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• Kennedy Center events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration have been canceled, organizers say

  25-04-2025 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By ASHRAF KHALIL
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.
  Multiple artists and producers involved in the center’s Tapestry of Pride schedule, which had been planned for June 5 to 8, told The Associated Press that their even
  
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• Justice Department to resume issuing subpoenas to journalists as part of leaks crackdown, Bondi says

  25-04-2025 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is poised to crack down on leaks of information to the news media, authorizing prosecutors to issue subpoenas to news organizations as part of leak investigations, serve search warrants when appropriate and force journalists to testify about their sources.
  New regulations, announced by Attorney General Pam Bondi in a memo to the workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, rescind a Biden administrati
  
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• Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees

  25-04-2025 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that a labor union says would cancel collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
  Related Articles19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schoolsTrump keeps contradicting himself on tariffs, making a fragile world economy nervousEnvironmental groups fear Trump’s order
  
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• 19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

  25-04-2025 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOLLY RAMER
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools went a step further Friday, filing a federal lawsuit challenging what they consider an illegal threat to cut federal funding.
  The lawsuit filed in Massachusetts by Democratic attorneys general seeks to block the Department of Education from withholding money based on its April 3 directive ordering st
  
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• Fullerton man appeared to grab object from waistband before police opened fire, video shows

  25-04-2025 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  A 19-year-old man appeared to reach in his waistband and pull out a pellet gun before three Fullerton police officers fired shots at him during a family disturbance last month, according to video released by the Fullerton Police Department Friday, April 25.
  Fullerton officers were called to the 700 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue about 11:50 p.m. after a man called and told dispatchers that his brother had wielded a knife during a house party and had swung it at his father.
  The man, identified
  
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• Starbucks union rejects company’s proposal for 2% annual raise guarantee

  25-04-2025 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By Josh Eidelson and Daniela Sirtori | Bloomberg
  Starbucks union delegates voted to reject the company’s latest contract proposal, which organizers say falls short by only guaranteeing annual raises of at least 2%.
  About 500 baristas representing Starbucks’ 550-plus unionized US stores voted this week on the company’s latest contract offer, according to the union Workers United. Of those delegates, 81% rejected the proposal, 14% voted to accept it and the rest abstain
  
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• PHOTOS: Pope Francis’ image is everywhere as the Catholic faithful mourn him with art and thanks

  25-04-2025 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Children light candles near a mural of Pope Francis in Dili, East Timor, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
  Graffiti artist Alexander Ikawah, paints Pope Francis on a canvas in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
  A street artists chalks a portrait of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  A street vendor sells key chains of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral
  
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• When Vietnamese refugees made their new homes in America, they built Little Saigon communities across the country

  25-04-2025 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The fall of Saigon 50 years ago prompted a mass exodus of Vietnamese over the next months and years.
  Many were evacuated by the United States military and brought to America to resettle. And as more people fled in the years after the war, and governments stepped in to address the humanitarian crisis, even more found themselves starting new lives in the U.S.
  Around the country, “Little Saigons” grew, here is a little bit about some of the larger communities to have blossomed.
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• Orange County preview of the CIF-SS boys, girls lacrosse playoffs

  25-04-2025 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County boys lacrosse teams have won the last three CIF-SS championships in Division 1, but the county teams may have a tough hill to climb this season.
  Corona del Mar (2022), Foothill (2023) and St. Margaret’s (2024) took home championship plaques and the latter two teams narrowly beat Loyola by one goal in the title game.
  This is the season top-seeded Loyola is the heavy favorite to win its first CIF championship since 2021. A prominent Orange County coach said the gap between Loyo
  
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• How to watch Pope Francis’ funeral: Where to stream and what to expect

  25-04-2025 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The world will bid a final farewell this weekend to Pope Francis, who leaves behind a legacy shaped by his efforts to revitalize the Church—from addressing clerical abuse to expanding dialogue around climate change, migration, and inclusion.
  The Argentine pontiff died at the age of 88 on Monday from a stroke that resulted in a coma and irreversible heart failure, according to the Vatican’s top doctors.
  It came after Francis —who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part o
  
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• Stagecoach 2025: Mumford & Sons a last-minute addition to the Friday festival lineup

  25-04-2025 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  British folk-rock band Mumford & Sons were announced Friday as a last-minute addition to the Stagecoach Music Festival, playing that same day on the Palomino Stage before Lana Del Rey’s previously announced set.
  The band will play 6:55 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. with Del Rey following them from 8:10 p.m. to 9:10 p.m.
  Mumford & Sons, which released its fifth album “Rushmere” in March, recently announced a summer tour that includes a stop at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Ju
  
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• Why Trump’s call for the Fed to cut interest rates may not help consumers

  25-04-2025 21:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer
  President Donald Trump is badgering the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, but even if the Fed gave in to the pressure, it wouldn’t necessarily lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers.
  In fact, economists say, Trump’s ongoing attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his tariff policies could keep the longer-term interest rates that matter for consumers and businesses higher than they otherwise would be. A less-independent Fed can lead
  
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• 3 charged in theft ring using fake credit cards at Southern California jewelry stores

  25-04-2025 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Three suspects, including a pair of brothers, face federal charges for allegedly stealing identities and using them to open credit lines at high-end jewelry and other stores to amass hundreds of thousands of dollars of merchandise, authorities said Friday, April 25.
  California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the filing of 34 felony charges against the suspects, who were not named Friday morning. The brothers face 14 and 13 years in federal prison if convicted and the third suspect faces six
  
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• 3 charged in theft ring that used fake credit lines at Southern California jewelry stores

  25-04-2025 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Three suspects, including a pair of brothers, face federal charges for allegedly stealing identities and using them to open credit lines at high-end jewelry and other stores to amass hundreds of thousands of dollars of merchandise, authorities said Friday, April 25.
  California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the filing of 34 felony charges against the suspects, who were not named Friday morning. The brothers face 14 and 13 years in federal prison if convicted and the third suspect faces six
  
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• Stagecoach 2025: How to livestream Jelly Roll, Zach Bryan, Luke Combs and more

  25-04-2025 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Whether you’re line dancing in the desert or tuning in from your couch, the Stagecoach Country Music Festival is ready to deliver a weekend of cowboy boots and country heat. From April 25-27, the Empire Polo Club in Indio will once again transform into the center of all things country, with performances from headliners Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs. And if you’re not making the trek to the desert, you’re still in luck—Amazon Music is bringing the full experience
  
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• Update: Yosemite placed under a winter weather advisory until Sunday midday – as much as 10 inches of snow

  25-04-2025 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite is the focus of an updated winter weather advisory released at 11:51 a.m. on Friday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from 11 p.m. until Sunday, Apr. 27 at 11 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA says to be ready for, “Total snow accumulations up to 10 inches.”
  “Travel could be very difficult,” according to the NWS. “Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5
  
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• Irvine to be home of first T&T Asian supermarket in Southern California

  25-04-2025 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Canada’s largest Asian grocery store chain is expanding to Southern California, opening its first supermarket in Irvine’s Great Park Neighborhoods next year while establishing its first U.S. regional headquarters in Brea where it will oversee even more store openings.
  Tina Lee, chief executive of T&T Supermarket Inc., said the Irvine store will anchor The Canopy, a 12-acre retail project by the same group that built River Street Marketplace in San Juan Capistrano.
  The 35,000-squa
  
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• Winter weather advisory issued for Los Angeles County for Saturday and Sunday – could see 7 inches of snow

  25-04-2025 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine, South End of the Upper Sierra, Piute Walker Basin, Tehachapi and Frazier Mountain Communities were placed under a winter weather advisory by the National Weather Service on Friday at 11:51 a.m. The advisory is valid from Saturday 5 a.m. until Sunday, Apr. 27 at 11 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA adds to be ready for, “Total snow accumulations up to 7 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.”
  “Travel could be very difficult,” according to the NWS. &ldq
  
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• Top committed Orange County football recruits from the Class of 2026

  25-04-2025 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County’s top committed football recruits from the Class of 2026, as of April 25:
  Name, School, Position, Height, Weight, College
  Jayden Crowder, Santa Margarita, CB, 5-11, 170, Cal
  Dash Fifita, Santa Margarita, LB, 5-10, 185, Arizona
  Kodi Greene, Mater Dei, OT, 6-6, 310, Washington
  Chris Henry Jr., Mater Dei, WR, 6-5, 205, Ohio State
  Ryan Hopkins, Mater Dei, QB, 6-3, 195, Wisconsin
  Simote Kat
  
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• Wildomar tows dozens of RVs moved to city from homeless encampment in LA County

  25-04-2025 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Wildomar has sent a fleet of tow trucks to remove dozens of RVs illegally parked in the city since a homeless encampment was dismantled in Los Angeles County in early April.
  Wildomar’s code enforcement department repeatedly warned the company that owns the trailers, Black Series RVs, and the property owner that the trailers could not be stored on a residential lot in the 20700 block of Palomar Street and needed to be removed immediately.
  A code enforcement officer walks off of the property
  
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• CIF-SS girls lacrosse playoffs: First-round schedule for all divisions

  25-04-2025 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS GIRLS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS
  All games start at 5 p.m. unless noted.
  DIVISION 1
  First round
  Wednesday, April 30
  Mira Costa, bye
  JSerra at Crescenta Valley
  Santa Margarita, bye
  Marlborough, bye
  San Clemente, bye
  Edison at Redondo
  Murrieta Mesa at Mater Dei
  Foothill, bye
  Quarterfinals
  May 5
  DIVISION 2
  First round
  Monday, April 28
  El Segundo, bye
  Santiago/C at West Ranch
  Saugus at Chaparral
  Oak Park at Village Christian
  Huntington Beach, bye
  Newbury Park at Royal
  Culver City at ML King
  Palos Verd
  
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• Pope’s burial place reflects his ‘humble, essential’ life, Rome’s poor will pay him a final tribute

  25-04-2025 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By GIADA ZAMPANO
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential’’ life, the archbishop who administers the basilica said Friday.
  Francis, who died Monday at age 88, will be buried in a niche tomb in the basilica on Saturday after his funeral in St. Peter’s Square about 4 kilometers (2½ miles) away.
  Francis initially demurred when
  
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• CIF-SS boys lacrosse playoffs: First-round schedule for all divisions

  25-04-2025 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BOYS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS
  All matches start at 5 p.m. unless noted.
  DIVISION 1
  First round
  Thursday, May 1
  Loyola, bye
  Servite at Corona del Mar
  St. Margaret’s at Foothill
  JSerra, bye
  Mater Dei, bye
  Los Alamitos at Westlake
  Mira Costa at St. Francis
  Santa Margarita, bye
  Second round, May 6
  DIVISION 2
  First round
  Monday, April 28
  Dos Pueblos, bye
  Orange Lutheran at El Segundo
  Corona Santiago at Huntington Beach
  Temecula Valley at Vista Murrieta
  Crean Lutheran, bye
  Corona Centennial at O
  
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• All-OC boys wrestling team: Sammy Sanchez is the Wrestler of the Year

  25-04-2025 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The All-Orange County boys wrestling team for 2024-25.
  ALL-COUNTY BOYS WRESTLING
  WRESTLER OF THE YEARSammy Sanchez, Esperanza
  Sammy Sanchez was 10-years-old when he discovered he was better than everyone else in his weight class in the sport of wrestling.
  He still is.
  Sanchez, a freshman at Esperanza, was Orange County’s only CIF State boys wrestling champion this past season. He won everything else that could be won, too, in the 106-pound class, including league and CIF Southern Section d
  
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• All-OC girls wrestling team: Aubree Gutierrez is the Girls Wrestler of the Year

  25-04-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The All-Orange County girls wrestling team for 2024-25.
  ALL-COUNTY GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM
  WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
  Aubree Gutierrez, Marina, Freshman 
  Marina freshman Aubree Gutierrez was one of a kind this season in Orange County girls wrestling.
  She was the only county girl to win a CIF Southern Section division championship, a CIF-SS Masters Meet championship and a CIF State championship.
  Gutierrez was seeded No. 1 at 110 pounds for the CIF-SS Individuals Southern Division Championships. After
  
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• Trump keeps contradicting himself on tariffs, making a fragile world economy nervous

  25-04-2025 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump can’t stop contradicting himself on his own tariff plans.
  He says he’s on a path to cut several new trade deals in a few weeks — but has also suggested it’s “physically impossible” to hold all the needed meetings.
  Trump has said he will simply set new tariff rates negotiated internally within the U.S. government over the next few weeks — although he already did that on his April 2 “Liberat
  
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• As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest detention center in Miami

  25-04-2025 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN and GISELA SALOMON
  MIAMI (AP) — As hundreds of migrants crowded into the Krome Detention Center in Miami on the edge of the Florida Everglades, a palpable fear of an uprising set in among its staff.
  As President Donald J. Trump sought to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants, Krome, the United States’ oldest immigration detention facility and one with a long history of abuse, saw its prisoner population recently swell to nearly th
  
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• Rep. Young Kim asks the Justice Department to restore domestic violence survivor funding

  25-04-2025 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  A group of more than 100 bipartisan lawmakers, co-led by Rep. Young Kim, R-Anaheim Hills, is urging the Justice Department to fully restore funding for grants that help survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
  The lawmakers, in a letter sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday morning, April 24, expressed concerns over the disruption of vital services for survivors that rely on the Office on Violence Against Women’s grant programs. It was led by Kim and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D
  
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• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

  25-04-2025 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK
  NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him.
  Mangione, 26, stood with his lawyers as he entered the plea, leaning forward toward a microphone as U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett asked him if understood the indictment and the charges against him.
  Mangione said, “yes.” Asked how he
  
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• Alexander: College sports’ offseason, brought to you by chaos

  25-04-2025 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • So, is college sports’ legal tampering period over yet?
  (“Legal tampering,” of course, is the NFL term for negotiating in advance of free agency, and if nothing else it’s charmingly honest.)
  But as the most recent excesses in the college football and basketball transfer portals have again demonstrated, the college game has more of the chaos with none of the charm and indeed, few of the contractual protections of the pros. …
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• Real estate news: Senior living facility closing in Orange, 56 layoffs pending

  25-04-2025 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The assisted living facility ActivCare Living in Orange is closing in early June.
  The company relayed the news to the California Employment Development Department, indicating the entire staff would be laid off when the facility at 2629 E. Chapman Ave. closed June 4.
  The letter indicated 56 people, including the facility’s five directors, 25 caregivers, the cook, dishwasher, housekeepers, nurses, room aides and receptionist, would be “separated from employment” permanently.
  Acti
  
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• Basketball star Alijah Arenas no longer in induced coma and ‘showing significant signs of progress’

  25-04-2025 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Chatsworth boys basketball star and USC commit Alijah Arenas is out of a medically-induced coma, according to reports, after being involved in a severe car accident early Thursday morning in Reseda.
  “In a remarkable and hopeful development, Alijjah Arenas has come out of his coma and has shown significant signs of progress within the last 24 hours,” a statement from the family shared by ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania said.
  “Although he remains intubated, this progress marks a
  
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• Fears of racial profiling swirl over registration policy for immigrants in the US illegally

  25-04-2025 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By TERRY TANG
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration’s plan to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and carry documentation is stirring up fears of heightened racial profiling even among legal residents, immigrants’ rights advocates say.
  For some, it’s a return to a climate from the recent past in which police departments and other law enforcement agencies’ insistence on documentation drove immigrants underground and increas
  
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• Environmental groups fear Trump’s order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems

  25-04-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By SIBI ARASU and TAMMY WEBBER
  Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for minerals, saying it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems and ignores an ongoing process to adopt international rules for the practice.
  Trump’s order Thursday directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fast track permits for companies to mine the ocean floor in both U.S. and international waters.
  The move come
  
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• Learning from the master: Inside the ‘Meat Master Class’ in San Juan Capistrano

  25-04-2025 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Nestled within the River Street Marketplace in San Juan Capistrano, the Market by the Meat Cellar offers a comprehensive pit stop for food enthusiasts, serving as a hub for a variety of needs. Opening at the tail end of 2024, the venue combines a traditional butchery, a choice cheese shop, a culinary boutique and a full-service steakhouse. Beyond its daily offerings, the Meat Cellar hosts a monthly “Meat Master Class” series, presenting a multicourse dinner led by its expert in all t
  
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• ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyer says

  25-04-2025 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By JANIE HAR and KATE BRUMBACK
  The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S., a government lawyer said Friday.
  Related ArticlesHow the public’s shift on immigration paved the way for Trump’s crackdownMilwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrestedEx-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theftWal
  
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• Negotiations between Iran and the US over Tehran’s nuclear program return to secluded Oman

  25-04-2025 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL
  MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will return Saturday to the secluded sultanate of Oman, where experts on both sides will start hammering out the technical details of a possible deal.
  Related ArticlesHow the public’s shift on immigration paved the way for Trump’s crackdownMilwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrestedEx-US R
  
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• Nepal marks 10-year anniversary of earthquake that killed thousands

  25-04-2025 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2015 earthquake with a memorial service on Friday that was attended by top officials who pledged to be better prepared to face future disasters.
  Related ArticlesUN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockadeA Russian general was killed by a car bomb just outside MoscowSo you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right – an
  
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• How the public’s shift on immigration paved the way for Trump’s crackdown

  25-04-2025 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL COLVIN
  PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
  International students detained by masked federal agents for writing opinion columns or attending campus demonstrations.
  American citizens, visa holders and visitors stopped at airports, detained for days or facing deportation for minor infractions.
  Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigratio
  
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• First look at 4 new Star Wars destinations on Disneyland’s Millennium Falcon ride

  25-04-2025 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run will let the crew decide which Star Wars planets to visit when the rebooted Disneyland ride embarks on a journey to four new destinations with the Mandalorian and Grogu.
  The refreshed Smugglers Run ride in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will visit Tatooine, Endor, Bespin and Coruscant when the updated attraction debuts on May 22, 2026 at the Anaheim theme park.
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• UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade

  25-04-2025 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA and LEE KEATH
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program says its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
  Related ArticlesAntisemitic incidents slow worldwide from post-Oct. 7 spike, but remain higher than before Gaza warIsraeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truceIsraeli str
  
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• Teen charged with killing Garden Grove man who tried to stop shoplifters in South El Monte

  25-04-2025 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A 16-year-old boy was charged this week with driving over and killing a Garden Grove man who tried to stop suspects after a shoplifting at his brother’s South El Monte shop, authorities confirmed Thursday, April 24.
  The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday filed one count of murder and  two counts of second-degree robbery against the teen, Greg Risling, a spokesman for the DA’s Office said.
  The teen, who appeared in Eastlake Juvenile Court on Wednesday,
  
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• Talk of raising taxes on millionaires swirls as Republicans draft Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

  25-04-2025 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Why not tax the millionaires?
  As Congress begins drafting a massive package for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” with trillions of dollars in tax breaks and federal program cuts, it’s a question that won’t seem to go away.
  Trump himself has mused he’d “love” to tax wealthier Americans a little bit more, but the Republican president has also repeatedly walked
  
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• Westminster man charged for allegedly slamming dog to ground in Long Beach

  25-04-2025 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old Westminster man was charged this week with a felony count of cruelty to an animal after he was allegedly seen on video slamming a German Shepherd mix to the ground by the leash and then kicking her in the face while she lay motionless, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
  Alexander Cueva also faces a special allegation of personal use of a deadly and dangerous weapon – a leash – during the attack, which was captured on a surveillance video
  
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• Your guide to the LA County Fair 2025, opening May 2

  25-04-2025 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Creative corn dogs, live music, farm animals, roller-skating, car shows and more await visitors at the LA County Fair, opening Friday, May 2.
  This year’s theme is “Art Unleashed,” which the fair describes as celebrating home arts and cuisine as well as visual and performing arts.
  The 93-year-old grandstand, one of the fairground’s oldest landmarks, will be closed for upcoming renovations. Home Arts exhibits, usually in the hall under the grandstand, have been moved to Exp
  
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• Lakers-Timberwolves: 3 things to watch for in Game 3

  25-04-2025 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — In certain areas, the Lakers made improvements from Game 1 to Game 2 in their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, helping them tie the best-of-seven series, 1-1, with Tuesday’s home win before heading to Minneapolis for Games 3 and 4.
  And the Timberwolves are, seemingly, trying to figure out how to get their best player, All-NBA guard Anthony Edwards, into an offensive rhythm.
  Both teams feel like they’ve yet to play their best basketbal
  
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• Light rain to hit Southern California on Saturday

  25-04-2025 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Light rain is expected to sprinkle over Southern California on Saturday, April 26, but a light, quick shower will make way for mostly dry conditions by the end of the weekend, National Weather Service forecasters said Friday.
  A storm descending from northern California was expected to hit Los Angeles County by Saturday morning, bringing about a quarter-inch of rain to most areas until about 1 or 2 p.m., followed by possible scattered showers, Meteorologist Mike Wofford said.
  Orange County and th
  
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• FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested

  25-04-2025 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement, Director Kash Patel said.
  Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse.”
  Related ArticlesA wrong turn onto a bridge at the US-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportationJudge rules the Trump administration
  
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• Swanson: James Harden is the Clippers’ showrunner and loving it

  25-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — You get the feeling James Harden is really having a good time.
  The 16th-year NBA vet was on social media on Thursday morning, encouraging the home crowd – “how many times do you get a first? let’s get it!” – ahead of Intuit Dome’s successful playoff debut that night, a rollicking 117-83 victory over the Denver Nuggets that gave the Clippers a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series.
  Then he was on the court, controlling the action,
  
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• Stop intrusions into Americans’ rights to use cash as well as credit

  25-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  You don’t often go by your bricks-and-mortar bank branch these days, what with the electronic wonders of direct deposit and the fact that most of your purchases are made on a credit card.
  But sometimes you want some cash on hand, for emergencies, or for whatever you want — it’s your money. So you fire up the ATM outside the bank with your debit card and punch in your PIN. Hmmm — is $100 enough? Nah, better make it $200. You make the request, and the machine dutifully deli
  
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