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• After shutdown, federal employees face new uncertainty: affording health insurance

  04-12-2025 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
  Larry Humphreys, a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency worker in Moultrie, Georgia, says he and his wife won’t be traveling much next year after their monthly health insurance premium payment increases more than 40%, to $938.
  Humphreys, 68, feels betrayed by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. “As federal employees, we sacrificed good salaries in the private sector because we thought the benefits from government would be better now
  
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• Californian sellers own their home for 11 years, 3rd longest in US

  05-12-2025 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  For a state where folks are supposedly fleeing, Californians keep their homes for a long time.
  My trusty spreadsheet peeked at one yardstick of longevity: Attom’s study on the average length of ownership for home sellers across the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2025.
  This year’s California sellers owned their homes for 11.2 years, the third-longest nationwide, and almost 3 years longer than the 8.4 years nationwide.
  Remember, California’s stagna
  
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• Trump’s security strategy slams European allies and asserts US power in Western Hemisphere

  05-12-2025 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
  The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe for its scathing critiques of their migration and free speech policies, suggesting they face the “prospect of civilizational erasure
  
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• Drivers who go off course on Coast Highway will soon get a jarring reminder

  05-12-2025 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: The last time I drove on Coast Highway from Laguna Beach to Corona del Mar I noticed orangish-yellow dividers preventing you from making U-turns; I have never seen people doing that in all the years I have traveled that route. Why the orange dividers?
  – Jim Stedt, San Clemente
  A: To further keep motorists from making illegal — and dangerous — U-turns over double-yellow lines.
  Those channelizers — flexible, plastic poles — are “a preventative measure to high
  
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• Washington didn’t cross Delaware to create a theocracy

  05-12-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — I grew up a few miles from where George Washington and his Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenary soldiers stationed in Trenton, N.J. Down on his luck, Washington launched this audacious military strike on Christmas, sending three groups (only one made it) across the ice-choked waters on small cargo boats during a ferocious storm.
  In my teen years, a friend and I re-enacted the crossing in his canoe. The river is only 300-f
  
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• US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official

  05-12-2025 14:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By OMAR ALBAM and ABBY SEWELL, Associated Press
  DUMAYR, Syria (AP) — A raid by U.S. forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Islamic State group official instead killed a man who had been working undercover gathering intelligence on the extremists, family members and Syrian officials have told The Associated Press.
  The killing in October underscores the complex political and security landscape as the United States begins working with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in
  
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• Why Somali migrants may still aim for US despite travel restrictions

  05-12-2025 14:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By OMAR FARUK, Associated Press
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali migrant Mohamed Abdi Awale endured horrors on an ill-fated journey across Africa to seek a better life in the West — but he’s determined to try again one day, even aiming for the U.S. despite increasing restrictions.
  Awale is one of 165 Somali migrants recently repatriated after being detained in Libya, where the International Organization for Migration says those caught on journeys to Europe face “unaccepta
  
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• Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies

  05-12-2025 13:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, DAKE KANG and GISELA SALOMON, Associated Press
  When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who had been so close to a new life in America found themselves abandoned.
  Related Articles US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James Supreme Co
  
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• Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion

  05-12-2025 13:40 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
  The acquisition, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry’s biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its namesake television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios. And Netflix has rose to dominance as a household name ubiquitous to on-demand content, while building of its own prod
  
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• Western’s Maxwell Young caps transformation by signing with Fresno State

  05-12-2025 10:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowANAHEIM — Maxwell “Bunchie” Young arrived at Western before his junior season known for his appearance in a Super Bowl commercial but he wanted more from football.
  He aspired to someday play in college.
  There was one major problem.
  He weighed 145 pounds as a wide receiver.
  “I wasn’t strong because I was coming off a collarbone injury,” recalled Young, who transferred to
  
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• El Dorado boys basketball tops Woodbridge in OT to reach Gary Raya Classic final

  05-12-2025 08:15 via ocregister.com
  
  PLACENTIA — Long offensive runs were nonexistent in the boys basketball game between El Dorado and Woodbridge on Thursday night at El Dorado High School.
  So, it seemed fitting that the game, which was a pool play contest in the Gary Raya Classic, went to overtime.
  El Dorado’s Noah Barker grabbed a huge rebound off of a teammate’s missed free throw in the final seconds of overtime and then made one of two free throws after being fouled to clinch a 59-55 victory for the Golden Ha
  
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• Cal State Fullerton’s rally falls short against Cal Poly’s 3-point barrage

  05-12-2025 08:14 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — Jaden Henderson had 21 points and KJ Garris scored 19, but Cal State Fullerton’s valiant comeback fell a few points short against Peter Bandelj and Cal Poly on Thursday night.
  Bandelj scored a career-high 37 points and made a program-record nine 3-pointers on 10 attempts to lead Cal Poly past Fullerton, 94-91, in the Big West Conference opener for both teams at Titan Gym.
  Hamad Mousa scored 27 points and added seven rebounds and three steals for the Mustangs (5-5 overall,
  
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• Long Beach State loses overtime battle with UCSB in Big West opener

  05-12-2025 07:29 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA BARBARA — Gavin Sykes scored all 24 of his points after halftime, including a 3-pointer to force overtime, but Long Beach State lost to UC Santa Barbara, 84-77, in the Big West Conference opener for both teams on Thursday night at the Thunderdome.
  Shaquil Bender added 19 points for Long Beach (2-7 overall, 0-1 Big West), while Petar Majstorovic added 12 points and two steals and Derrick Michael Xzavierro had eight points and 10 rebounds.
  Aidan Mahaney had a game-high 26 points and si
  
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• UC Irvine men pounce on UC Riverside in Big West opener

  05-12-2025 07:15 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine forward Kyle Evans, center, takes a shot over UC Riverside guard Andrew Henderson, left, and forward Dylan Godfrey, right, during the first half of their Big West Conference opener on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, at the Bren Events Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  UC Irvine forward Nes Emeneke, right, blocks a shot by UC Riverside guard Ben Waller during the first half of their Big West Conference opener on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, at the Bren Events Center. (Phot
  
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• Kings’ offensive issues continue in loss to Blackhawks

  05-12-2025 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — All the Kings’ men were present at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday night, but their castle was stormed by the Chicago Blackhawks, 2-1, just the same on another night of low-wattage offense for the hosts.
  Trevor Moore scored the Kings’ only goal as they were held to two goals or fewer for the seventh time in the past nine games. Drew Doughty (foot) and Warren Foegele (upper-body) returned to action to give the Kings one of hockey’s rarities, a full com
  
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• Jahmyr Gibbs’ 3-TD game leads Lions to much-needed win against Cowboys

  05-12-2025 05:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer
  DETROIT — Jahmyr Gibbs ran for three touchdowns, the last a 13-yarder with 2:19 left that sealed the Detroit Lions’ much-needed 44-30 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.
  The Lions (8-5) avoided losing consecutive games for the first time in more than three years as they seek to move into position for a playoff berth with a month remaining in the regular season.
  “They don’t get panicked,” Detroit coach Dan Campbell said.
  
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• LeBron James’ double-digit scoring streak ends, but Lakers beat Raptors at buzzer

  05-12-2025 04:45 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO — Lakers coach JJ Redick made it clear that the onus wasn’t on Austin Reaves to score 50 points on Thursday night in light of Luka Doncic being away from the team because of personal reasons.
  But even if it might not be his singular responsibility to make up for Doncic’s absence, Reaves has shown throughout the season that he’ll raise his level of play to even higher levels when Doncic isn’t available.
  Thursday night against the Toronto Raptors was no differ
  
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• Santa Margarita doubles place second at CIF-SS girls tennis individuals

  05-12-2025 04:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCLAREMONT — Santa Margarita’s Emily Gao and Grace Kersenbrock united as gritty teammates and best friends to make school history at the CIF-SS girls tennis individual championships Thursday.
  Donned in matching uniforms with white visors, the seniors shared encouraging words, high-fives and plenty of shot making to force a third set in the doubles finals against Calabasas at the Biszantz Family
  
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• Lakers hope to get Luka Doncic back ‘soon’ as star guard starts trip away from team

  05-12-2025 03:10 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO — Luka Doncic wasn’t with the Lakers to begin their three-game trip in Toronto on Thursday, but the team hopes to have him back soon.
  The Lakers started the trip with their star guard away for “personal reasons.”
  The 26-year-old star is averaging a league-best 35.3 points per game to go with 8.9 rebounds and 8.9 assists in the 16 games he has played this season.
  “We hope to get him back soon,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “Obviously, he’s a
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Dec. 4

  05-12-2025 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Dec. 4.
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  NONLEAGUE
  Valencia 9, Kennedy 3
  Warren 17, Sonora 11
  Peninsula 13, Pacifica 1
  BOYS SOCCER
  NONLEAGUE
  Villa Park 5, Chi
  
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• How Rose Parade’s 2026 grand marshal was chosen: Timing, wordplay and more than a little Magic

  05-12-2025 02:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2026 Rose Court from left: Olivia Hargrove, Keiko Rakin, Livia dePaula, Rose Queen Serena Guo, Riya Gupta, Naira Wadley and Sophia Ren during the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce’s Annual President’s Breakfast at the Pasadena Hilton on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
  Rose Queen Serena Guo, right, is escorted by Brandon Stansell during the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce’s Annual President’s Breakfast at the Pasadena Hilton on Thursd
  
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• US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins

  05-12-2025 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.
  It is the 22nd strike the U.S. military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking drugs.
  There were four casualties in Thursday’s strike, according to the social media
  
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• The Audible: One fired, one hired, and … maybe one inducted?

  05-12-2025 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Alexander: I was trying to think of the last overnight sports development as stunning as the one that greeted us Wednesday morning: Chris Paul, who had been brought back by the Clippers as sort of an end-of-career salute, being told that his services were no longer wanted. I thought of describing it as sudden, except that as we read and hear more about it, CP3’s saltiness and perfectionist tendencies evidently were not appreciated on a team that was expected to contend for a title &nda
  
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• Woman found guilty of murder in 2018 Rolling Hills Estates mall stabbing

  05-12-2025 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A 47-year-old woman was convicted of murder Thursday, Dec. 4, in the stabbing death of a retired nurse inside the parking structure of a Rolling Hills Estates mall more than seven years ago.
  After hours of deliberation, jurors found Cherie Lynnette Townsend guilty of first-degree murder in the May 3, 2018 slaying of 66-year-old Susan Leeds of Rancho Palos Verdes, who was stabbed 17 times and had her throat slashed. The killing was the first in the community in nearly a decade.
  Prosecutors, showi
  
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• Los Alamitos consensus picks for Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

  05-12-2025 00:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, December 5, 2025.
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• Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James

  05-12-2025 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and OLIVIA DIAZ, Associated Press
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  Prosecutors went back to a grand jury in Virginia after a judge’s ruling halting the prosecution of James and another longtime Trump foe, former F
  
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• Battered by king tides, road into San Onofre Surf Beach is again closed to vehicles

  05-12-2025 00:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The dirt road into San Onfore Surf Beach, a quaint bit of shoreline just south of San Clemente known for its epic, rolling waves, is once again shut to vehicle access because of erosion.
  Damage this time is due to a combination of king tides and swell this week that chomped away at the beach and dirt road, leaving little space for cars to pass and park.
  Surfers and beachgoers are limited to an upper paved parking lot, which has less than two dozen spaces, making the wait to enter the beach even
  
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• Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026

  05-12-2025 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.
  The justices acted on an emergency request from Texas for quick action because qualifying in the new di
  
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• Horse racing notebook: At Los Alamitos, it’s hard to bet against Juan Hernandez

  04-12-2025 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  After choosing quality over quantity at recent Los Alamitos thoroughbred meets, Juan Hernandez is going for more of both as the Orange County track opens a two-week run Friday.
  California’s perennial leading jockey has two mounts Friday, including 9-5 morning-line favorite Voldemort in the allowance-level feature race, and two Saturday, 8-5 favorite Nimah in the $200,000, Grade II Starlet Stakes and 2-1 favorite Greenwich Village debuting in a maiden sprint.
  That’s just the start.
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• El Monte man accused of killing passenger, Alhambra officer pleads not guilty

  04-12-2025 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  An El Monte man pleaded not guilty on Thursday, Dec. 4, to killing an Alhambra police officer and his own passenger in a collision between a reported stolen Hyundai SUV and a police cruiser during a pursuit.
  Steven Ara Zapata, 27, was arraigned at Alhambra Superior Court on two counts of murder, one count of reckless driving causing injury and two counts of fleeing a pursuing officer’s vehicle causing death.
  He faces 80 to 120 years to life in prison if convicted as charged.
  Bail was set a
  
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