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• First accuser takes the witness stand at Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial

  29-04-2025 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — When Harvey Weinstein’s landmark 2020 #MeToo conviction was overturned, accuser Miriam Haley was frank about her feelings about participating in a retrial: “I definitely don’t want to actually go through that again.”
  But on Tuesday, Haley became the first of the former movie tycoon’s accusers to take the witness stand as prosecutors seek to convict him again. Weinstein, 73, has pleaded no
  
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• Taco Fest returns to Norco with performances by T.I., Lil Jon and more

  29-04-2025 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Taco Fest is headed back to Norco with a lineup of early 2000s throwback hip-hop, tequila, tacos and more.
  Rappers T.I., Lil Jon, Fat Joe, Chingy, Ying Yang Twins, Paul Wall, Bubba Sparxxx and Luwiss Lux will perform at the single-day event on Saturday, May 3. General admission tickets are $89, and VIP tickets are $181 at activatedevents.com.
  In addition to the music, guests can purchase a tequila tasting pass for $30 to sample from more than 100 tequilas or purchase hand-crafted margaritas, mic
  
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• Umpire duo with TikTok platform bringing ‘more energy’ to softball games

  29-04-2025 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFor perhaps the casual observer, an unusual scene occurred as the umpires took the softball field at Canyon last week.
  The players from visiting El Modena and Canyon erupted in cheers with the arrival of umpires Rodney Williams and Kenyon Jackson.
  The father-and-son duo briefly visited both dugouts and took photographs with the teams before the Crestview League game.
  Why were the umpires — part of p
  
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• Cerritos Councilmember Mark Pulido is running for the 67th Assembly District

  29-04-2025 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Cerritos Councilmember Mark Pulido is running for California’s 67th Assembly District, aiming to succeed Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva, who will be termed out in 2026.
  With around two decades in public service, Pulido, 56, has been a city councilmember, two-time mayor and president of the ABC Unified School District Board of Education.
  “The time is now to put my seasoned leadership to work for the 67th Assembly District,” Pulido said in a campaign email this week. “Ou
  
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• House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump’s deportations and detentions as part of tax bill

  29-04-2025 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of their big tax bill, Republicans in Congress are pumping billions of dollars into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and border security plan with nearly 20,000 new officers, stark new fees starting at $1,000 on migrants seeking asylum and $46.5 billion for a long-sought border wall.
  Tuesday launched the first of back-to-back public hearings as House Republicans roll out the fine print of what Trump calls his &ldquo
  
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• Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and ‘revenge porn,’ passes. What is it?

  29-04-2025 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press
  Congress has overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called “revenge porn.” Known as the Take It Down Act, the bill is now headed to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
  The measure was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and later gained the support of First La
  
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• Disneyland rolls out 60 new menu items for ‘unannounced’ food festival

  29-04-2025 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland just doesn’t want to let the festival season come to an end after the Festival of the Holidays, Lunar New Year Festival and the Food & Wine Festival finished a five-month run of food-centric fests at the Anaheim theme park resort.
  Disneyland is kicking off another resort-wide food event on Wednesday, April 30 with more than 60 new menu items that MousePlanet has dubbed the “Unannounced Food Festival.”
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• Black female WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional honor

  29-04-2025 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By FERNANDA FIGUEROA and MATT BROWN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,” were honored Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a long-running campaign to recognize their efforts.
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• Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff

  29-04-2025 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden’s nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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• AmeriCorps cuts prompt two dozen states led by Democrats to sue Trump administration

  29-04-2025 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNAH FINGERHUT
  About two dozen states led by Democrats sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the 30-year-old federal agency for volunteer service, and over the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for state and community projects across the U.S.
  Related ArticlesTake It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and ‘revenge porn,’ passes. What is it?Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council,
  
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• UCLA defensive line still a work in progress as spring practice continues

  29-04-2025 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Bruins don’t have battle scars yet, but they already look different.
  A month ago, UCLA’s football team opened spring camp with 95 players. Seventy players donned pads during Tuesday’s practice.
  “The guys that are here want to compete. This is football, you have to compete,” head coach DeShaun Foster said. “If you want to play at a high level, you have to compete.”
  The defensive line is a unit that is still undergoing renovations.
  
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• Trump retreats from 100% withholding on Social Security clawbacks

  29-04-2025 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer | Cox Media Group
  The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them.
  Instead, the agency will default to withholding 50% of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, the agency said in an “emergency message” to staff dated April 25.
  The agency long made it a routine to halt benefits
  
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• $1 billion investment to modernize Honda Center at heart of new OCVibe

  29-04-2025 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Honda Center won’t be left behind as the 100-acre OCVibe gets built around it, with a massive renovation for the arena announced Tuesday, April 29.
  The Samueli family’s OC Sports & Entertainment says it will be making a $1 billion investment into renovating the Honda Center, bringing a refresh to its food and beverage offerings, luxury areas and building a new glass entrance on the arena’s south side that will be a home for watch parties and future events.
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• Iraq detains Islamic State suspect accused of helping to incite New Orleans truck-ramming attack

  29-04-2025 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and JEFF MARTIN
  An official with the Islamic State group has been detained in Iraq, suspected of being involved with inciting the pickup truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people celebrating the start of 2025, Iraqi authorities said.
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• Starbucks’ new drive-thru in Texas is the coffee giant’s first 3D printed store in the US

  29-04-2025 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMIE STENGLE
  There’s a new pour from Starbucks: Its first 3D printed store in the U.S.
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• How to get the most out of regenerative braking

  29-04-2025 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  If you drive an electric vehicle (EV) or a hybrid, regenerative braking is one of the easiest ways to boost your car’s efficiency — and possibly extend the life of your brakes. But while many cars come equipped with this feature, not every driver knows how to use it to their advantage.
  Regenerative braking works by using the electric motor to slow the car down, rather than relying solely on the traditional friction brakes. As the vehicle decelerates, some of the energy that would oth
  
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• Ohana Festival 2025: Eddie Vedder, Hozier and Green Day top lineup

  29-04-2025 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Ohana Festival curator and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is back with a new lineup for the 9th annual fest, featuring Green Day and Hozier, slated to headline this year’s festival at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point on Sept. 26-28.
  The Ten Club Presale begins today, April 29. It will be followed by a fan presale starting at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 1, during which fans can sign up for an SMS passcode to secure tickets to Ohana 2025. General admission tickets will go on sale on at 2 p.m. Thu
  
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• Kia EV owners now have access to Tesla Superchargers

  29-04-2025 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Kia electric vehicle owners now have access to the Tesla Supercharger network, adding more than 21,500 DC fast chargers to their available charging options, Kia America announced in a recent news release.
  Combined with the more than 22,000 fast chargers already available through other networks, Kia EV owners can now use more than 40,000 DC fast chargers nationwide.Drivers of Kia vehicles equipped with a standard NACS (North American Charging Standard) port or using a Kia NACS adapter can access
  
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• How to avoid credit card late fees after a court threw out a proposed cap

  29-04-2025 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By CORA LEWIS
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas judge earlier this month threw out a federal rule that would have capped credit card late fees at $8.
  Related ArticlesCoca-Cola reports better-than-expected quarterly profit, says it can manage through tariffsGM posts strong Q1 results, but will reassess expectations for 2025 due to auto tariffsCalifornia consumer confidence falls to lowest since December 2020Amazon is not planning to break out tariff costs online as White House attacks potential moveU
  
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• Beyoncé debuts her Cowboy Carter Tour with a moving and masterful show at SoFi Stadium

  29-04-2025 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  With just one song left to sing, Beyoncé paused for one of the few times during her marathon show to thank the crowd for sharing this special night, the debut of the Cowboy Carter Tour, with her at SoFi Stadium on Monday.
  “This is the first show and we shared it with y’all,” she said smiling happily with her dancers and and band behind her. “And you shared it with me. I’m so overwhelmed.”
  Overwhelmed is in fact the best word to describe the experience o
  
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• Recipe: This mushroom sauce is tasty on everything, but is best on chicken

  29-04-2025 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  This easy to prepare mushroom sauce tastes delicious on everything from cooked farro to pork chops. Spoon it over blanched green beans or al dente penne. My favorite combo is to use it atop crispy skinned chicken thighs. The sauce can be concocted while the thighs finish cooking in the oven for 25 minutes.
  Cook’s notes: If you want a thicker sauce, combine 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water (this is called a slurry). Add the slurry in step 4 after the broth and cream have sim
  
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• Stars of ‘90210’ and ‘Saved by the Bell’ among celebrities expected at Retro Palm Springs

  29-04-2025 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Palm Springs is going back in time as some of the biggest stars from shows like “Beverly Hills 90210,” and “Saved by the Bell” come to the desert for the debut of “Retro Palm Springs.”
  “The Palm Springs convention center is going to be transformed into a time capsule celebrating all the eras that continue to inspire and influence pop culture,” said Brian Boget, co-producer of the event, who also produces the annual Creep I.E. conventions.
  The new e
  
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• Ukraine says Russia hits civilians again as Kyiv derides Putin’s 3-day truce offer

  29-04-2025 18:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By ILLIA NOVIKOV
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck civilian areas of Ukraine with drones in another deadly nighttime attack, officials said Tuesday, as Kyiv officials dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week as an attempt “to deceive the United States.”
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• What is a conclave? What to know about the secretive process to elect the next pope

  29-04-2025 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD
  What is a conclave?
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to underscore that cardinals are sequestered until they find a winner.
  Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the Latin phrase for “all out,” to ask all those present except the cardinal electors to le
  
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• UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles

  29-04-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer
  UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles.
  Related ArticlesMajor companies face a difficult task in estimating the impact of tariffs on their businessTrump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factoriesUS job openings fall to 7.2 million in March, the lowest level since SeptemberUS consumer confidence plunges
  
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• What happens when you replace your lawyer? Ask the Lawyer

  29-04-2025 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I am seven months into a divorce proceeding. My lawyer has proven to be more expensive than anticipated — and a lot less responsive. I have someone else and just want to know what happens when this first lawyer is given the heave ho?
  I.G., Thousand Oaks
  Ron Sokol
  A: The client is not required to stay with the same lawyer if things are not working out to the client’s satisfaction. But you may be subject to the terms and conditions of a retainer agreement you signed (make sure to re
  
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• Major companies face a difficult task in estimating the impact of tariffs on their business

  29-04-2025 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAMIAN J. TROISE, AP Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Executives at some of the world’s biggest companies are faced with the tricky task of explaining how President Donald Trump’s tariffs are impacting their business as they discuss the latest financial results. Some are making their best estimate based on what they know at the moment; others are pulling their outlooks altogether.
  The only certainty is that they’ll use a variation of the phrase “uncertain times&rd
  
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• Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits

  29-04-2025 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL PHILLIS
  In pain so bad he couldn’t stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully hadn’t yet spread.
  Meek, a social studies teacher in Wilmington, North Carolina, was 47 at the time. But he remained confused for years about why, as someone seemingly not at risk, he had gotten cancer until Emily Donovan, a parent of students at his school, gave a guest t
  
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• Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories

  29-04-2025 17:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK and ALEXA ST. JOHN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers.
  Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales and make U.S. production less competitive worldwide. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt s
  
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• Al Muratsuchi’s foolish attack on charter schools

  29-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  During his February announcement that he’s running for California’s superintendent of public instruction, Assembly member Al Muratsuchi, D- Los Angeles, vowed to “fight to defend our schools and our students” against attacks on public education from the Trump administration.
  Yet Muratsuchi’s signature legislation this year—and one being heard this week in the education committee he chairs—is the biggest attack we’ve seen on the ability of Californi
  
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• US job openings fall to 7.2 million in March, the lowest level since September

  29-04-2025 16:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Job openings in the United States fell in March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars clouded the economic outlook.
  U.S. employers posted 7.2 million vacancies in March, down from 7.5 million in February and 8.1 million in March 2024, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. It was the fewest number of openings since September and below the 7.5 million that economists had forecast.
  But the department’s Job Open
  
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• If activist trustees won’t tell the truth, the students will

  29-04-2025 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The way unions and their activists stack school board meetings, it’s a wonder that Nathan, a San Juan Hills High School senior, could get up at a Capistrano Unified School District board meeting April 24, and in one minute crystallize a cancer that has eaten away at American society for decades:
  “Any trustee who deliberately takes such a quote out of context to falsely smear a colleague as a racist is betraying that trust and manipulating the situation for political gain,” Nath
  
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• US consumer confidence plunges to lowest in 5 years on tariff worries

  29-04-2025 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COIVD-19 pandemic as anxiety over the impact of tariffs takes a heavy toll on consumer expectations for future growth.
  The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.9 points in April to 86, its lowest reading since May 2020. Nearly one-third of consumers expect hir
  
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• Orange Unified selects Rachel Monárrez for its new superintendent

  29-04-2025 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Dr. Rachel H. Monárrez has been selected to lead Orange Unified School District as its new superintendent.
  Although Monárrez was most recently serving as the superintendent of the Worcester Public Schools in Massachusetts, she has ties to Southern California. She is the former San Bernardino City Unified School District deputy superintendent and has experience as a special education and English immersion instructor, principal and in other leadership positions in California schools.
  
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• Trump’s team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats say

  29-04-2025 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press Congressional Correspondent
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has frozen, stalled or otherwise disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds — from disease research to Head Start for children to disaster aid — in what top Democrats say is an “unprecedented and dangerous” assault on programs used by countless Americans.
  Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut on Tuesday released an online tracker
  
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• Brian Jones: Criminal deportations are happening, will California adjust?

  29-04-2025 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time. It’s an old adage made famous by Maya Angelou. It’s a good one and I’ve heard it more often lately. It’s especially fitting when applied to the current federal administration. Never have I seen so many, usually empty, campaign promises – good or bad – kept in a first 100 days. 
  Spending cuts? Check. Trade? Check. Immigration? Check. Now, that’s not to say everything has turned out how
  
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• Medicaid can’t survive without spending cuts

  29-04-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Congressional Republicans are trying to figure out what to do with Medicaid. Nearly 80 million Americans get health coverage through the entitlement. In California, one in three residents has Medi-Cal, the Golden State’s version of Medicaid.
  Congress will have to rein in the program at some point. Spending on the entitlement has roughly doubled each of the last five decades. Enrollment is 7.6 million people higher today than it was at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Lawmakers must
  
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• Anaheim Chamber will reorganize, cease political activities in renewed bid to stay open

  29-04-2025 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce will remain open, the organization announced Monday after a new board of directors voted to reorganize and appoint new leadership.
  The chamber, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, said in a news release that its board has appointed Dara Maleki, owner of The Pizza Press restaurant, as its interim president and CEO. The board also appointed Michael Johnson, also on the local YMCA board, to be its chair.
  Chamber officials said this new leadership wi
  
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• ’Nowhere to turn’: Small businesses dependent on imports from China are feeling more desperate

  29-04-2025 15:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By MAE ANDERSON, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. No roadmap for what comes next.
  The Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% in early April. Since then, small business owners who depend on imports from China to survive have become increasingly desperate as they eye dwindling inventory and skyrocketing invoices.
  President Donald Trump seemed to back down somewhat last week when he
  
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• Niles: Universal Fan Fest Nights invites fans to become part of movie magic

  29-04-2025 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  To borrow a catchphrase from one of its featured entertainment properties, the new Universal Fan Fest Nights seeks to boldly go where no theme park after-hours event has gone before.
  Universal Studios Hollywood debuted its new Fan Fest Nights last weekend. The event invites comparison to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights — the company’s wildly successful after-hours event in the fall. But Fan Fest Nights is something more than Horror Nights with a different theme. With Fan Fe
  
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• Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide

  29-04-2025 15:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By SEAN MURPHY and MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to fund an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.” The Supreme Court could well approve.
  St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be the nation’s first religious charter school. A ruling from the high court allowing public money to flow directly to a religious school almost certainly would lead to others.
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• Disgraced Cardinal Becciu formally withdraws from participation in conclave to elect pope

  29-04-2025 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for “the good of the church,” ending days of drama that had overshadowed the proceedings.
  Cardinal Angelo Becciu’ s status has dominated discussions in the days after Pope Francis’ death amid questions about whether he w
  
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• City, Visit Anaheim nearing new contract with new performance standards

  29-04-2025 15:08 via ocregister.com
  
  More than a year after state auditors admonished Anaheim for failing to keep a close enough eye on tens of millions of dollars a year in tourism spending by its marketing partner, the city is nearing a new deal that would set key performance standards and follow up on many of the recommendations made.
  Anaheim for decades has contracted with Visit Anaheim to market the city and book the convention center for shows. Since 2010, Visit Anaheim has received 75% of a 2% assessment on nightly hotel rat
  
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• Numbers that matter from the first 100 days of Trump’s second term

  29-04-2025 14:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in the White House have been a demolition job — and that’s a point of pride for his administration.
  For the Republican administration, the raw numbers on executive actions, deportations, reductions in the federal workforce, increased tariff rates and other issues point toward a renewed America. To Trump’s critics, though, he’s wielding his authority in ways that chall
  
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• Spain and Portugal focus on cause of huge blackout with power almost fully restored

  29-04-2025 14:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press
  MADRID (AP) — The cause of Spain and Portugal’s widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored to both countries.
  One of Europe’s most severe blackouts grounded flights, paralyzed metro systems, disrupted mobile communications and shut down ATMs across the Iberian Peninsula on Monday.
  By 7 a.m. on Tuesday more than 99% of energy demand in Spain h
  
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• Layoffs, closures and gaps in oversight expected after hundreds of DOJ grants are canceled

  29-04-2025 14:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACK BROOK and CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press
  A deaf mother trying to escape her abusive husband came to a domestic violence shelter seeking help, but she couldn’t communicate fluently with American Sign Language.
  Shelter workers contacted Activating Change, a group that can provide sign language interpreters who are trained to help people experiencing trauma. Over the course of the year in the shelter, the woman worked with the interpreter to file for divorce, gain custody of her chil
  
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• Supreme Court hears arguments on case about FBI raid on wrong Georgia home

  29-04-2025 14:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Atlanta woman whose house was wrongly raided by the FBI will go before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a key case over when people can sue to try to hold federal law enforcement accountable.Trina Martin’s lawyers are asking the justices to revive the lawsuit she filed after agents broke down her door before dawn in 2017, pointing guns at her then-boyfriend and terrifying her 7-year-old son.
  The FBI team had meant to raid a
  
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• World shares mostly gain ahead of earnings and data releases

  29-04-2025 13:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — World shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed, quiet close at the start of a busy week of corporate earnings and economic data.
  Germany’s DAX gained 0.7% to 22,421.79, while the CAC 40 was nearly unchanged at 7,571.68. Britain’s FTSE 100 also was holding steady at 8,416.80.
  The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.3%.In Asian trading, To
  
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• Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan, a state rocked by his tariffs

  29-04-2025 13:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press
  WARREN, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada.
  Trump is making an afternoon visit to Selfridge Air National Guard Base for an announcement alongside Democratic Michigan Gov. Gr
  
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• Orange County softball stat leaders through April 26

  29-04-2025 09:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County softball stat leaders through Saturday, April 26.
  To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.
  BATTING AVERAGEName, school
  BA
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  AB
  Jenelle Monzon, Anaheim
  .700
  28
  40
  Hayli McIlroy, Crean Lutheran
  .688
  22
  32
  Victoria Rios, Costa Mesa
  .686
  24
  35
  Karla Oliva, Santa Ana Valley
  .679
  36
  53
  Mia Gonzalez, Buena Park
  .639
  46
  72
  Bella Bos, Calvary Chapel
  .632
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