• Emmys 2017: What the winners said backstage

    Emmys 2017: What the winners said backstage
    Alec Baldwin, whose recurring role as President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” earned him the Emmy for supporting actor in a comedy series, was the first winner to make it to the press room where winners come to chat after picking up their trophies back stage.
    And while the first question he got arrived in a hard-to-understand accent – the reporter was from a Spanish media outlet – the gist of it got right down to business.
    “How many more shows will it take t
  • Musk’s Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to sexualized deepfakes

    Musk’s Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to sexualized deepfakes
    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
  • Israeli strikes kill at least 13 across Gaza, as Trump is expected to announce Board of Peace

    Israeli strikes kill at least 13 across Gaza, as Trump is expected to announce Board of Peace
    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
  • Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good

    Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good
    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

    Iran judiciary chief vows there will be ‘decisive’ punishment for protesters
    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

    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
  • Republicans can get their way without the fearmongering and racism

    Republicans can get their way without the fearmongering and racism
    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
  • Beckman girls basketball overcomes a few bumps to beat San Juan Hills

    Beckman girls basketball overcomes a few bumps to beat San Juan Hills
    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

    Beckman girls basketball isn’t perfect but still beats San Juan Hills
    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
  • Cal State Fullerton heats up after halftime, pulls away from UCSD

    Cal State Fullerton heats up after halftime, pulls away from UCSD
    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
  • UC Irvine men lean on depth to dismiss Long Beach State

    UC Irvine men lean on depth to dismiss Long Beach State
    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)
    UC Irvine guar
  • Carson Beck, Miami rally past Ole Miss to reach national title game

    Carson Beck, Miami rally past Ole Miss to reach national title game
    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
  • Ducks fall to Hurricanes as losing streak reaches 8 games

    Ducks fall to Hurricanes as losing streak reaches 8 games
    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
  • USC backup quarterback Husan Longstreet enters transfer portal

    USC backup quarterback Husan Longstreet enters transfer portal
    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
  • Rain wasn’t going to stop these community elves in Santa Ana from giving gifts

    Rain wasn’t going to stop these community elves in Santa Ana from giving gifts
    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
  • Angels terminate contract with their TV partner

    Angels terminate contract with their TV partner
    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
  • Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Jan. 8

    Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Jan. 8
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Jan. 8
    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.
    GIRLS WATER POLO
    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

    Big Ten’s power on display in Peach Bowl with Indiana facing Oregon
    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
  • A year after the Palisades fire, she’s stayed behind, because leaving would abandon her son’s spirit

    A year after the Palisades fire, she’s stayed behind, because leaving would abandon her son’s spirit
    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
  • Man arrested nearly a month after alleged hate crime at ‘Hanukkah Town’ home in Redlands

    Man arrested nearly a month after alleged hate crime at ‘Hanukkah Town’ home in Redlands
    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
  • Vance calls killing of Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer ‘a tragedy of her own making’

    Vance calls killing of Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer ‘a tragedy of her own making’
    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

    China to probe Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus
    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

    Google adds new AI features to Gmail, turning it into a personal assistant
    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

    Elon Musk’s xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi
    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

    After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol
    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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  • Gavin Newsom’s final State of the State: An unbelievable fairy tale

    Gavin Newsom’s final State of the State: An unbelievable fairy tale
    According to Gavin Newsom, everything is going great in California and it’s all thanks to government. Anyone who has paid attention certainly knows better.
    “California’s success is not by chance, it’s by design,” said the governor in his final State of the State address before the Legislature on Thursday. “We’ve created the conditions where dreamers and doers and misfits and marvels with grit and ingenuity come to build the impossible.”
    That sounds
  • Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

    Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, authorities said.
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  • Paradise Lake wins Frankel Stakes as Santa Anita reopens

    Paradise Lake wins Frankel Stakes as Santa Anita reopens
    Paradise Lake and jockey Juan Hernandez held on in a three-way photo finish in the Robert J. Frankel Stakes to score the 5-year-old mare’s first stakes win as Santa Anita resumed racing Thursday.
    Paradise Lake paid $9 in the $100,000, Grade III race for fillies and mares on turf, becoming the second stakes winner of the young Santa Anita meet for trainer Peter Eurton, whose Gas Me Up scored a $28.20 win in the Grade II Joe Hernandez on Monday.
    “She’s kind of
  • Garden Grove woman found dead, man previously in a relationship with victim arrested

    Garden Grove woman found dead, man previously in a relationship with victim arrested
    A Garden Grove woman was found dead inside a home Wednesday night, Jan. 7, and a man with whom she previously had been in a relationship was arrested hours later on suspicion of murder, police said.
    Officers responded just before 8 p.m. to a residence in the 10400 block of Lampson Avenue after roommates found the woman unresponsive in her bedroom and called 911, according to the Garden Grove Police Department. The officers determined that the woman’s death did not appear to be from natural
  • UCLA LB Scott Taylor staying for sophomore season

    UCLA LB Scott Taylor staying for sophomore season
    Linebacker Scott Taylor told the Southern California News Group that he is staying at UCLA for his sophomore season.
    After emerging as a freshman during the Bruins’ upset of No. 7 Penn State, the former Loyola High alumnus played in all 12 games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams. Taylor tallied 12 tackles, forced a fumble and blocked a field goal. He was a four-star recruit coming out of high school according to Rivals and a three-star according to 247Sports.
    “I’m re

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