”
  Twenty-eight years later, as a political
  
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• Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor ‘glitch’

  25-03-2025 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID KLEPPER and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen’s Houthis this month to a group chat that included a journalist, saying it was “the only glitch in two months” of his administration as Democratic lawmakers heaped criticism on the administration for handling highly sensitive information carelessly.
  Trump told NBC News that the lapse “t
  
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• This Ramadan, relief and hope bump against violence and uncertainty in the new Syria

  25-03-2025 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARIAM FAM
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the Assad family’s iron-fisted rule, she felt something new, something priceless: A sense of ease.
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• CIF Southern Section announces teams, individual winners of Academic Awards

  25-03-2025 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF Southern Section has announced the team and individual winners of its annual Academic Awards for 2024-25.
  Several schools from Orange County earned the honor that is given to teams with the top cumulative grade-point average in each sport throughout the section.
  Also, each county school was eligible to select a male and a female Student-Athlete of the Year that met this criteria: a senior having maintained a minimum of a 3.5 GPA (4.0 scale) over the past three years; earned a letter
  
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• CIF Southern Section Academic Awards teams, individuals announced

  25-03-2025 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF Southern Section annual Academics Awards honorees have been announced.
  To be selected. Southern Section student-athletes must be a senior having maintaineda minimum of a 3.5 grade-point average over the past three school years, have earned aletter in at least one varsity sport and participated in school non-athletics extracurricular activities.The academic team winners will be honored in a pregame ceremony before theAngels game against Pittsburgh on April 24.
  The individual and team winn
  
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• Women’s NCAA Tournament not ready for expansion from competitive or financial standpoint

  25-03-2025 18:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By DOUG FEINBERG
  Expanding the men’s NCAA Tournament would not be a good move for women’s March Madness.
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• Wildfires in North and South Carolina fueled by drought, wind and fallen trees from Hurricane Helene

  25-03-2025 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where evacuation orders were in effect Tuesday.
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• How a shelter hit by Trump’s aid cuts protects LGBTQ migrants in Mexico

  25-03-2025 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, Associated Press
  TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Ana Esquivel no longer feels like her heart stops every time she sees a police officer.
  “We’ve been told that they won’t harass or mistreat us here, but back home, if a male name is spotted on your ID, you could spend the night detained,” said the 50-year-old transgender woman. She fled Cuba fearing for her safety and arrived in Mexico earlier this year.
  Transgender woman Ana Esquivel
  
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