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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, April 1

  01-04-2025 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
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  TUESDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
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  El Modena 3, Salem Hills (UT) 0
  ElMo: Novajoski (W, 5.2IP 5H 0R 2BB 11K)
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• These California publishers specialize in creating books by female authors

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  These days, female authors are publishing as many books yearly as males.
  In a 2023 study, “The Welfare Effect of Gender-Inclusive Intellectual Property Creation: Evidence from Books,” University of Minnesota economist Joel Waldfogel looked at sales on Amazon, reviews on Goodreads, and other data, and concluded that, as of 2020, women are now penning 50 percent, maybe even slightly more, of the books published yearly.
  This is a huge leap from 10 percent a century ago, and 20 percent 6
  
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• These 12 Noteworthy books by California authors made an impact in 2024

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re keeping track, you might notice that we’ve added a couple of books to our fourth annual Noteworthy list, our salute to California authors whose books during the past year helped shape conversations, attracted considerable attention from critics and readers alike, made powerful statements and delivered unique reading experiences.
  In 2024, there were so many books by California authors whose influence reached beyond the region and reverberated across the nation that we had to
  
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• Q&A: Pacific Symphony’s new conductor Alexander Shelley on how music meets the moment

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  From catastrophic fires to mudslides, plane crashes, political upheaval — let’s just say that calamity seemed to be the opening act of 2025.
  Seeking an antidote to the venom of relentless headlines, I’ve found myself listening to music more than ever. Which made me wonder: How and why does music act as more than mere entertainment, but perhaps offer deeper wisdom and perspective?
  For answers, I turned to London-based conductor Alexander Shelley, who is the incoming artistic and
  
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• Physical or digital formats? On the joys and importance of both

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  I was about to drive my friend home after watching a movie. Before buckling my seatbelt, I reached across to the passenger’s side and pulled something small, square and plastic out of the glove compartment.
  “Is that a CD?” my friend asked, astonished. While opening the jewel case, I confirmed that his eyes weren’t deceiving him. “That’s wild,” he said. “I can’t remember the last time I saw someone use a CD.”
  I slid the disc into the car
  
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• Pasadena Playhouse will mark its centennial in May

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Many people don’t know that California has an official State Theatre — The Pasadena Playhouse. Initially founded in 1917, the theater was moved to its current South El Molino Avenue location in 1925. In advance of its centennial celebration in May, the Playhouse’s Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman can explain what the State Theatre of California designation means.
  On a nuts-and-bolts level, California’s State Legislature convened in 1937 and decided that The Pasad
  
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• For these artists, going with the creative flow sometimes means changing forms

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  In his book, “Catching the Big Fish,” the late director and artist David Lynch described every idea like catching a fish: You might sit in the boat all day without so much as a nibble on the line — but your chances of catching something big increase with regular practice, a sharp eye, and the willingness to go into ever deeper waters.
  Solid work habits and curiosity supported Lynch throughout an incredibly productive career, but I think his massive and varied output was also du
  
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• Claremont luthier finds love and craft in the shape of a violin

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  JB Violins is tucked into a small building off Alley 38, just south of West Bonita Avenue in Claremont. One might expect its location in Claremont is the result of the arts-friendly college culture of this community located just inside LA County’s eastern-most edge.
  After all, the Folk Music Center founded by Ben Harper’s grandfather is just around the corner. The nearby city Post Office is home to a W.P.A.-sponsored mural painted by Milford Zornes. Down the street is a 1927 train st
  
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• Art house chic: Across the region, repertory cinema is cool once more

  01-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Supernatural battles flashed across the screen at Los Feliz’s Philosophical Research Society on a Saturday night last October. Swords were drawn. Lasers shot from hands and eyes. Strange creatures manifested. “Kung Fu Halloween,” a video mix compiled and edited by the found footage artists EXP TV with clips culled from obscure martial arts films, was a wild ride.
  It was quite a departure from the vibe there several months earlier, when I sat inside the same aging auditorium for
  
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• Emma Hayes leads USWNT into two stiff tests with Brazil

  01-04-2025 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The numbers surrounding the United State women’s national soccer team for this international window trend toward youth.
  According to U.S. Soccer, the average age of the players called into camp is just over 25 years old, and the average number of appearances is less than 35 (33.6), with nearly half the roster with 10 or less.
  “Our young group has to recover after a loss against Japan in the SheBelieves Cup and I’m looking for us to take the next steps in our journey and demonst
  
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• Teenage girl bitten by sea lion during junior lifeguard tryouts in Long Beach

  01-04-2025 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A teenage girl and junior lifeguard candidate was attacked and bitten in the arm by an aggressive sea lion during a tryout in Long Beach on Sunday, March 30.
  The attack occurred around noon in the area of Ocean Boulevard and Cherry Avenue, in front of the Long Beach Lifeguard Headquarters on 2100 East Ocean Boulevard, said Long Beach Fire Capt. Jack Crabtree. About 12 candidates trying out for the cadet program between the ages of 15 and 17 were out swimming when a sea lion was spotted about 25
  
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• 3 new shops coming to Downtown Disney

  01-04-2025 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Downtown Disney will soon be home to three new shops selling athletic apparel, bakery-inspired bath treats and Taiwanese boba tea as the mall continues a seemingly never-ending evolution.
  Lululemon, Nectar Life and Bopo Go are the latest additions to the Anaheim outdoor shopping mall next to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
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• Auto sales surged during March in anticipation of Trump’s tariffs

  01-04-2025 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The auto industry witnessed a different kind of March madness last month as buyers flocked to dealerships to lock in deals before President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs lift prices by thousands of dollars, several carmakers said.
  “This past weekend was by far the best weekend I’ve seen in a very long time,” Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor North America, told reporters Tuesday. The company reported a 13% increase in March sales on Monday compared with a year earlier.
  For
  
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• Melania Trump says courage is ‘based in love’ as she honors women from around the world for bravery

  01-04-2025 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Courage is based in love, Melania Trump said Tuesday as she recognized eight women from around the world for bravery, including an Israeli citizen who was held captive by Hamas for nearly two months after the militant group’s deadly raid on her country in October 2023.
  “These extraordinary women illuminate the transformative power of love in shaping our world,” the first lady said during a ceremony at the State Dep
  
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• Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage

  01-04-2025 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits.
  Notably, individuals who receive Supplemental Security Income, including disabled seniors and low-income adults and children, have reported receiving a notice that said they were “not receiving benefits.” The agency sa
  
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• To catch AI boom, California must boost energy production

  01-04-2025 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  California is known for being the center of the tech industry, including artificial intelligence. Yet when it comes to tech companies deciding where to locate the data centers that are powering the AI boom, California isn’t the top choice. More data centers are located in states including Texas and Virginia than in the Golden State. And even that may be too much for California lawmakers, who have introduced legislation to restrict the growth of data centers in the state.
  There are a lot of
  
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• Stanford investigating water polo coach Brian Flacks for retaliation allegations

  01-04-2025 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Stanford is investigating whether men’s water polo head coach Brian Flacks and members of his staff are retaliating against Cardinal players for participating in a recent confidential university-commissioned investigation into allegations of abusive conduct by Flacks, the Southern California News Group (SCNG) has learned.
  While the original investigation did not substantiate the allegations of bullying and abuse, the university’s provost and general counsel offices are looking into a
  
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• Will the failed SAUSD kill the OC School of the Arts?

  01-04-2025 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When researching this article, I pulled up the website of the Orange County School of the Arts. An Alumni Spotlight featured Sean Lee, an international violin soloist, class of 2005, and a protégé of virtuoso Itzhak Perlman. I grew up playing the violin and Perlman has long been my favorite fiddler. I heard him play around 1971 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
  How sad it was to hear a squabble over money with the Santa Ana Unified School district could close the school. The Reg
  
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• Trial of driver who killed teen cyclist Magnus White opens in Colorado

  01-04-2025 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  USA Cycling junior cyclist Magnus White of Boulder (Ethan Glading / Courtesy of USA Cycling)
  The trial of a driver accused of hitting and killing a 17-year-old cyclist in Colorado two years ago began Monday afternoon with opening statements from lawyers and emotional testimony from the victim’s father.
  Yeva Smilianska, 24, is accused of reckless vehicular homicide in the death of Boulder, Colorado, cyclist Magnus White, a rising star who had been scheduled to race on the U.S. national team
  
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• Where did LA’s homeless cash go? Who knows?

  01-04-2025 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  California officials often blame a lack of funding for their failures to address the state’s multiple crises, yet an independent audit of Los Angeles’ spending of $2.3 billion in homeless services last year reinforces a point these pages often make: California governments fail to spend the money effectively. Officials can’t even tell taxpayers where the money went. As usual, the state’s pretty good and analyzing what went wrong after the fact.
  As LAist summarized, “
  
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• Paris Hilton nonprofit giving $25,000 grants to women-owned businesses hit by the Eaton fire

  01-04-2025 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
  LOS ANGELES — There are brief moments when Annisa Faquir forgets that the Little Red Hen Coffee Shop, the Altadena diner her grandmother founded a half century ago, burned down in the Eaton Fire.
  “You think, ‘I can go grab something — oh wait, it’s in ashes,’” said Faquir, who has worked at the shop since her mother, Barbara Shay, took over the family business seven years ago.
  The women want to rebuild the diner loved by neighbo
  
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• Avila’s El Ranchito Newport Beach celebrates 50 years — and counting

  01-04-2025 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In 1975, 22-year-old Sergio Avila, born in Guanajuato, Mexico, traded scales for salsa, transforming a Newport Peninsula fish market into Avila’s El Ranchito, the first location of his parents’ namesake Cali-Mexican eatery that got its start in Huntington Park. Fifty years later, the restaurant’s longevity stands as a testament to its enduring taste, not trends, with more than a dozen locations to follow, including Corona del Mar, Huntington Beach, Orange, Santa Ana and more.
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• OC girls basketball player of the year: Addison Deal of Mater Dei

  01-04-2025 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowALL-COUNTY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM 2024-25
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Addison Deal, Mater Dei, Senior
  Addison Deal had redemption on her mind as she entered her final high school basketball season.
  The Mater Dei senior yearned to reestablish herself as a dominant player after a severe ankle injury wiped out most of her junior campaign.
  Consider her goal a done Deal.
  She delivered her best season by averaging 19.9 p
  
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• OC boys athlete of the week: Leo Francis, Santa Margarita

  01-04-2025 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Leo Francis
  School: Santa Margarita
  Sport: Track and field
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: He won the 100, 200 and the long jump in the Orange County Championships meet Saturday. His time of 10.57 seconds in the 100 is second-best in Orange County this season and eighth-best in California. His 21.17 in the 200 is the fastest time this season the county and third-best in the state. His long jump mark of 23 feet, 7 inches is best in the state. He also anc
  
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• Use these 7 credit card tips to stretch your budget

  01-04-2025 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  No sugar-coating it: Prices on goods and services remain high. The U.S. inflation rate was 2.8% for the 12-month period ending in February 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index.
  Related ArticlesJohnson and Johnson fails to settle baby powder suitsNo batteries? Thinner packaging? US businesses look for ways to offset tariffsWith a TikTok ban looming, Trump signals a deal will come before April 5 deadlineTrump has dubbed April 2 ‘Liberation Day’
  
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• A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant

  01-04-2025 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press
  Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.
  Although it’s still experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help give voice to those unable to speak.
  A new study described testing the device on a 47-year-old woman with quadriplegia who couldn’t speak for 18 years after a stroke. Doctors implanted it in her brain during surgery as part of a clinical trial.
  It “
  
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• With few dentists and fluoride under siege, rural America risks new surge of tooth decay

  01-04-2025 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Brett Kelman, KFF Health News
  In the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000 people have for more than a decade openly defied state law by refusing to add fluoride to the drinking water.
  For its refusal, the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority has received hundreds of state fines amounting to about $130,000, which are stuffed in a cardboard box and left unpaid, said Andy Anderson, who is opposed to fluor
  
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• Matt Fleming: Norwalk pushes back on state homelessness policies

  01-04-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The city of Norwalk is under fire for standing up to California dictating how cities should provide shelter and services for the homeless.
  Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta have framed Norwalk’s resistance as a “cruel” and “unlawful” effort to turn its back on those in need. 
  But that’s nonsense.
  State leaders sued Norwalk when the city extended a sweeping ban on homeless shelters, supportive housing and businesses that tend to be seen
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm pokes fun at itself with new Bird Cage show

  01-04-2025 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm is the star of the show and the butt of the joke in the new comedy about a bank robbery gone wrong in Calico Ghost Town that gets the audience cheering for the hero, hissing the villain and swooning over the heroine.
  The new “Great Bank Robbery” melodrama debuted over the weekend in the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott’s Berry Farm.
  The 30-minute stage comedy will play several times a day throughout the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival that runs through Apr
  
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• Johnson and Johnson fails to settle baby powder suits

  01-04-2025 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Steven Church, Jonathan Randles, Jef Feeley and Damian Garde
  (Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson shares fell the most in five years after the company’s plan to settle thousands of talc-related lawsuits through bankruptcy was shot down in court.
  The ruling means J&J will have to fight roughly 60,000 claims brought by women who say the company’s hallmark baby powder caused ovarian cancer and other, similar gynecological diseases in courts across the country. It may also have
  
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• US-Canada-Mexico joint World Cup goes from unity to acrimony thanks to tariffs and ’51st state’ talk

  01-04-2025 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP National Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven years ago, when a joint bid by the United States, Canada and Mexico was awarded the 2026 World Cup, rifts created by tariffs — yes, back then, too! — and a proposed border wall were glossed over because of the neighbors’ longstanding political and economic alliances.
  “The unity of the three nations″ was the overriding theme articulated by Carlos Cordeiro, then-president of the U.S. Soccer Federatio
  
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• Pope’s work during convalescence includes clearing path for saints from Venezuela, Papua New Guinea

  01-04-2025 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN BARRY
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel, the Vatican said Tuesday, in signs of continued improvements during his convalescence at the Vatican after beating life-threatening double pneumonia.
  Related ArticlesUS sanctions 6 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over rights abuses. Beijing threatens to retaliateUN agency closes the rest of its Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli
  
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• No batteries? Thinner packaging? US businesses look for ways to offset tariffs

  01-04-2025 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gadgets sold without batteries. Toys sold in slimmed-down boxes or no packaging at all. More household goods that shoppers need to assemble themselves.
  These are some of the ways consumer product companies are retooling their wares to reduce costs and avoid raising prices as President Donald Trump levies new import taxes on key trading partners as well as some materials used by American manufacturers.
  The economic environment in
  
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• US sanctions 6 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over rights abuses. Beijing threatens to retaliate

  01-04-2025 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By KANIS LEUNG, Associated Press
  HONG KONG (AP) — The United States sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials who it alleged were involved in “transnational repression” and acts that threaten to further erode the city’s autonomy.
  The six officials included Justice Secretary Paul Lam, security office director Dong Jingwei and police commissioner Raymond Siu.
  The sanctions are expected to further escalate tensions between Washington and Beijing, who are already locked
  
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• Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University

  01-04-2025 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer
  WASHIGNTON (AP) — The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday.
  Related ArticlesTrump turns homelessness response away from housing, toward forced treatmentWith a TikTok ban looming, Trump signals a deal will come before April 5 deadline‘I am going through hell’: Job loss, mental health, and the fate of federal workersThe key places to watch in Tuesday
  
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• UN agency closes the rest of its Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade

  01-04-2025 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM MEDNICK, Associated Press
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, as food supplies dwindle after Israel sealed the territory off from all imports nearly a month ago.
  Israel, which tightened its blockade and later resumed its offensive in order to pressure Hamas into accepting changes to their ceasefire agreement, said that enough food entered Gaza during the six-week truce to su
  
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• More Republicans want the US to focus on ceasefires in Ukraine and Gaza, new poll finds

  01-04-2025 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARC LEVY and LINLEY SANDERS
  WASHINGTON (AP) — While most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict is not weighing as heavily on his public perception as it did on President Joe Biden, a new poll shows.
  That’s because of Trump’s solid support from his base on this issue. The survey of U.S. adults from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about 8 in 10 Republicans appro
  
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• Trump turns homelessness response away from housing, toward forced treatment

  01-04-2025 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By Angela Hart, KFF Health News
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly moving those living outside into large camps while mandating mental health and addiction treatment — an aggressive departure from the nation’s leading homelessness policy, which for decades has prioritized housing as the most effective way to combat the crisis.
  “Our once-great cities have become unlivable, unsanitary n
  
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• Maui mayor’s plan to phase out vacation rentals would increase housing but shrink the economy

  01-04-2025 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By AUDREY McAVOY
  HONOLULU (AP) — An unprecedented proposal from Maui’s mayor to phase out vacation rentals would alleviate a severe housing shortage aggravated by the 2023 wildfires but would also shrink the economy, University of Hawaii economists said in a report published Monday.
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• With a TikTok ban looming, Trump signals a deal will come before April 5 deadline

  01-04-2025 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARAH PARVINI, AP Technology Writer
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signaled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance, the social media app’s China-based parent company.
  Speaking with reporters on Air Force One late Sunday, Trump said that “there’s tremendous interest in Tiktok.” He added that he would “like to see TikTok remain alive.&rdqu
  
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• Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the US on his ‘own terms’ after losing faith

  01-04-2025 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL HILL
  A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.
  Related ArticlesFlorida Republicans face off against well-funded Democrats in US House special electionsTrump has dubbed April 2 ‘Liberation Day’ for his tariffs. Here’s what to expectICE admits ‘administrative error’ in deporting Maryland man to El SalvadorFebruary US job openings slip to 7.6M, consist
  
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• ICE says a University of Minnesota student’s visa was revoked for drunken driving, not protests

  01-04-2025 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was taken into custody because of a drunken driving infraction, not for being involved in protests, federal officials said Monday.
  Related ArticlesFlorida Republicans face off against well-funded Democrats in US House special electionsTrump has dubbed April 2 ‘Liberation Day’ for his tariffs. Here’s what to expectICE admits ‘admini
  
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• ‘I am going through hell’: Job loss, mental health, and the fate of federal workers

  01-04-2025 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By Rachana Pradhan and Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
  The National Institutes of Health employee said she knew things would be difficult for federal workers after Donald Trump was elected. But she never imagined it would be like this.
  Focused on Alzheimer’s and other dementia research, the worker is among thousands who abruptly lost their jobs in the Trump administration’s federal workforce purge. The way she was terminated — in February through a boilerplate notice alleging po
  
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• The key places to watch in Tuesday’s elections in Wisconsin and Florida

  01-04-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROBERT YOON
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections in Florida and Wisconsin have become key tests of President Donald Trump’s political standing two months into his second White House term.
  Related ArticlesTrump administration sued over decision to rescind billions in health fundingControl of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake in race that’s drawn powerful political interestsNew Jersey Sen. Booker presses his marathon speech against Trump’s agenda past 17 hours and countingL
  
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• Kings sign prospect Otto Salin to 3-year, entry-level deal

  01-04-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings signed prospect defenseman Otto Salin to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced on Monday.
  Salin, 21, was a fifth-round selection in the 2022 draft (No. 148 overall) by the Kings. He has represented Finland at World Junior Championship competitions on three occasions, once at the U18 level and twice for its U20 side.
  Salin, a right-shooting defenseman that loves to augment the attack, is in his first full season with one club at the top senior pro level in Finland with
  
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• ‘JFK’ director Oliver Stone to testify to Congress about the newly released assassination files

  01-04-2025 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN HANNA
  Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents surrounding the killing.
  Scholars say the files that President Donald Trump ordered to be released showed nothing undercutting the conclusion that a lone gunman killed Kennedy. Many documents were previously relea
  
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• Florida Republicans face off against well-funded Democrats in US House special elections

  01-04-2025 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHANY MATAT
  OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Tuesday’s special elections for two Florida congressional seats in heavily pro-Trump districts have become an unexpected source of concern for national Republicans as Democrats have poured millions in fundraising into the races.
  Related ArticlesTrump administration sued over decision to rescind billions in health fundingControl of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake in race that’s drawn powerful political interestsNew Jersey Sen. Booker
  
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• Why does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms? A look at the tradition Trump is questioning

  01-04-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
  ATLANTA (AP) — Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington. And voters responded by forbidding future presidents from being elected more than twice.
  President Donald Trump has alluded to arcane legal arguments in repeatedly suggesting he could seek a third term. Besides challenging long-settled readings of the U.S. Constitution, a Trump move to run in 2028 would challenge the precedent that v
  
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• Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

  01-04-2025 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID RISING
  BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
  The fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble 91 hours after being buried when the building collapsed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hi
  
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• Years after the last public ride, visitors can now hop on a horse on Catalina Island

  01-04-2025 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  After years of not being able to saddle up and steer a horse through Catalina Island’s many scenic trails, the island tradition that dates back to the 1930s is now back as members of the public can once again hop on a horse and ride the trails.
  “I get really emotional sometimes when you hear people say they had the best day ever and that everything is right again now that the horses are back in Catalina,” said Jeff Skelton, founder of the recently opened Catalina Island Horseba
  
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