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• Google unveils big Android redesign ahead of iPhone overhaul

  13-05-2025 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By Vlad Savov | Bloomberg
  Google unveiled the biggest update to its Android mobile operating system in years, weeks before its biggest competitor in the space, Apple, is expected to give a preview of its overhauled iPhone software.
  The Alphabet unit is rolling out a new, bolder design language — called Material 3 Expressive — that spans the entire Android operating system as well as Google’s own apps like Gmail, it said in a blog post on Tuesday. The company has compiled a set
  
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• TikTok prank ‘Chromebook Challenge’ leads to Long Beach student’s arson arrest, officials say

  13-05-2025 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A Long Beach middle school student has been arrested for allegedly destroying a Chromebook computer, leading to a fire that caused an evacuation of Perry Lindsey Academy, authorities said.
  The 13-year-old is accused by the school district of damaging the laptop as part of the “Chromebook Challenge,” a TikTok trend in which students intentionally jam lead or metal objects into the ports of a Chromebook, causing it to short-circuit and, in some instances, cause sparks, smoke and fire.
  
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• State AI regulation ban tucked into Republican tax bill

  13-05-2025 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By Emily Birnbaum | Bloomberg
  A powerful House committee has tucked language preventing states from regulating artificial intelligence into President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, a move that would benefit many of the US’s largest tech and AI companies.
  OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are among the firms that have argued that state AI regulations would hamstring the burgeoning technology. Meta in April comments to the White House also sai
  
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• ESPN says its direct-to-consumer streaming service will debut in September at $29.99 a month

  13-05-2025 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN said Tuesday that its new all-encompassing streaming service will take on a familiar name — ESPN — and launch in September at an initial price of $29.99 per month.
  The service will enable consumers to view all of ESPN’s various networks, including ones devoted to the SEC, Big 10 and ACC college leagues, as well as content from the current ESPN+ streaming service, which will be folded in to the new product.
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• Newark mayor returns to immigration detention center days after trespassing arrest

  13-05-2025 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka briefly returned Tuesday to the gates of the federal immigration detention center where he was arrested last week on trespassing charges.
  Baraka, a Democrat running for governor in the June 10 primary, was turned away from Delaney Hall, the facility where he was arrested Friday. He departed and stayed about a half hour away from the building, according to NJ.com.
  Witnesses said the arrest last week came after Baraka attempted to join three member
  
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• Ken Griffin will loan his copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights so the public can see them

  13-05-2025 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By GLENN GAMBOA, Associated Press
  Citadel CEO Ken Griffin believes American prosperity is a testament to the power of the Constitution. And as the country gets ready to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year, the hedge fund billionaire wants to expand public access to the 1787 document.
  Griffin announced Tuesday that he will lend his first-edition copy of the Constitution to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia for a public exhibit dedicated to the founding document of the U.S. go
  
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• House Republicans look to help Trump strip tax-exempt status of nonprofits he says support terrorism

  13-05-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it says support terrorism, creating what some nonprofits say is an arbitrary standard to financially punish charities that advocate for issues that don’t align with his agenda.
  Unusual language added Monday to a reconciliation bill from the House Ways and Means Committe
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Derek Hitchens, Northwood

  13-05-2025 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Derek Hitchens
  School: Northwood
  Sport: Swimming
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: He set Orange County records in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the CIF-SS Division 1 championships. Hitchens, who will go to Columbia, won the 100 free in 43.79 seconds and the 100 back in 47.19 to win Division 1 titles in both events. His 100 free time broke the oldest county boys record of 43.85 set by six-time Olympian Derya Buyukuncu of Woodbridge in 1994.
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• House Republicans launch marathon hearings to push ahead with Trump’s big bill

  13-05-2025 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREAKING, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps for older Americans and green energy strategies to fight climate change — are all up for debate Tuesday as the House Republicans launch marathon public hearings on their “big, beautiful bill.”
  It’s a long day and night ahead. Republicans are working to p
  
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• Extreme heat will make it feel more like August than May for Texas, parts of southeastern US

  13-05-2025 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press
  HOUSTON (AP) — Triple-digit temperatures more commonly seen in the throes of summer and not in the spring were making an unwelcome visit to Texas and other parts of the southeastern United States this week, placing millions of Americans under extreme heat warnings.
  “Definitely more like August this week than May,” Cameron Self, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s office in the Houston and Galveston area, said Tuesday.
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• Servite boys golf squeezed out of division finals despite being Trinity co-champs

  13-05-2025 08:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAn accomplished boys golf program will be missing when the CIF-SS Division 1 and 2 team championships tee off May 19 at courses in Long Beach and Victorville, respectively.
  Servite, co-champion of the Trinity League, didn’t make either field of 20 schools.
  “This was a gut-punch,” veteran Friars coach Dane Jako said. “I almost retired after this one.”
  Servite didn’t qual
  
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• Reports: Kings expected to name Ken Holland their new GM

  13-05-2025 07:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Ken Holland, who won four Stanley Cup titles as an executive with the Detroit Red Wings, is expected to become the Kings’ next general manager, according to multiple reports on Monday night.
  Holland would replace Rob Blake, the Kings’ GM and vice president of hockey operations whose contract was not renewed after a fourth straight first-round playoff exit.
  An announcement is expected later this week, possibly as early as Tuesday.
  Holland, 69, began his career as an amateur scout with
  
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• Taylor Ward hits 9th-inning grand slam as Angels stun Padres

  13-05-2025 06:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels’ Taylor Ward hits a tiebreaking grand slam during the ninth inning of their game against the San Diego Padres on Monday, May 12, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  Angels starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the San Diego Padres on Monday, May 12, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  Angels starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, left, jokes with catcher Travis d’Arnaud as they walk off the field during th
  
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• Two homebuilders with Orange County roots to merge

  13-05-2025 05:58 via ocregister.com
  
  A pair of homebuilders that were born as Orange County’s real estate emerged from the Great Recession’s ruins say they’re tying the knot.
  Irvine-based New Home Co. and Dallas-based Landsea Homes Corp. announced on Monday, May 12, a plan that would see the privately held New Home acquire publicly owned Landsea in a deal valued at $1.2 billion. The merger still requires regulatory and shareholder approvals and could be completed before the end of the year.
  Together, the comp
  
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• Santa Ana High School parents demand heightened security after killing of student

  13-05-2025 04:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Around 30 to 40 parents and several students gathered in front of Santa Ana High School to demand increased transparency and security from the school district, following the death of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed on school grounds last week. Many accused the district of sweeping safety issues under the rug.
  “Queremos seguridad (we want security),” echoed several parents on Monday morning, May 12.
  The fatal stabbing occurred on May 7, following an altercation between five students
  
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• Over 30 parents gather outside Santa Ana High School, demand heightened security after killing of student

  13-05-2025 04:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Around 30 to 40 parents and several students gathered in front of Santa Ana High School to demand increased transparency and security from the school district, following the death of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed on school grounds last week. Many accused the district of sweeping safety issues under the rug.
  “Queremos seguridad (we want security),” echoed several parents on Monday morning, May 12.
  The fatal stabbing occurred on May 7, following an altercation between five students
  
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• Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe returns to old-school defensive style

  13-05-2025 04:03 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — Logan O’Hoppe finally got fed up with doing something that was uncomfortable, especially since it wasn’t even working.
  The Angels catcher had always caught with two feet on the ground until he got to the major leagues and was molded into the one-knee-down style that has swept across the sport.
  The conventional wisdom was that catching on one knee allowed a catcher to get lower, which helped him frame pitches better. That came without any deterioration in blocking ab
  
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• Gov. Newsom urges local governments to ban encampments; state increases support

  13-05-2025 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom once again called on local government leaders to clear homeless encampments, introducing a model ordinance that counties and cities can adopt to ban makeshift tent communities near freeways, parks and on sidewalks throughout the state.
  Newsom also announced on Monday, May 12, the allocation of $3.3 billion toward various projects across the state to expand housing and treatment options for people experiencing homelessness. Of the nearly 125 projects receiving funding from the s
  
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• Long Beach State sweeps UCLA for its 4th NCAA men’s volleyball title

  13-05-2025 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team is back atop the sport after capping a dominant season with one of its best performances.
  Top-seeded LBSU defeated third-seeded UCLA, 25-17, 25-23, 25-21, on Monday night to win its fourth national championship and avenge a loss to the Bruins in the 2024 title match, which was played at Long Beach State.
  Freshman setter Moni Nikolov, the national player of the year, had six kills, four aces, 27 assists and two digs to pace L
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, May 12

  13-05-2025 02:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, May 12
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  MONDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS TENNIS
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Quarterfinals
  DIVISION 1
  Marina 9, Notre Dame/SO 9 (Marina wins on games, 73-64)
  DIVISION 5
  Capistrano Valley 1
  
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• Motorist dies in Norco carjacking when suspect drives off, dragging the victim from his vehicle

  13-05-2025 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A motorist died after someone got into his car at a Norco gas station on Monday, May 12, and started driving while the victim was partially in the backseat, dragging him until he was ejected from the vehicle.
  Deputies responded just after 12:20 p.m. to the ARCO gas station at 675 Hidden Valley Parkway, east of the 15 Freeway, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. They found the stolen vehicle and detained a suspect.
  Deputies also found the victim, a male, and took him to
  
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• Motorist, 79, dies in Norco carjacking when suspect drives off, dragging the victim from his vehicle

  13-05-2025 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A 79-year-old motorist carjacked near downtown Norco on Monday was fatally injured when the perpetrator dragged the victim while making his getaway, authorities said.
  The deadly carjacking was reported at about 12:20 p.m. Monday at the ARCO gas station at 675 Hidden Valley Parkway, less than a mile east of the 15 Freeway, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
  The agency said witnesses observed a man forcibly taking the victim’s silver SUV, jumping into the driv
  
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• Tustin man gets more than 17 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking ring active in Australia and Papua New Guinea

  13-05-2025 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — An Orange County man was sentenced Monday to more than 17 years behind bars for leading a drug trafficking ring that ran bulk quantities of methamphetamine to Australia and Papua New Guinea concealed in shipments of car parts and instant noodles.
  Hoang Xuan Le, 43, also known as “Big Bro,” of Tustin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who ordered him to pay a fine of $50,000 along with the 210-month prison sentence, according to the U.S. Attorn
  
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• Mavericks win NBA draft lottery with 1.8% odds

  13-05-2025 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Dallas Mavericks player Rolando Blackman celebrates after NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum announced that the team won the first pick in the NBA draft lottery on Monday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
  Duke’s Kon Knueppel, left, and Cooper Flagg, right, smile at the NBA draft lottery on Monday in Chicago. The Dallas Mavericks won the top overall pick, projected to be Flagg. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
  Former Dallas Mavericks player Rolando Blackman, left, and NBA deputy commissioner Ma
  
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• Preakness Stakes: Journalism opens as 8-5 morning line favorite

  13-05-2025 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer
  HALETHORPE, Md. — Journalism is the morning line favorite for the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.
  The Kentucky Derby runner-up to Sovereignty opened at odds of 8-5 on Monday when post positions were drawn for the middle leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Journalism is again set to be ridden by jockey Umberto Rispoli and leave the starting gate from the No. 2 post.
  Post time is set for Saturday at 4:01 p.m. PT.
  No. 7 Sandman is the 4-1 second
  
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• League foes Pacifica and El Modena to clash in first round of softball playoffs

  13-05-2025 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Crestview League’s battle royal in softball isn’t over yet.
  The CIF Southern Section’s new playoff system, which is guided by computer-generated power ratings, wants another game.
  Crestview League rivals Pacifica and El Modena have been paired for a first-round game in the Division 1 playoffs on Thursday.
  The section announced its postseason pairings Monday.
  In an eye-opening example
  
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• Trump’s plan to accept free Air Force One replacement from Qatar raises ethical and security worries

  13-05-2025 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and BERNARD CONDON
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer.
  Related ArticlesTrump starts his foreign trip with a crush of problems — and outsized certainty he has the answersCivil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directivesHouse Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchersJudge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify and deport people
  
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