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• Dodgers sticking with Roki Sasaki’s development at big-league level

  11-05-2025 03:15 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX — After eight largely underwhelming starts, it’s obvious that Roki Sasaki is – as the Dodgers asserted when they signed him last winter – not a finished product.
  But whatever development the 23-year-old right-hander needs will have to be made at the major-league level. The Dodgers have no intention of sending him to the minors to work on the improvements they acknowledge he needs to make.
  “I don’t think that a minor-league stint is in any of our minds
  
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• Judge to temporarily block effort to end protections for relatives of citizens, green card holders

  09-01-2026 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that she expects to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered temporary legal protections for more than 10,000 family members of citizens and green card holders.
  U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said at a hearing that she planned to issue a temporary restraining order but did not say when it would be issued. This case is part of a broader effort by the administration to
  
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• Rams at Carolina Panthers: Who has the edge in the NFC wild-card game?

  09-01-2026 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  NFC WILD CARD: RAMS at CAROLINA PANTHERS
  When: 1:30 p.m. PT Saturday
  Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.
  TV/Radio: FOX (Ch. 11)/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 225, 226
  Line: Rams by 10.5
  Notable injury designations
  Rams: OUT: RG Kevin Dotson (ankle), WR Jordan Whittington (knee); QUESTIONABLE: TE Terrance Ferguson (hamstring), CB Josh Wallace (ankle).
  Panthers: QUESTIONABLE: OG Rob Hunt (biceps), OG Chandler Zavala (calf).
  What’s at stake?&n
  
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• Chevron could see $700 million-a-year boost from Venezuelan oil

  09-01-2026 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Crowley
  (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. could grow its cash flow by as much as $700 million a year from increasing oil production in Venezuela as the Trump administration seeks to control the South American country’s crude supplies, one analyst says.
  Chevron, the only US oil major currently operating in Venezuela, has a “differentiated opportunity among peers to increase production,” Jason Gabelman, an analyst at TD Cowen wrote in a note Friday. Its efforts could add be
  
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• South Carolina measles outbreak grows by nearly 100, spreads to North Carolina and Ohio

  09-01-2026 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press Health Writer
  South Carolina’s measles outbreak exploded into one of the worst in the U.S., with state health officials confirming 99 new cases in the past three days.
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, Jan. 9, 2026

  09-01-2026 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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• A use-of-force review board clears the officer who fatally shot Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn child

  09-01-2026 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A use-of-force review board cleared the Ohio police officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, according to a statement from the police department’s chief released this week.
  The five-member review board, empaneled by Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford, found that Officer Connor Grubb did not violate department policy when he fatally shot Young on Au
  
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• USC loses both starting tight ends as Walker Lyons chooses BYU

  09-01-2026 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Former USC starting tight end Walker Lyons has committed to BYU.
  Lyons posted a photo of himself as a toddler in a BYU jersey on his Instagram with the caption “locked in” on Friday morning, officially announcing the move.
  He will join his younger brother, Ryder, who committed to the Cougars in December as a quarterback.
  USC often deployed two tight ends in 12-personnel formations this season, making Lyons and Lake McRee valuable assets on offense. Lyons ended the season with 20 rece
  
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• No flag, anthem or parade: An isolated Winter Olympics beckons for Russian athletes

  09-01-2026 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAVEL BEDNYAKOV and JAMES ELLINGWORTH
  TERSKOL, Russia (AP) — Every time Nikita Filippov races, it’s an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so.
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• Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in Anaheim is extradited from Mexico

  09-01-2026 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend to death in Anaheim in 2017 has been extradited from Mexico after spending nearly eight years as a fugitive, Orange County prosecutors said on Friday, Jan. 9.
  Humberto Rodriguez Martinez, 39, returned to the United States early last month and is facing special-circumstances murder charges for the killing of Daniel Reyes, 32, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
  Martinez is accused of waiting for Reyes o
  
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• What to know about biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

  09-01-2026 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARTHA BELLISLE
  Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with precision rifle shooting. The sport, which originated from military training exercises in Scandinavia, is a real crowd-pleaser filled with tension and drama. Here’s what to know about biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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• Glitter, grit and the 50-km grind: What to know about cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

  09-01-2026 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEREK GATOPOULOS
  Cross-country skiing, the rugged grandfather of snow competition, will give its brightest stars a defining stage at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
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• Meet the ‘unsung hero’ who helped Walt Disney build Disneyland

  09-01-2026 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A retired Navy admiral who oversaw the construction of Disneyland and helped Walt Disney build what many regarded as a fool’s folly emerges as the unsung hero of a new documentary film about the birth of the Anaheim theme park.
  The new “Disneyland Handcrafted” documentary by filmmaker Leslie Iwerks on the one-year blitz to create the first Disney theme park will debut Jan. 22 on YouTube and the Disney+ streaming service.
  The blue carpet premiere of “Disneyland Handcrafted
  
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• Ski jumping overshadowed by cheating scandal after Norway caught tampering with uniforms

  09-01-2026 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN MELLEY
  Ski jumping is no fashion contest, but there will be nearly as much scrutiny on what jumpers wear at the Winter Olympics as the form of their flight and the distance they travel.
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• What to know about Nordic combined and its Olympic future

  09-01-2026 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN MELLEY
  Nordic combined, the only Olympic sport that bars women from competition, dates to the original Winter Games but may not survive beyond the Milan Cortina competition.
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• Chipotle Mexican Grill is now the PGA Tour’s official Mexican food

  09-01-2026 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Chipotle Mexican Grill is constructing its athletic roster for 2026.
  This week, the Newport Beach-based fast casual chain and the PGA Tour announced a marketing partnership that makes it the official Mexican restaurant of the tour as well as PGA Tour Champions, which is for pro golfers age 50 and older.
  That means Chipotle will be called the official Mexican restaurant for these organizations, as well as their official burrito, taco, quesadilla and bowl, according to a news release.
  And Chipotle
  
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• Poor communities threatened by aging sewers see crucial aid slashed under Trump

  09-01-2026 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By TAMMY WEBBER, MICHAEL PHILLIS and M.K. WILDEMAN
  CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Yvette Lyles thought of the modest brick ranch home as a Christmas present for her family. It was close to a state park where she and her kids could picnic, fish and enjoy the outdoors. A place to make memories.
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• Why boosting production of Venezuela’s ‘very dense, very sloppy’ oil could harm the environment

  09-01-2026 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN GRATTAN
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental experts are warning that the U.S. push to revamp and boost Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could worsen decades of ecological damage and increase planet-warming pollution in a country already struggling with the legacy of a long-declining petroleum industry.
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• Trump pick for Gaza board Nickolay Mladenov frequently worked to ease Mideast tensions

  09-01-2026 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By VESELIN TOSHKOV
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, is a Bulgarian politician and former U.N. envoy to the Middle East who frequently worked to ease tensions between Israel and Hamas.
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• Supreme Court sets Wednesday for next opinions amid tariff watch

  09-01-2026 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Greg Stohr
  (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday will be its next opinion day after leaving the market in suspense Friday on the fate of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, his signature economic policy.
  The court never says in advance which decisions are ready for release, only that rulings in argued cases are possible when the justices take the bench at 10 a.m. Washington time.
  Tariff-exposed stocks quickly fell in the absence of a ruling on tariffs Friday, when the cou
  
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• Russia just used its new hypersonic missile again in Ukraine. Here’s what to know about the Oreshnik

  09-01-2026 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Russia said Friday it used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as U.S.-led peace talks have entered a new and crucial stage.
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• Planet Books is losing its warehouse, but the storied shop isn’t ready to close

  09-01-2026 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Planet Books, a staple of the Long Beach-area book scene that specializes in science fiction, is losing the massive warehouse it has called home for the past five years.
  James Rappaport said during a phone conversation on Thursday that, despite the situation, “I don’t want to close.”
  Rappaport said he was informed late last year that the owner of the warehouse and the Antique Mall II next door, located on Freeman Avenue in Signal Hill, had decided to list the property
  
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• Some flu measures decline, but it’s not clear this severe season has peaked

  09-01-2026 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. flu infections showed signs of a slight decline last week, but health officials say it’s not clear that this severe flu season has peaked.
  New government data posted Friday — for flu activity through last week — showed declines in medical office visits due to flu-like illness and in the number of states reporting high flu activity.
  However, some measures show this season is already surpassing the flu epidemic of
  
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• The pope in a major foreign policy address blasts how countries are using force to assert dominion

  09-01-2026 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his most substantial critique of U.S., Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope Leo XIV on Friday denounced how nations were using force to assert their dominion worldwide, “completely undermining” peace and the post-World War II international legal order.
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• US sends delegation to Venezuela in first step toward restoring relations after Maduro’s capture

  09-01-2026 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuelan governments said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, and that an delegation from the Trump administration arrived to the South American nation on Friday.
  The small team of U.S. diplomats and diplomatic security officials traveled to Venezuela to make a preliminary assessment about the potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, the Stat
  
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• Experts say Trump pullout from UN climate fighting will hurt world and leave US out of green surge

  09-01-2026 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the entire United Nations climate-fighting apparatus takes America’s environmental isolation to another level and is likely to damage both the United States and the world as the planet flirts with ecological tipping points, experts say.
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• Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow

  09-01-2026 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By Anna Claire Vollers and Nada Hassanein, Stateline.org
  Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, wanted to improve access to maternal health care in a state that’s long had one of the nation’s highest rates of maternal and infant mortality.
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• GM hit with $6 billion in charges as EV incentives cut and emissions standards fade

  09-01-2026 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
  General Motors will be hit with charges of about $6 billion as sales of electric vehicles sputter after the U.S. cut tax incentives to buy them and also eased auto emissions standards.
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• Angel City FC acquires Emily Sams from Orlando

  09-01-2026 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Angel City Football Club’s week of additions ended Friday with the acquisition of defender Emily Sams in a trade with the Orlando Pride.
  Sams, 26, was the NWSL’s 2024 Defender of the Year.
  Angel City, not one to shy away from a hefty transfer fee, send the Pride $650,000 in intraleague transfer funds. The Pride had extended Sams’ contract through 2027. Angel City has extended the deal another year through 2028.
  “Emily is a true professional with high standards, and she wi
  
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• Minneapolis schools will offer remote learning amid federal immigration enforcement

  09-01-2026 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, STEVE KARNOWSKI and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month amid federal immigration enforcement in the city, the district said.
  The district provided the update late Thursday in an email to teachers that was obtained by The Associated Press. Under the temporary plan, teachers will simultaneously deliver lessons from their classrooms to students in the classroom and at ho
  
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