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• Another grim milestone: U.S. tops 20M coronavirus cases

  01-01-2021 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By Christina Maxouris and Jason Hanna | CNN
  The US surpassed 20 million total recorded COVID-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of the pandemic.
  The nation also has set a COVID-19 hospitalization record for four straight days. The high counts are a grim reminder that even with 2020 behind us, the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the country. And some leaders warn the worst is still ahead.
  “We are still going to have our toug
  
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• Luigi Mangione heads to court as he fights to block death penalty, murder charge and key evidence

  09-01-2026 15:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is due in federal court Friday for a pivotal hearing in his fight to bar the government from seeking the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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• Speed cameras are coming to Southern California, but their locations will be restricted

  09-01-2026 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: In your last column about new traffic laws, you noted that Caltrans would possibly have the authority to place speed cameras to cite culprits who are causing havoc. I have a situation in Newport Beach that needs the attention, as I have a group of speed demons who have turned our streets into raceways, which, in addition to creating an unsafe situation, creates unbearable noise. Do you know who to contact in Caltrans to see whether there are any plans for installing cameras here, or how to ge
  
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• Democrats’ national divide is playing put in California

  09-01-2026 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The growing divide within the Democratic Party is now coming to a head, right here in California. 
  Ostensibly, the conflict stems from a proposed wealth tax that would target billionaires with a 5% levy, with progressive populists – led by Rep. Ro Khanna – on one side, and moderates – led by Gov. Gavin Newsom – on the other.
  The progressive side is pushing the tax under the assumption that it will be popular with their constituencies – the far-left and labor un
  
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• America’s AI electricity ‘crisis’ is easily fixed: Unleash market forces

  09-01-2026 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is causing an AI power crisis, as the electricity demands of massive AI data centers are straining existing power grids and outpacing the development of new energy sources. This has led to concerns about grid stability, rising electricity costs and significant environmental impacts. If there’s not enough juice, then I’ll have to write my own ledes — as those two sentences were penned by AI and powered by t
  
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• Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though unemployment slips to 4.4%

  09-01-2026 14:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sluggish hiring last month closed out a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even as layoffs and unemployment have also been low.
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• Musk’s Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to sexualized deepfakes

  09-01-2026 14:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press Business Writer
  LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is preventing most users from generating or editing any images after a global backlash that erupted after it started spewing sexualized deepfakes of people.
  FILE – Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
  The chatbot, which is accessed through Musk&rs
  
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• Israeli strikes kill at least 13 across Gaza, as Trump is expected to announce Board of Peace

  09-01-2026 13:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press
  DEIR AL BALAH (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 13 people, according to health officials, as U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire.
  Health officials and family members said at least one child was among the dead in northern Gaza following several strikes there as well as east of Gaza City. All 13 people were killed on Thursday.
  Palestinians attend the funeral of Abdull
  
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• Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good

  09-01-2026 13:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, TIM SULLIVAN and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.
  Protesters chant and march during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally sho
  
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• Iran judiciary chief vows there will be ‘decisive’ punishment for protesters

  09-01-2026 13:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating.
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• Trump’s new foreign policy strategy: Realism in theory, imperialism in practice

  09-01-2026 09:25 via ocregister.com
  My last column a couple of weeks ago was titled, “Trump’s new National Security Strategy pushes global realism.”  I commended the move from 1990s “unipolarity,” when America was by far the strongest nation in the world, to a realization we now are in “multipolarity.” That meant two other countries, China and Russia, joined us as the three top powers, each with its own spheres of influence, ours being the Western Hemisphere. 
  But I warned Presid
  
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• Republicans can get their way without the fearmongering and racism

  09-01-2026 09:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The conservative movement is going through some internal struggles, most notably because of the debate between the racists and the reasonable members of the GOP. To recap, Tucker Carlson had a chat with Nick Fuentes and now conservatives can’t decide whether to reject or embrace the racists and antisemites among them. 
  Beyond the recent bickering, Republicans have appeared to either endorse or allow bigoted attitudes to motivate the core conservative agenda – primarily their imm
  
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• Beckman girls basketball overcomes a few bumps to beat San Juan Hills

  09-01-2026 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  San Juan Hills guard Adelyn Boberg, left, and Beckman forward Natasha Jafari both dive for a loose ball during a South Coast League game between the two teams on Thursday, January 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  San Juan Hills guard Finley Campbell shoots a contested layup during a South Coast League game against Beckman on Thursday, January 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Beckman point guard Taylor Tam shoots a layup during a 49-40 win o
  
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• Beckman girls basketball isn’t perfect but still beats San Juan Hills

  09-01-2026 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  San Juan Hills guard Adelyn Boberg, left, and Beckman forward Natasha Jafari both dive for a loose ball during a South Coast League game between the two teams on Thursday, January 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  San Juan Hills guard Finley Campbell shoots a contested layup during a South Coast League game against Beckman on Thursday, January 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Beckman point guard Taylor Tam shoots a layup during a 49-40 win o
  
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• Cal State Fullerton heats up after halftime, pulls away from UCSD

  09-01-2026 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  LA JOLLA — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team caught fire in the second half and took care of the ball all night to take down UC San Diego, 88-71, on Thursday night.
  Christian Williams had a season-high 22 points and three steals and shot 6 for 10 from 3-point range for the Titans (7-10 overall, 2-3 Big West), who shot 71% from the field in the second half, when they led by as much as 20 points.
  Landon Seaman added 14 points while (3 for 4 from 3-point range), while Bryce
  
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• UC Irvine men lean on depth to dismiss Long Beach State

  09-01-2026 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine guard Jurian Dixon takes a jump shot during the first half of a Big West Conference game against Long Beach State on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Long Beach State guard Rob Diaz can’t control a rebound during the first half of a Big West Conference game against UC Irvine on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
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• Carson Beck, Miami rally past Ole Miss to reach national title game

  09-01-2026 05:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Carson Beck scrambled for a 3-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left, and Miami will head back home for a shot at its first national championship since 2001 after beating Mississippi, 31-27, in an exhilarating College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night.
  The 10th-seeded Hurricanes (13-2) had their vaunted defense picked apart by the sixth-seeded Rebels (13-2) in a wild fourth quarter, falling into a 27-24 hole aft
  
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• Ducks fall to Hurricanes as losing streak reaches 8 games

  09-01-2026 04:14 via ocregister.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — The struggling Ducks are searching for answers and finding none.
  Jalen Chatfield’s first goal of the season was a tiebreaker and former Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen snapped a personal nine-game losing streak as the Carolina Hurricanes handed the Ducks their eighth consecutive loss, 5-2, on Thursday night.
  Chatfield, a defenseman playing in his 300th career game, scored during the Hurricanes’ three-goal second period.
  Logan Stankoven, Taylor Hall and Chatfield
  
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• USC backup quarterback Husan Longstreet enters transfer portal

  09-01-2026 04:08 via ocregister.com
  
  USC quarterback Husan Longstreet is entering the transfer portal.
  “I’m incredibly grateful to USC, Coach Riley and the coaching staff, my teammates, and the entire Trojan Family,” Longstreet wrote in a social media post.
  “As a hometown kid, representing USC was an incredible opportunity I’ll always cherish. The relationships I’ve built will stay with me forever.”
  Longstreet got into four games last season as a backup for starting quarterback Jayden Maiav
  
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• Rain wasn’t going to stop these community elves in Santa Ana from giving gifts

  09-01-2026 03:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The reference is usually Christmas came early. In this case, it came two weeks late.
  Rain canceled the annual Downtown Santa Ana holiday celebration on Christmas Eve. But on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 8, some expected 500 families gathered for the rescheduled event, with children receiving donated presents and families receiving supplies of food. Volunteers had not wanted them to feel forgotten, one of the organizers said.
  Liam Estuardo Mendez holds on to his toy haul as he leaves the annual Downt
  
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• Angels terminate contract with their TV partner

  09-01-2026 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The uncertainty surrounding the Angels’ TV contract reached a new level when they terminated their contract with Main Street Sports Group on Thursday, raising questions about how their televised games will be delivered to fans and how much revenue the Angels will generate in 2026.
  Main Street, which is the struggling parent company of FanDuel Sports Network, missed payments to its baseball partners in the past month, so on Thursday all nine of them – including the Angels – term
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Jan. 8

  09-01-2026 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Jan. 8
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  COAST LEAGUE
  Western 14, Rancho Alamitos 8
  Bolsa Grande 7, Anaheim 5
  GROVE LEAGUE
  Estancia 8, Saddleback 5
  ORANGE LEAGUE
  Loara 14, Orange 13
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• Big Ten’s power on display in Peach Bowl with Indiana facing Oregon

  09-01-2026 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  ATLANTA — The Big Ten is marching into the heart of Southern football with a proud swagger, daring any conference to challenge its claim as the power to beat in the College Football Playoff.
  Undefeated No. 1 Indiana (14-0, CFP No. 1 seed) and No. 5 Oregon (13-1, CFP No. 5) have turned the CFP semifinal at Friday night’s Peach Bowl into a Big Ten celebration.
  Atlanta is home to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Georgia Tech, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the annual site of the Sout
  
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• A year after the Palisades fire, she’s stayed behind, because leaving would abandon her son’s spirit

  09-01-2026 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  For more than 330 days, Shelley Sykes has lived inside a greenhouse on her 17-acre Malibu property, bathing with bottled water and relying on friends and utility workers for basic necessities.
  There is still no permanent water or power. Permits to rebuild her main house remain stalled. Yet every morning, she wakes up on the land where her son died because leaving, she says, would mean abandoning his spirit.
  Sykes lost her son, Rory Sykes, during the Palisades fire that tore through Carbon Canyon
  
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• Man arrested nearly a month after alleged hate crime at ‘Hanukkah Town’ home in Redlands

  09-01-2026 01:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Police have arrested a 23-year-old man nearly a month after someone drove past a Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah, yelled an antisemitic slur and fired around 20 rounds from an airsoft handgun.
  Garrett Bailey Stater was arrested Thursday, Jan. 8, at his Redlands apartment on suspicion of terrorizing and making terroristic threats. Two other people were detained and released after questioning, police said.
  Rodgir Cohen said his family had returned from dinner on Dec. 12, when he and his eldes
  
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• Vance calls killing of Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer ‘a tragedy of her own making’

  09-01-2026 01:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed a federal immigration officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on “a left-wing network,” Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed as protests related to her death expanded to cities across the country.
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• China to probe Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus

  09-01-2026 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHAN HO-HIM
  HONG KONG (AP) — China said on Thursday it would assess and investigate Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, in a move highlighting its technology rivalry with the U.S.
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• Google adds new AI features to Gmail, turning it into a personal assistant

  09-01-2026 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
  More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.
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• Elon Musk’s xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi

  09-01-2026 01:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIE BATES
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is set to spend $20 billion to build a data center in Southaven, Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Thursday, calling it the largest private investment in the state’s history.
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• After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol

  09-01-2026 01:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson who has said the commemorative memorial does not comply with the law.
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