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• Google’s digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box

  17-04-2025 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion.
  The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia comes on the heels of a separate decision in August that concluded Google’s na
  
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• Social mobility is America’s bipartisan project. Let’s reduce barriers to it.

  16-12-2025 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  In an era of deepening political divides, it is rare to find an issue that transcends party lines.
  Most policies find rhetoric on either side of the divide showing why their party has the right answer to address a litany of issues facing Americans.
  Both sides fight over whose ideas are best to restore the American Dream. However, a new report published at the Archbridge Institute, titled “Social Mobility in the 50 States,” shows that the solutions to our
  
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• Jury gets Tyler Skaggs wrongful-death case against the Angels

  16-12-2025 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Deliberations in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful-death trial against the Angels got underway on Tuesday morning, Dec. 16, with jurors now deciding whether the organization bears any responsibility for the death of the 27-year-old pitcher six years ago in a Texas hotel room on a team road trip.
  Through testimony from more than 40 witnesses over two months, the jury heard often-unflattering portraits of Skaggs and Eric Kay, the Angels communications staffer who provided the pitcher with a counterfeit pi
  
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• Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent

  16-12-2025 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and BEN FINLEY, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Tuesday that the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his remarks urging troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military.
  “This is just about sending a message to retired service members, active duty service members, government employees — do not speak out against this president or there will be consequences,&
  
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• 24 award-nominated 2025 books to read and add to your TBR pile

  16-12-2025 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The sheer number of books published in any given year is overwhelming.Even if your local bookstore is particularly well-appointed, it can’t make space for everything publishers have on offer. That can make it challenging to know which recently published books are worth your time.
  Sign up for our free newsletter about books, authors, reading and moreOne way to discover fascinating books that you might not have otherwise noticed is by paying attention to literary awards, judged by authors, c
  
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• Orange County girls basketball Top 25: No. 1 Mater Dei to be tested this week

  16-12-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls basketball rankings as of Tuesday, Dec. 16. The team records are through Monday, Dec. 15.
  Notable this week: No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 3 Fairmont Prep are in the top high school federation division of the Nike Tournament of Champions this week in Mesa, Ariz. If both teams win their first round games in the Vincent Cannizzaro Division, they would meet in the quarterfinals Friday. &hel
  
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• Some Newsom detractors make up stuff, though there’s fodder for legitimate criticism

  16-12-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  As Gavin Newsom ramps up his almost certain campaign for president, and polls put him in contention for the Democratic Party’s nomination in 2028, he has become a favorite target of right-leaning commentators on network television and in YouTube videos and social media.
  While some criticism is grounded in fact and reasonable differences, there’s also a substrata of highly exaggerated, even fictional, output. Talking heads present him not as an ambitious politician who poses as a self
  
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• Hyundai and Kia will repair millions of vehicles under a deal to fix anti-theft technology

  16-12-2025 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACK DURA, Associated Press
  Automakers Hyundai and Kia must offer free repairs to millions of models under a settlement announced Tuesday by Minnesota’s attorney general, who led an effort by dozens of states that argued the vehicles weren’t equipped with proper anti-theft technology, leaving them vulnerable to thefts.
  Under the nationwide settlement, the companies will offer a free repair to all eligible vehicles at a cost that could top $500 million, Minnesota Attorney General K
  
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• Recipe: Warm Salmon Salad with Orange Vinaigrette is a perfect dinner dish

  16-12-2025 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Warm Salmon Salad with Orange Vinaigrette makes a delicious dinner. The pomegranate seeds add a flavor punch to the mild orange-juice-based dressing. They also look beautiful sprinkled on the fish and greens. The dressing can be made ahead and refrigerated.
  Removing pomegranate seeds from the membranes is easier if you know the underwater trick. Have a look at cook’s notes in the recipe for the details. Or for an even easier approach, pick up ready-to-use pomegranate seeds which are availa
  
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• Should we worry about Waymos from China?

  16-12-2025 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  When Waymo begins driverless taxi service in San Diego next year, it will be using Chinese vehicles rather than the familiar Jaguars seen elsewhere. The choice to rely on technology from America’s primary rival on the international stage is attracting criticism, which I see as misplaced.
  Today, Waymo fares average around $8.00 plus $1.60 per mile in Los Angeles. That is way more than Angelenos on modest incomes can afford to pay on a regular basis. To provide social benefits across the inc
  
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• Joe Ely, a Texas songwriter whose legacy touched rock and punk, dies age 78

  16-12-2025 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78.
  Ely died in Taos, New Mexico, of complications from Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s and pneumonia, with his wife and daughter by his side, according to a post on his Facebook account Monday night and l
  
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• Letters: Readers on gun control after recent mass shootings

  16-12-2025 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Gun control most likely will not affect or change the likelihood of tragedies such such as Sydney’s Bondi Beach shootings.
  This was a hate crime against Jews which has festered for centuries. Racial characteristics, religious differences, and economic pursuits have lead to resentment aimed at the Jewish people.
  Limiting the number of guns a person can own is not the answer. It only takes one gun. That said, keeping green card holders from legally owning guns might put a better handle on gu
  
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• Letter: Enough about Tyler Skaggs already. Don’t do drugs. Simple as that.

  16-12-2025 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  I see there’s another front page article in your paper about Tyler Skaggs.  I personally haven’t read any of them and I have a feeling I’m in a very large club.  Except for your editors, does anybody really care?
  Did his teammates know?  Dumb question.  They do everything together for six months a year.
  Did his coaches know? Another dumb question for the same reason.
  Why didn’t somebody say something? Another dumb question. Everybody already knew.
  Why
  
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• Customs and Border Protection officer fires gun in dispute with driver at JFK airport

  16-12-2025 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An on-duty Customs and Border Protection officer fired his gun several times during a confrontation with another motorist Tuesday on an access road for New York’s Kennedy Airport, police said.
  The CBP officer told authorities that he pulled his weapon after the other driver attacked him over a minor traffic crash, Port Authority police said.
  It wasn’t clear if the shots hit anything. The other driver fled the scene after the shooting, according to the CBP office
  
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• FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash

  16-12-2025 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams’ most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,185.
  FIFA said Tuesday that $60 tickets will be made available for every game at the tournament in North America, going to the national federations whose teams are playing. Those federations decide how to distribute them to loyal fans who have attended previous games at home and on the road.
  The
  
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• Cadiz Inc. banks water underground for a thirsty southwest

  16-12-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
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  A desert map looks simple until you notice the valves, meter boxes and quiet rights-of-way that promise movement when skies dry up. That’s where Cadiz Inc. steps in with projects that aim to turn storage beneath the Mojave into a practical safety net for cities and farms.
  California’s long, uneven wet seasons have made timing everything. So solutions that store water when it’s plentiful and deliver it later become more important each ye
  
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• A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue

  16-12-2025 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press
  MILAN (AP) — A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced Tuesday.
  The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints, estimated at as many as 20,000 over some 3 miles, and the loca
  
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• 6 women targeted by serial rapist sue Hinge, Tinder

  16-12-2025 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  She met him on Hinge.
  The two gathered for drinks in Denver’s Highland neighborhood in January 2023. Two shots later, Alexa said she was “completely intoxicated” at a level that did not match the number of drinks she had. She remembers tripping up the stairs to his apartment, but that’s where her memory of the night ends.
  She slowly pieced together what happened with her ruined clothes, home security camera footage, medical testing and social media sleuthing, Alexa said.
  
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• US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place

  16-12-2025 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago.
  The unveiling ceremony of the statue representing Virginia in the Capitol will take place in Emancipation Hall, featuring Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Rep
  
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• As reefs vanish, assisted coral fertilization offers hope in the Dominican Republic

  16-12-2025 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By TERESA DE MIGUEL
  BAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic (AP) — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, proudly showing off the “coral babies” growing on metal structures that look like large spiders. The conservationist enthusiastically points a finger to trace around the largest corals, just starting to reveal their vibrant colors.
  Del Rosario helped plant these tin
  
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• After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally

  16-12-2025 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By LORNE COOK
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Over the course of 2025, a new reality has sunk in for Europe. The United States, long its strongest ally, has chipped away at the European Union’s unity, economies, security and even its democracies, setting the backdrop for an EU summit this week at the end of an exceptionally trying year.
  After putting an indefinite freeze last week on Russian assets in Europe, EU leaders face a new test of strength at Thursday’s summit. Ukraine is in dire finan
  
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• Britain’s BBC is both beloved and maligned. Now it faces a $10 billion Trump lawsuit

  16-12-2025 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA
  LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a television documentary he claims was “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory and malicious.”
  Britain’s national broadcaster has apologized to Trump over the way it edited a speech in the program, but says it will defend itself against the defamation claim.
  The BBC is not the first media organization on the receiving end of a lawsuit from the
  
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• Rural health providers could be collateral damage from $100K Trump visa fee

  16-12-2025 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By Arielle Zionts, Phillip Reese, KFF Health News
  Bekki Holzkamm has been trying to hire a lab technician at a hospital in rural North Dakota since late summer.
  Related Articles US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally Britain’s BBC is both beloved and maligned. Now it faces a $10 billion Trump lawsuit How a Trump Media deal with a
  
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• USC, Brown University mutually agree to cancel men’s basketball game

  16-12-2025 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunday’s men’s basketball game between USC and Brown has been canceled due to the impact of Saturday’s school shooting that took place on the Providence, Rhode Island, research university campus.
  “The entire USC community sends its support to Brown University following the tragedy that has impacted its students, staff, alumni and the city of Providence,” the team said in a statement released on Tuesday morning.
  The teams mutually came t
  
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• How a Trump Media deal with a crypto firm exposes potential conflicts of interest

  16-12-2025 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN SLODYSKO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Crypto.com was under siege.
  Related Articles US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally Britain’s BBC is both beloved and maligned. Now it faces a $10 billion Trump lawsuit Rural health providers could be collateral damage from $100K Trump visa fee Hegseth says he won’t publicly release
  
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• Jayden Maiava to return to USC football next season

  16-12-2025 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  USC quarterback Jayden Maiava will return for another season with the Trojans football team.
  The move was announced Tuesday morning on USC’s official social media channels.
  View this post on InstagramMaiava, who was eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft, was the eighth-ranked quarterback in the FBS at the end of the season in terms of passing yards with 3,431. He completed 247 of 373 passes for 23 touchdowns with eight interceptions.
  A handful of other players have announced their intent to retu
  
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• Wall Street drifts lower following mixed data on the economy

  16-12-2025 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting lower on Tuesday following mixed data on the economy’s strength, which did little to clear uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading.
  Related Articles Retail sales unchanged in October hurt in part by a decline in auto sales The US gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6% Don’t settle for a subpar health savings account Ford scraps F150 Lightning as mounting l
  
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• Hegseth says he won’t publicly release video of boat that killed survivors in the Caribbean

  16-12-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and BEN FINLEY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean.
  Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to see it, even
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Mei-Ling Perry, Troy

  16-12-2025 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Mei-Ling Perry
  School: Troy
  Sport: Basketball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 23.3 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.5 steals to lead the Warriors to the title in the Sunny Hills tournament. Perry, who is committed to Princeton, earned tournament MVP. She is averaging 23.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.1 steals for Troy (9-3).
  Please sen
  
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• Final Orange County football season stat leaders for 2025

  16-12-2025 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHere are the final Orange County high school football stat leaders for the 2025 season.
  The leaderboards are based on season stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  Orange’s Star Thomas passes the ball against Huntington Beach. The game was held at El Modena High School in the city of Orange on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.(Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)
  PASSING: TOTAL YARDSName, school 
  
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