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• CSUF robotics researcher wins $500,000 for assistive technology

  04-04-2018 10:43 via ocregister.com
  Known for her work developing novel robotics technologies to assist people with neurological disorders, such as strokes and spinal cord injuries, mechanical engineer Nina Robson has received a $500,000 Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
  Robson, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is the fifth CSUF faculty member to receive the prestigious grant, given to early-career faculty members who have the potential to serve as role models and lead advances in their field.
  
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• Liberation or Occupation? The illusion of U.S. regime change

  06-01-2026 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  In the early hours of January 3, U.S. forces entered and carried out strikes in Venezuela, removing Nicolas Maduro from power. The operation was swift, decisive, and framed as a necessary act—an intervention to combat narco-trafficking, restore order, and free a population suffering under an entrenched dictatorship. 
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• Danish prime minister says a US takeover of Greenland would mark the end of NATO

  05-01-2026 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDERS KONGSHAUG, CLAUDIA CIOBANU and STEFANIE DAZIO
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance. Her comments came in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island to come under U.S. control in the aftermath of the weekend military operation in Venezuela.
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• 2 plead not guilty to federal charges alleging SoCal bomb plot

  05-01-2026 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Two alleged members of an extremist group pleaded not guilty on Monday, Jan. 5, to charges of planned coordinated bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve across Southern California — a suspected plot that was derailed by authorities weeks earlier.
  Audrey Carroll, 30, of South Los Angeles, and Zachary Aaron Page, 32, of Torrance, were arraigned in Los Angeles federal court.
  The pair are charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, providing and attempting to provide material
  
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• Cuba faces uncertain future after US topples Venezuelan leader Maduro

  05-01-2026 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By DÁNICA COTO and ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
  HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, the island nation’s closest ally, as residents here wonder what the capture of President Nicolás Maduro means for their future.
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• Chargers review: Will resting key players pay off in Sunday’s wild-card game?

  05-01-2026 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  We’ll find out in no uncertain terms this Sunday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts, whether Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh’s plan to rest so many key players for their final regular-season game pays dividends in their AFC wild-card game against the New England Patriots.
  The Chargers’ 19-3 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday was an all-too-predictable result considering how many of their top players didn’t play or played very limited roles. Was that the plan all along?
  
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• McDonald’s facing class action lawsuit over ‘deceptive’ McRib meat

  05-01-2026 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  McDonald’s is facing a class action lawsuit from plaintiffs who allege the fast food chain has long deceived customers about what type of meat is in the popular, limited McRib sandwich.
  The lawsuit was filed late last month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by eaters from California, New York, Illinois and Washington, D.C. who claim the sandwich is marketed as containing pork rib meat but actually has none.
  The complaint alleges that despite the patty’s
  
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• Orange County boys basketball stat leaders, Jan. 5

  05-01-2026 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County boys basketball stat leaders through Jan. 3.
  The leaderboards are based on stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  SCORINGName, school
  GP
  Pts
  PPG
  Richie Ramirez, Mater Dei
  17
  430
  25.3
  Devin Gonzales, MSA
  7
  169
  24.1
  Josh King, Orange Lutheran
  16
  377
  23.6
  Matthew Ahern, Capo Valley Christian
  13
  301
  23.2
  Jaiden Sabino, Woodbridge
  12
  263
  21.9
  Rocco Jensen, San Juan Hills
  11
  234
  21.3
  Christopher Trotter
  
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• FACT FOCUS: Fabricated and misrepresented images shared widely online after US removal of Maduro

  05-01-2026 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press
  As deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom Monday, an array of misrepresented and fabricated images that began circulating soon after his capture over the weekend continued to multiply on social media.
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• ‘Disneyland Handcrafted’ documentary offers behind-the-scenes look at park’s construction

  05-01-2026 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A new documentary film focused on the yearlong creation of Disneyland offers a behind-the-scenes look at the transformation of an Anaheim orange grove into a revolutionary theme park using rarely seen footage discovered in the vaults of the Walt Disney Archives.
  The new “Disneyland Handcrafted” documentary by filmmaker Leslie Iwerks on the one-year blitz to build Walt Disney’s first theme park will debut Jan. 22 on YouTube and the Disney+ streaming service.
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• Trump officials bar Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications

  05-01-2026 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By MORIAH BALINGIT, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people” — a directive that could reshape the early education program.
  A coalition of organizations representing Head Start providers and parents said in court filings last month that the Department of Health and Human Services told a Head S
  
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• FAA picks 2 firms to replace 612 outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely on

  05-01-2026 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press
  The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.
  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that contractors RTX and Spanish firm Indra will replace the radar systems by the summer of 2028. The administration set an ambitious goal of completing the overhaul by the
  
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• What to know about curling, the popular Olympic sport with an Italian star seeking more gold at home

  05-01-2026 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press
  Curling dates to the 1700s and was among the handful of sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
  It didn’t return until the 1998 Games with both men’s and women’s competition. It has grown in popularity and size: Curling will be the first sport to open competition, two days before the opening ceremony for the Milan Cortina Games in February.
  FILE – Rachel Homan, right, throws a rock during Canadian Olympic curling trials ac
  
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• Orange County boys basketball Top 25: Santa Margarita still on top

  05-01-2026 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys basketball rankings as of Monday, Jan. 5. The team records are through Sunday, Jan. 4.
  Notable this week: Santa Margarita won the championship of the top division in the Desert Holiday Classic. …  Mater Dei went 4-0 in its division of the Desert Holiday Classic. … Los Alamitos won the championship of the Diamond Division of The Classic at Damien tournament. … Huntington Beach makes its season debut in the Top 25 … Transfers who had to obser
  
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• Banks snatch up mortgage bonds that saw best returns since 2002

  05-01-2026 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ameya Karve | Bloomberg
  Flush with deposits, US banks are buying up mortgage bonds and betting that the asset class will get a further boost in 2026 from relaxed capital rules.
  Late last year, commercial bank holdings of mortgage paper reached the highest level since 2023, and stood at more than $2.7 trillion toward the end of December, according to Federal Reserve data that wasn’t seasonally adjusted. That sum has increased for four consecutive months through November, the longest such
  
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• IKEA battles Amazon, Temu as market shifts bring pain to flat-pack dynasty

  05-01-2026 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By Rafaela Lindeberg | Bloomberg
  As the first snow fell in November over Älmhult, the small Swedish town where IKEA was born in the 1940s, managers of the world’s biggest furniture retailer from across the globe gathered for its annual summit on products, prices and priorities.
  Beneath the bonhomie under the warm glow of Scandinavian lamps and the corporate talk of “togetherness” was a sense of urgency. The iconic global brand with its familiar blue-and-yell
  
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• Factory malaise continues as manufacturing gauge drops to 1-year low

  05-01-2026 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By Reade Pickert | Bloomberg
  US manufacturing activity shrank in December by the most since 2024, capping a rough year for American factories.
  The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index edged down to 47.9 from 48.2, according to data released Monday. The measure has been below 50, which indicates contraction, for 10 straight months.
  The decline in the measure reflected producers drawing down their raw materials inventories at the fastest rate since October 2024. That indicat
  
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• Troy’s Michael Echaves, Trabuco Hills’ Mark Nolan named all-star coaches

  05-01-2026 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMichael Echaves of Troy and Mark Nolan of Trabuco Hills will coach the North and South teams, respectively, in the Orange County all-star football game Jan. 31 at Newport Harbor High.
  The 66th edition game is scheduled for 7 p.m., organizer Frank Albers confirmed.
  Echaves and Nolan will coach the all-star game for the first time.
  This past season, Echaves guided Troy (10-2) to a second consecutive, outrig
  
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• Michael Echaves, Mark Nolan named coaches for OC All-Star Football Classic

  05-01-2026 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMichael Echaves of Troy and Mark Nolan of Trabuco Hills will coach the North and South teams, respectively, in the annual Orange County all-star football game Jan. 31 at Newport Harbor High.
  The Orange County North vs. South All-Star Football Classic is scheduled for 7 p.m., organizer Frank Albers confirmed.
  Echaves and Nolan will coach the all-star teams for the first time.
  This past season, Echaves guid
  
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• Vonn, Shiffrin, Odermatt chase gold in Alpine skiing at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

  05-01-2026 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press
  Alpine skiing in its Olympic form dates back more than a century and the sport made its debut at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Events have been modified over the years, but the individual competitions familiar to most fans like downhill and slalom remain. Here is what to know for the Winter Olympics in Italy next month.
  How it works
  There are five different events in Alpine skiing at these Olympics for both the men and women. The i
  
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• No. 21 USC women moving forward from rivalry game ‘disappointment’ and on to Oregon

  05-01-2026 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Disappointment and embarrassment. Two words that USC women’s basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb used to describe how her team felt after losing 80-46 to No. 4 UCLA on Saturday in the first of two regular-season games between the crosstown rivals.
  “But we own it,” Gottlieb told reporters after the game. “We get a lot of basketball to achieve our goals and we’ll get back to work and take it on the chin. We’ve had great wins and celebrations here and tough lo
  
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• Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence

  05-01-2026 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press
  Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve the organization that was created in 1967.
  CPB had been winding down since Congress acted last summer to defund its operations at the encouragement of President Donald Trump. Its board of directors chose Monday to shutter CPB completely instead of keepin
  
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• Will this be the year California makes kindergarten mandatory?

  05-01-2026 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters
  The past few years, California has been all about the ABCs, 1-2-3s and the wheels on the bus, investing more than $5 billion in early childhood education.
  But kindergarten, a staple of elementary schools for more than a century, remains optional. Despite nearly a half dozen legislative attempts to require it, California is one of 32 states that doesn’t mandate that all 5-year-olds attend school.
  That might change next year. Legislators plan to introduce a new
  
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• UCLA football starts receiving new commitments in transfer portal

  05-01-2026 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Bob Chesney hosted his first recruiting weekend from Friday to Sunday, where about 20 transfer portal entrants arrived in Westwood for their official visits. And on Monday, the Southern California News Group can confirm the first few commits joining the Bruins’ new head football coach as he attempts to right the ship heading into the spring.
  UCLA football received commitments from Cal linebacker Ryan McCulloch, James Madison offensive lineman JD Rayner and Virginia tech
  
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• Could mysterious news site with ties to Orange County influence 2026 election?

  05-01-2026 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Colin Lecher | CalMatters
  Earlier this year, as the political battle over Congressional redistricting brought California into the national spotlight, Facebook users were shown a curious series of ads.
  The ads, from a straightforward-looking news site called the California Courier, often felt a lot like campaign commercials, linking to articles hammering Democrats in the state, including Gov. Gavin Newsom. Few punched in the other direction, toward Republicans. One said “California Democ
  
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• Cheap tacos for members as Jack in the Box kicks off its 75th anniversary

  05-01-2026 20:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Jack in the Box will celebrate its 75th anniversary throughout 2026, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 6.
  The San Diego-based fast food chain was founded by entrepreneur Robert Oscar Peterson, who opened its first location on Feb. 21, 1951. It was at  6270 El Cajon Blvd., near San Diego State University.
  The Valley Relics Musuem in Van Nuys has an original Jack In The Box drive-thru speaker. (2018 photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Jack in the Box is known for pioneering drive-thru
  
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• Landslide closes section of beach trail in south San Clemente, rail service still operating

  05-01-2026 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Another landslide in San Clemente has shut down a section of the town’s coastal beach trail, though rail service continues.
  Debris fell onto the trail sometime in the evening of Sunday, Jan. 4, or early morning hours of Monday, Jan. 5, with the call coming into the Orange County Fire Authority at about 6 a.m., said OCFA battalion chief Nathan Arellano.
  “We have a significant amount of dirt that came down from the hillside, blocking about 150 feet of the walking trail. It did come dow
  
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• US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child

  05-01-2026 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to choose but without clear guidance.
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