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• Dodgers’ Max Muncy is re-learning second base on the fly

  25-06-2018 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A potential double-play ball trickled toward the Dodgers’ second baseman on Friday night. Max Muncy had time to get two outs, certainly one, but the confluence of baseball and baserunner was too much to bear in the moment. Muncy bobbled the ball, the play resulted in no outs, and the New York Mets ended up with runners at first and third in the eighth inning.
  On Monday, Muncy got his fourth major league start at second base. His first was on June 12. There have been som
  
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• Social media ‘addicting the brains of children,’ plaintiff’s lawyer argues in landmark trial

  10-02-2026 14:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press Technology Writers
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in a landmark trial in Los Angeles that seeks to hold Instagram owner Meta and Google’s YouTube responsible for harms to children who use their products.
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• Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official

  10-02-2026 14:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY and SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.
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• Small plane makes emergency landing on a busy Georgia road and strikes 3 vehicles

  10-02-2026 13:49 via ocregister.com
  
  GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a busy road in a Georgia, striking three vehicles and leaving two people with minor injuries, authorities said.
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• ‘Don’t jump in them’: Olympic athletes’ medals break during celebrations

  10-02-2026 13:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMES ELLINGWORTH, Associated Press Sports Writer
  MILAN (AP) — Handle with care. That’s the message from gold medalist Breezy Johnson at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after she and other athletes found their medals broke within hours.
  United States’ Breezy Johnson shows her gold medal in the alpine ski women’s downhill race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
  Team USA’s Amber Glenn celebr
  
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• Trump’s immigration chiefs are set to testify in Congress following protester deaths

  10-02-2026 13:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda will testify in Congress Tuesday and face questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities.Trump’s immigration campaign has been heavily scrutinized in recent weeks, after the shooting deaths in Minneapolis of two protesters at the hands of Homeland Security officers. The agencies have also faced cri
  
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• Putin thinks he can outsmart the US during Ukraine peace talks, a European intelligence chief says

  10-02-2026 13:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By EMMA BURROWS, Associated Press
  LONDON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has no desire to halt Russia’s almost 4-year-old invasion of neighboring Ukraine and thinks he can “outsmart” the United States during talks with Washington about how to end the war, a senior European intelligence official told The Associated Press.
  Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Vy
  
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• US figure skater Amber Glenn resolves copyright issues with a Canadian music artist at the Olympics

  10-02-2026 12:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press Sports Writer
  MILAN (AP) — U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she has smoothed out copyright concerns with the artist behind one of the pieces of her free skate music, and that the Olympic team gold medalist may have struck up a new friendship with him because of it.
  Team USA’s Amber Glenn celebrates with her gold medal after the figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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• How Americans’ optimism about their future has changed, according to new polling

  10-02-2026 12:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINLEY SANDERS, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.
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• Final Orange County girls basketball stat leaders

  10-02-2026 08:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThese are the final Orange County girls basketball stat leaders that OCVarsity.com will publish for the 2025-26 season. The leaderboards are based on stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  SCORINGName, school
  GP
  Pts
  PPG
  Rylee Bradley, Marina
  26
  613
  23.6
  Lenzy Turner, El Toro
  27
  612
  22.7
  Sophia Rangel, Loara
  20
  447
  22.4
  Amalia Holguin, Sage Hill
  14
  275
  19.6
  Andrea Torres, NOVA Academy
  15
  275
  18.3
  Adelyn Boberg,
  
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• Luka-less Lakers fall to Thunder, who win without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

  10-02-2026 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick and Mark Daigneault fielded similarly-themed questions during their respective pre-game media sessions on Monday night – and for good reason.
  How close is the NBA’s MVP race?
  Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the league’s reigning MVP, are entrenched in a two-dog race for the award as of early February. Doncic leads the league with 32.8 points per game, while Gilgeous-Alexander sits just behind him at 31.8. It’s that close; the Lakers&
  
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• Ex-congregant links Inland Empire religious group’s ‘Prophetess’ leader to deaths in murder case 

  10-02-2026 06:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Shelley “Kat” Martin, leader of the Inland Empire-based His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, concocted a cover story after a 4-year-old boy whose ruptured appendix was treated with nothing more than prayer died in 2010, a former congregant testified on Monday, Feb. 9.
  That ex-congregant, Kelli Byrd, also testified in Superior Court in San Bernardino about 40-year-old Emilio Ghanem, who departed the church and formed his own pest control company in competition with one operated by the churc
  
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• Final Orange County boys basketball stats leaders

  10-02-2026 06:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThese are the final Orange County boys basketball stat leaders that OCVarsity.com will publish for the 2025-26 season. The leaderboards are based on stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  SCORINGName, school
  GP
  Pts
  PPG
  Richie Ramirez, Mater Dei
  31
  698
  22.5
  Matthew Ahern, Capo Valley Christian
  25
  561
  22.4
  Josh King, Orange Lutheran
  21
  471
  22.4
  Zain Majeed, Mater Dei
  17
  368
  21.6
  Maxwell Scott, Corona Del Mar
  27
  
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• Final Orange County boys basketball stat leaders

  10-02-2026 06:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThese are the final Orange County boys basketball stat leaders that OCVarsity.com will publish for the 2025-26 season. The leaderboards are based on stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  SCORINGName, school
  GP
  Pts
  PPG
  Richie Ramirez, Mater Dei
  31
  698
  22.5
  Matthew Ahern, Capo Valley Christian
  25
  561
  22.4
  Josh King, Orange Lutheran
  21
  471
  22.4
  Zain Majeed, Mater Dei
  17
  368
  21.6
  Maxwell Scott, Corona Del Mar
  27
  
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• Lakers’ Kobe Bufkin is ‘excited to get to work’ as team’s new addition

  10-02-2026 04:29 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Just ask Kobe Bufkin. Sharing the same first name as Kobe Bryant while playing in the arena that the “Black Mamba” called home is worth sharing, even when not asked about it.
  Bufkin, the Lakers’ new signee, took fewer than 30 seconds to bring up the fact in the minutes before the Lakers took on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night.
  “My name being Kobe is very cool,” Bufkin told the Southern California News Group on Monday. “I’m j
  
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• Victorville man awarded $27.3 million from deputy shooting that left him partially paralyzed

  10-02-2026 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal jury has awarded $27.3 million to a Victorville man left partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair from a shooting by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy.
  The award to Steffon Barber, 39 — believed to be the highest in a nonfatal police shooting case out of U.S. District Court in Riverside — included $7.25 million for past pain and suffering, $18.25 million for future pain and suffering, and $1.85 million for future economic damages, his attorneys announce
  
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• Speedskating diva Jutta Leerdam delivers drama, celebrates gold medal

  10-02-2026 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands celebrates winning the gold medal in the women’s 1,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
  Netherlands’ Jutta Leerdam, who won the gold medal in the women’s speedskating 1,000-meters final, celebrates as she arrives on stage at the Dutch House at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
  Netherlands’ Jutta Leerda
  
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• Seahawks face challenges to repeat as Super Bowl champions

  10-02-2026 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW DESTIN AP Sports Writer
  SAN FRANCISCO — Less than 24 hours removed from hoisting the Lombardi Trophy for the first time, Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald was aware of his team’s new standing across the league.
  After beating the New England Patriots, 29-13, on Sunday to win the team’s second Super Bowl, the Seahawks will now have to avoid becoming complacent if they are to join other NFL franchises that have won back-to-back championships.
  “We use the t
  
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• Final Orange County boys soccer Top 10: Mater Dei stays at No. 1

  10-02-2026 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  FINAL ORANGE COUNTY BOYS SOCCER TOP 10
  (Records through Monday, Feb. 9)
  1. Mater Dei 12-1-3: The Monarchs finished first in the Trinity League with a 6-1-3 record. Their only league loss was to Servite, 2-1. Mater Dei last week beat JSerra, 4-1. Mater Dei is seeded second in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs that begin Wednesday. Previous ranking: 1
  2. Orange Lutheran 10-3-3: The Lancers are the No. 8 seed team in the CIF-SS Open Division bracket that has eight teams. They tied JSe
  
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• Final Orange County boys soccer top 10: Mater Dei reigns at No. 1

  10-02-2026 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY BOYS SOCCER TOP 10
  (Records through Jan. 19)
  1. Mater Dei 12-1-3: The Monarchs finished first in the Trinity League with a 6-1-3 record. Their only league loss was to Servite, 2-1. Mater Dei last week beat JSerra, 4-1. Mater Dei is seeded second in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs that begin Wednesday Previous ranking: 1
  2. Orange Lutheran 10-3-3: The Lancers are the No. 8-seeded team in the CIF-SS Open Division group of eight teams. They tied with JSerra for second
  
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• Dodgers invite 32 non-roster players to spring training, including top prospects

  10-02-2026 02:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers have invited 32 non-roster players to major-league spring training this year, including 11 players with major-league experience and some of their top prospects.
  Pitchers and catchers report on Thursday, with the first workout scheduled for Friday. The full squad reports next Monday (Feb. 16) with the first full-squad workout on Feb. 17.
  The 11 players with major-league experience include pitchers Cole Irvin, Ryder Ryan (older brother of pitching prospect River Ryan), Garrett McDaniel
  
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• First gray wolf enters Los Angeles County in 100 years

  10-02-2026 02:40 via ocregister.com
  
  For the first time in a century, biologists have documented a gray wolf in Los Angeles County over the weekend, a sign that these predators that were eliminated from the state by hunters are making a comeback.
  “I am rooting for her,” said Beth Pratt, the California regional director of the National Wildlife Federation. “It is a hard go for a wolf in urbanized areas, because of the roads and development. But she has some gumption.”
  The 3-year-old female black wolf —
  
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• China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case

  10-02-2026 01:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By KANIS LEUNG
  HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.
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• When conflict meets competition: Trump’s immigration agenda roils opening days of Winter Olympics

  10-02-2026 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN SLOAN and EDDIE PELLS
  LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — As the Winter Olympics opened in Milan, Vice President JD Vance hailed the competition as “one of the few things that unites the entire country.”
  That unity didn’t last long.
  The early days of the Milan Cortina Games have been roiled by the tumultuous political debate in the U.S. American athletes have faced persistent questions about President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda and their co
  
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• Hong Kong fire victims long for home as Lunar New Year stirs painful memories

  10-02-2026 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By KANIS LEUNG
  HONG KONG (AP) — The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades last year left thousands of residents without some of their friends, family or the place they called home. More than two months later, the occupants of the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex are not only waiting for answers about what happened, but longing for a new place.
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• Immigration officers can still wear masks in California for now, federal judge decides

  10-02-2026 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday, Feb. 9, allowing federal immigration officials to continue wearing masks during California operations, while a lawsuit plays out between the Trump administration and the state.
  U.S. District Judge Christine A. Snyder in Los Angeles granted the Trump administration’s request for a temporary order halting enforcement of SB 627, the No Secret Police Act, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September amid ongoing waves of federal
  
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• Democrats and White House trade offers as shutdown of Homeland Security looms

  10-02-2026 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have begun tentative talks with the White House on their demands for “dramatic” new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, trading offers just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire.
  Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that Democrats had sent the White House their list of demands for Immigration and Customs Enfor
  
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• Disneyland throws Super Bowl victory parade for Seahawks stars

  10-02-2026 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The notoriously loud and loyal Seattle Seahawks 12s fan base showed up in force at Disneyland for a victory parade down Main Street U.S.A. with quarterback Sam Darnold and running back Kenneth Walker III celebrating the team’s Super Bowl championship.
  Darnold and Walker made good on their televised post-game promises of “We’re going to Disneyland” on Monday, Feb. 9 after the Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX the night before in Santa Clara.
  Sign
  
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• Clayton Kershaw will start broadcast career as an analyst for NBC

  10-02-2026 00:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Clayton Kershaw is going to have an active retirement.
  The future Hall of Famer announced the end of his playing career following the 2025 season last fall but will return to competition this spring as a member of Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. Following that, the former Dodgers pitcher will begin a new career in television.
  NBC Sports announced that it had hired Kershaw and fellow former major-leaguers Anthony Rizzo and Joey Votto to be part of the broadcast crew as NBC returns to base
  
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• La Quinta football coach James Stewart resigns, replaced by Lucas Alexander

  10-02-2026 00:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowLa Quinta football coach James Stewart has resigned and been replaced by offensive coordinator Lucas Alexander, Stewart and Garden Grove Unified School District athletic director Dave Mamelli said Monday.
  Stewart said he resigned to spend more time watching his sons’ athletic events. He remains a teacher at La Quinta.
  Stewart guided La Quinta the past eight seasons in his second tenure as coach. He
  
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