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• Clerk-Recorder Office staffs van to take services on the road to OC communities

  08-04-2025 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Clerk-Recorder Office is taking its services on the road with a van that will visit various community events offering a one-stop shop for obtaining and filing vital records.
  The office soft-launched its new Clerk-Recorder on Wheels at a community resource event at Garden Grove High School Monday night where more than 20 people were able to access their birth, marriage or death certificates without traveling to the Santa Ana office.
  For the very first time the OC Clerk-Recorders office is
  
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• Red Sox’s Jarren Duran discussed suicide attempt to ‘reach those who feel alone’

  08-04-2025 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer
  EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org.
  BOSTON — For more than a year, Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran has written the same reminder on his right wrist when he tapes up before games: “Still alive.”
  It wasn’t until this week t
  
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• Trial Judge: Did OC judge Ferguson try to ‘taint the jury pool’ by going ‘on a press tour?’

  08-04-2025 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The judge presiding over the retrial of an Orange County judge charged with murdering his wife accused him on Monday of going on a “press tour” after his mistrial in March.
  Among interviews that Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson gave was an appearance on Inside Edition, where he said that he and wife were “just bickering like Lucy and Desi” before the judge said he accidentally shot and killed her.
  Prosecutors don’t buy that. They accuse him of sho
  
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• Girl, 9, calls 911 to help Westminster police nab suspected burglar

  08-04-2025 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  A 34-year-old man suspected of breaking into a Westminster home was caught in part because of a 911 call made by a 9-year-old girl.
  She called from a family cellphone just before 6 a.m. Friday, April 4, to report someone was breaking into their home near Magnolia Street and Bolsa Avenue.
  The girl, who was upstairs, gave a running account to a dispatcher as the suspect smashed a window and got into the home, police said.
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• AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists

  08-04-2025 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer
  A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, ruling on a case that touched at the heart of the First Amendment and affirming that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech.
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• Trump, Vance peddle fictions to sell Americans on massive tax increase

  08-04-2025 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  One need not rely on experts to know tariffs are typically not a good policy. Going back to Adam Smith writing “The Wealth of Nations,” we know it is better to manufacture cheap commodities in areas that can make them cheaply so that wealthier nations can spend their wealth more productively. Adding tariffs historically disrupts that balance and often causes economic slowdowns.
  President Donald Trump thinks the United States needs to rebuild its manufacturing capacity. In some cases
  
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• This music festival season, stay on the fun side of the medical tent with this advice

  08-04-2025 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News
  As a veteran of more than 20 music festivals, Los Angeles law student Christian Langston has seen a little bit of everything.
  Musically, he’s seen indie rock bands and electronic dance music extravaganzas. He’s witnessed unbelievable spectacles such as a giant flame-spouting metal octopus in Las Vegas – and that time EDM act Ookay brought out smooth-jazz saxman Kenny G for a solo.
  He’s also been around a range of health
  
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• 10 Coachella 2025 answers to your biggest festival FAQs

  08-04-2025 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Attending an event of the caliber of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival can seem overwhelming, especially when it comes to planning your daily outfits, staying hydrated, or finding something yummy to eat. That’s not even taking into account which performances are must-see this year and which ones you’ll have to miss to catch another set.
  If you’ve never been to the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the festival (taking place from April 11-13 and 18-20) or are a returnin
  
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• Washington Wizards head coach Brian Keefe seeks $5M for Laguna Beach home

  08-04-2025 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The living room. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  The dining room. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  The breakfast nook. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  Office space. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  The elevator. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  The primary bedroom. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  Off the primary bedroom, there is this a separate lounge area. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
  The primary bathroom features a soaking tub and a glass-enclosed shower. (Photo by Thomas Pellicer)
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• California legislator pushes for privacy in recall elections

  08-04-2025 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Legislature is weighing a bill to protect voters’ privacy in the digital age — and if it passes, certain personal information would no longer appear in newspaper notices tied to recall efforts.
  A bill introduced by Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, R-Yucaipa, would amend the California Elections Code to allow signatures and street addresses to be removed from the publicly published notice that kicks off a recall effort.
  Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, R-Yucaipa, at an election
  
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• New offers for buyouts and early retirement offered to Homeland Security staff

  08-04-2025 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is offering buyouts and early retirement options to staffers, as the Trump administration pushes forward with efforts to reduce and reshape the federal workforce, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press.
  In the email, titled “Reshaping of the DHS Workforce,” Secretary Kristi Noem said the department would give staffers who want to leave three options: deferred resignation,
  
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• Immigration judge to rule Friday on possible release of detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil

  08-04-2025 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARA CLINE, Associated Press
  JENA, La. (AP) — An immigration judge in Louisiana said she will decide later this week whether the government can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University activist facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests.
  At an immigration hearing Tuesday in Louisiana, Judge Jamee Comans gave the federal government until Wednesday to turn over its evidence gathered against Khalil, a 30-year-old legal U.S. resident.
  If the evidenc
  
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• In Santa Ana crash that killed 4, 5th on life support

  08-04-2025 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The fifth victim of the solo car crash in Santa Ana on Saturday, April 5 that killed four others has been declared brain dead and placed on life support, police said Tuesday.
  The victim, a student at Carr Intermediate School, was hospitalized in grave condition following the crash, according to Santa Ana Police Department spokesperson Officer Natalie Garcia. As of Tuesday morning, the girl had no brain activity and remained on life support.
  Four passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, incl
  
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• Epic Universe first impressions from inside Universal’s newest theme park

  08-04-2025 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Epic Universe in Florida marks the first new major theme park in the United States in nearly a quarter century, lives up to the hype created during the years of buildup and ups the ante in Universal’s crosstown showdown with rival Walt Disney World.
  I took part in a media preview of Universal Epic Universe over the weekend in Orlando that included a full day in the park and access to virtually all of the rides, attractions, shows, restaurants, shops and experiences.
  The new Epic Un
  
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• LA County Public Health to release results of soil testing in burn areas

  08-04-2025 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County Public Health Thursday, April 10, will be presenting the results of a soil sampling study done in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
  They will be presented at a virtual town hall at 6 p.m., which will be streamed on YouTube and on the department’s social media.
  Dr. Anish Mahajan, with Public Health, said Monday, April 7, during the weekly Altadena Community Meeting that the samples had been collected from various locations in and around both fire areas. They
  
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• U.S. attorney forms homelessness fraud task force focusing on these California counties

  08-04-2025 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the formation Tuesday of a Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force that will investigate waste and corruption involving funds allocated to fight homelessness in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
  This task force will comprise federal prosecutors from the Major Frauds Section, the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, and the Civil Division’s Civil Fraud Section of the U.S. Atto
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Benjamin Harris, Servite

  08-04-2025 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Benjamin Harris
  School: Servite
  Sport: Track and field
  Year: Sophomore
  Noteworthy: Harris won the 100 and 200 and participated on Servite’s record-setting 4×100 relay team in the Trabuco Hills Invitational and Distance Carnival on Saturday. The 4×100 team’s time of 40.56 seconds broke the Orange County record the Friars foursome set last month. Harris won the 100 in 10.52, the fastest wind-legal time in California this sea
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Ava Phillips, Rosary

  08-04-2025 20:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Ava Phillips
  School: Rosary
  Sport: Softball
  Year: Sophomore
  Noteworthy: She was named Pitcher of the Tournament in the Michelle Carew Classic tournament after the Royals defeated Orange Lutheran 8-4 in the championship game. Phillips pitched in 24.2 innings over five games, was 3-0 with 19 strikeouts and allowed only five earned runs. This season she is 11-2 with a 1.25 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 72.2 innings.
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• Lara’s lux travel grounds his good insurance work

  08-04-2025 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has received much-deserved criticism after news reports revealed he has taken 46 international trips since 2019—11 paid by taxpayers. His travel schedule included visits to Bogota, Paris and Egypt. Given the significance of the California insurance crisis, we’re taken aback that he spent so much time traveling rather than immersed in the nitty gritty of insurance regulation.
  Lara gave a speech at the Bermuda Risk Summit in March, which c
  
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• Want a CD paying 6% or more? Try 3 Southern California credit unions

  08-04-2025 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  As stock portfolios get whiplashed by tariff threats, three Southern California credit unions are offering a dash of financial salve for those seeking a safe and modestly lucrative return on their savings.
  The trio offers interest rates of 6%-plus on short-term certificates of deposit, which is an eye-catching number in a world where getting anything around 4% is a good deal for federally insured savings.
  The catch? Well, there are some quirky rules to be followed in order to earn these lofty re
  
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• Newsom touts career master plan as his governorship begins to wind down

  08-04-2025 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  When Jerry Brown began his first governorship 50 years ago, he staffed his new administration with social and economic reform activists from left-of-center organizations.
  One was the late Jim Lorenz, a founder of California Rural Legal Assistance, which was allied with United Farm Workers Union’s efforts to unionize field hands. Brown made Lorenz director of the Employment Development Department and directed him to devise a plan that would improve the lives of California’s poor, then
  
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• Nuggets fire Michael Malone and oust GM Calvin Booth

  08-04-2025 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Malone, who coached the Denver Nuggets to the NBA title in 2023 and has led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons, was fired Tuesday in a stunning move that comes with less than a week in the regular season.
  Also out: general manager Calvin Booth, whose contract will not be renewed. The Nuggets said David Adelman will become the coach for the remainder of the season.
  Josh Kroenke, the vice chairman of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, said, “It is with no pleasure” th
  
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• OC baseball Top 25: Santa Margarita moves up to No. 2

  08-04-2025 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings, as of Tuesday, April 8.
  Notable this week: Huntington Beach stays in the top spot after a three-game sweep of Corona del Mar in the Sunset League. … Trinity League play began last week. The surprising result was Orange Lutheran getting swept by St. John Bosco in the three-game series. …Cypress reached the final of the National Classic. … Woodbridge moves up three places after winning the Ryan Lemmon Invitational
  
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• Trump touts Supreme Court deportation ruling as a major victory, but legal fight is far from over

  08-04-2025 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is touting a Supreme Court ruling allowing it to resume deportations under the Alien Enemies Act as a major victory, but the immigration fight is far from over.
  The divided court found that President Donald Trump can use the 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members to a notorious prison in El Salvador, a finding Trump called a “GREAT
  
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• Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from March 2025

  08-04-2025 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  We asked our photographers to pick their favorite moments from March 2025, and here are some of the images they selected.
   
  People wave signs during a press conference in Huntington Beach council chambers in Huntington Beach, CA on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Tesoro’s girls celebrate their victory after the girls basketball championship game between Tesoro High and Serra High for the CIF-SS Division 4AA championship at Edison High Sch
  
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• Internal Revenue Service agrees to send immigrant tax data to ICE for enforcement

  08-04-2025 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to a document signed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
  The new data-sharing arrangement was signed on Monday in the form of a “memorandum of understanding” — found in federal co
  
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• Musk calls Navarro a ‘moron’ as Trump tariff spat gets messy

  08-04-2025 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By Justin Sink | Bloomberg
  Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk attacked White House trade counselor Peter Navarro as “dumber than a sack of bricks” as a fight over President Donald Trump’s tariff regime spilled onto social media on Tuesday.
  In a flurry of posts on his social media platform X, Musk called Navarro, a former UC Irvine professor, “truly a moron” and mocked the trade adviser for in the past citing the work of “Ron Vara” — a ficti
  
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• ‘Severance’ star Britt Lower dissects her serial killer comedy ‘Psycho Therapy’

  08-04-2025 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s two weeks after the season finale of “Severance” and Britt Lower hasn’t let up.
  The actress who plays Helly R on the hit Apple TV+ series made a pair of indie features during the break between its first and second seasons.
  So we hop on a video call to talk about Lower’s new film with Turkish writer-director Tolga Karaçelik, the dark comedy “Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer” (or “Psy
  
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• Trump meets with the House GOP as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts teeters

  08-04-2025 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a familiar jam on Tuesday: Conservative Republican holdouts are stalling action on President Donald Trump’s “big” bill of tax breaks and spending reductions, refusing to accept a Senate GOP budget framework approved over the weekend because it doesn’t cut enough.
  Trump summoned House Republicans to the White House for a midday meeting as the beleaguered speaker pulls out
  
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• Joe Rogan and Dave Portnoy are among the Trump backers now questioning his tariff policies

  08-04-2025 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEG KINNARD
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s tariffs roil global markets, some of the thought leaders and influential podcasters who backed the Republican’s campaign are voicing doubts.
  Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and even Elon Musk are adding their voices to a number of congressional Republicans who have weighed in against the tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday.
  Here’s a look at some of what they’ve said:
  
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• State Farm begins emergency insurance rate hearing in wake of Southern California wildfires

  08-04-2025 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Levi Sumagaysay | CALMatters
  State Farm will try to justify its need to raise property insurance rates — stat — at an unprecedented public rate hearing starting Tuesday.
  WATCH THE HEARING LIVE: In the Matter of the Rate Application of: STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
  Rate hearings are rare and usually scheduled months in advance. This one’s different because California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara called it hastily about a month ago, after State Farm made a uniqu
  
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• National Park Service restores original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad webpage

  08-04-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By ASHRAF KHALIL
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes.
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• California man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s home with a gun pleads guilty to attempted murder

  08-04-2025 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
  Nicholas John Roske was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in June 2022. Roske was armed with a gun and a knife, was carrying zip ties and was dressed in black when he arrived in the neighborhood by taxi just after 1 a.m., authorities said.
  U.S. Dist
  
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• These are the 3 hidden bars you can hunt for at Coachella

  08-04-2025 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Throughout the years they’ve become part of the fabric of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals as people search for clues and passwords online and then look for suspicious doors that seem out of place, long lines in unusual places or hidden signs throughout the venue as they try to find the festival’s various hidden bars and speakeasies.
  A festival goer walks out of Sonny’s, a hidden bar, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio
  
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• Proposed California bill would bar fining, arresting homeless people for camping

  08-04-2025 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  A proposed bill in the California Legislature barring cities and counties from fining or arresting a homeless person for sleeping or camping on the street is set to be heard by a legislative committee later this month.
  The bill is partly in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed local jurisdictions to ban homeless encampments, even if a city or county doesn’t have enough shelter beds.
  Under the proposed Right to Rest Act, local governments would still be allowed to
  
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• As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond

  08-04-2025 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By THALIA BEATY
  With most programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development cut and the agency’s remaining staff told their jobs will end by September, the reality of the Trump administration’s sudden halt to more than 60 years of international development work has sunk in.
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• US expected a big travel year, but overseas visitors — angered by Trump — are heading elsewhere

  08-04-2025 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writer
  Olja Ivanic looked forward to welcoming some cousins from Sweden to her Denver home in June. Ivanic and the four travelers were planning to go hiking in Colorado and then visit Los Angeles and San Francisco.
  But then President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a February meeting at the White House. Ivanic’s four relatives immediately canceled their scheduled trip and decided to vacation in Europe instead.
  “The w
  
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• The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?

  08-04-2025 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By KENYA HUNTER
  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew 11 pieces of guidance last month related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation to the law.
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• What if my lawyer does not do the job? Ask the Lawyer

  08-04-2025 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: A lawyer charged me ample money to review a matter. I asked him to either bring a lawsuit to recover damages against a company, or find someone who has the expertise. He assured me that he would do one or the other. Now I find out no lawsuit was brought, and am told it is too late to file. Can I sue him?
  P.S., Long Beach
  Ron Sokol
  A: You are inquiring about whether you have a legal malpractice claim against the attorney. This means not simply that the lawyer was careless, but also that his or
  
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• As China and the US spar, countries brainstorm over how to cope with the trade war

  08-04-2025 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press Business Writer
  BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and China sparred over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves on Tuesday, as governments elsewhere were brainstorming strategies to cope with the trade war between the global economic giants.
  China said it will “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on Ch
  
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• Keystone oil pipeline shut down after a rupture in rural North Dakota

  08-04-2025 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, with the spill confined to an agricultural field.
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• Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price

  08-04-2025 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MORIAH BALINGIT
  PHOENIX (AP) — For parents who need to work but can’t afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the scholarships can mean the difference between a parent working full time — or not at all.
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• Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

  08-04-2025 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.
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• Recipe: How to make delicious latkes with potatoes, onion and eggs

  08-04-2025 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Latke is a Yiddish word for an amazingly different pancake. According to the Internet, some versions of latkes can be traced back to at least the Middle Ages, when they were likely made with cheese, fried in poppyseed oil or butter and served alongside fruit preserves.
  These cheese latkes were the most common type in Ashkenazi communities until the 19th century, when the potato was introduced in Eastern Europe. At that time, the most inexpensive and readily available cooking fat was schmaltz. As
  
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• Why water fluoridation is under fire in the US

  08-04-2025 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE STOBBE and KASTURI PANANJADY
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen.
  Kennedy this week said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. And he said he’s assembling a task force of health experts to study the issue and make new recommendations.
  
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• White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump’s new tariffs

  08-04-2025 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JOSH BOAK and STEPHEN GROVES
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than one hour before the stock market closed on Monday, journalists gathered in the Oval Office for their only chance of the day to ask President Donald Trump about the turmoil caused by his tariff plans.
  Are the new tariffs, scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, a bargaining chip to reach better trade deals? Or are they etched in stone in a mission to revamp the global economy?
  Investors around the world were hanging
  
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• Texas measles outbreak includes multiple cases at a day care in Lubbock

  08-04-2025 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMIE STENGLE
  A day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated, public health officials say.
  West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 481 cases Friday. The state expanded the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10. The highly contagious virus began to spread in late January and health officials say it has spread to New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and
  
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• Can California vets claw back another cat declawing ban? Lawmakers are trying

  08-04-2025 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A proposal to ban veterinarians from surgically removing claws from cats seems like it would be an easy sell for California lawmakers, several of whom lovingly describe their pets in their official biography pages.
  After all, several U.S. cities, states and more than 30 countries already have banned vets from performing declawing, arguing that it’s cruel and unnecessary. The American Veterinary Medical Association has for at least five years discouraged vets from performing the surgeries.
  
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• South Korea’s military fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers cross the border

  08-04-2025 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the rivals’ tense border on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, the first known border intrusion by North Korea in nearly a year.
  Violent confrontations and bloodshed have occasionally happened at the Koreas’ heavily fortified border, called the Demilitarized Zone. But Tuesday’s incident won’t likely escalate, as it didn
  
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• Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different

  08-04-2025 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs.
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