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• Homeland Security Secretary Noem faces scrutiny over immigration policies at a House hearing

  11-12-2025 14:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who heads the agency central to President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, is expected to face fierce questioning from Democrats on Thursday as the public face of the Republican administration’s hard-line approach to immigration.
  It has been months since Noem last appeared in Congress in May. Since then, immigration enforcement operations, especially in Los Angeles and Chicag
  
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• Trump wants Americans to make more babies. Critics say his policies won’t help raise them

  11-12-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Stephanie Armour, Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News
  Maddy Olcott plans to start a career once she graduates from college. But the junior at the State University of New York-Purchase College is so far not planning to start a family — even with the Trump administration dangling inducements like thousand-dollar “baby bonuses” or cheaper infertility drugs.
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• A sharp drop for Oracle keeps Wall Street in check as most US stocks rise

  11-12-2025 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are rising on Thursday, but a drop for Oracle is holding Wall Street back as investors question whether its big spending on artificial-intelligence technology will pay off.
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• ‘Modern-day Red Scare’ at Chapman?

  11-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A student walks past the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University in Orange on Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Scrawled in colorful chalk in front of Chapman University’s library last year: “(Expletive) Israel.”
  Vulgar. Crude. Highly objectionable.
  But…
  Is it harassment? Anti-Semitic? Should the university be held responsible for it, and similar iterations?
  Folks who passionately believe in the “I may hate what y
  
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• Car prices are going up, but how much of it is from tariffs?

  11-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Luke Ramseth, The Detroit News
  New car prices didn’t spike after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs in the spring, as some experts and dealers projected.
  Related Articles US jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000, but continuing claims are lowest since April Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide Tariffs have cost U.S. households $1,200 each since Trump returned to the White House, Democrats say Trump’s
  
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• Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US

  11-12-2025 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By GISELA SALOMON, Associated Press
  MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border during his first term.
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• Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

  11-12-2025 15:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG, Associated Press
  AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of history and memory, thousands should have crossed by now. But the tundra is empty, save for the mountains looming on the horizon — the Gates of the Arctic National Park.
  Days after Patte
  
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• US jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000 last week as concerns about labor market persist

  11-12-2025 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years despite growing concern over the health of the labor market.
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• US jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000, but continuing claims are lowest since April

  11-12-2025 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but the total number of those collecting benefits fell to the lowest level in eight months.
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• Senate poised to reject extension of health care subsidies as costs rise for many

  11-12-2025 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised on Thursday to reject legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of Americans, a potentially unceremonious end to a monthslong Democratic effort to prevent the COVID-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1.
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• Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide

  11-12-2025 14:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE COLLINS, MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her.
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• Tariffs have cost U.S. households $1,200 each since Trump returned to the White House, Democrats say

  11-12-2025 13:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.
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• US and Japan hold joint flight drills as China ups military activity near Japan

  11-12-2025 13:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press
  TOKYO (AP) — U.S. strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their military cooperation around Japan’s airspace, defense officials said Thursday, as tensions with China escalate.
  This photo provided by Japan’s Ministry of Defense shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bombers in the vicinity of Japanese airs
  
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• Trump’s handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling

  11-12-2025 13:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINLEY SANDERS and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely a year ago could be turning into liabilities as his party begins to gear up for the 2026 midterms.
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• Dense fog advisory affecting 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Thursday midday – visibility limited to 1/4 mile

  11-12-2025 11:53 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine is included in a dense fog advisory issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:48 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 11 a.m.
  “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog for elevations between 1,000 and 2,500 feet,” can be expected according to the NWS Hanford CA. “Mountain Highways included but not limited to: 41, 58, 152, 168, 198 and Interstate 5.”
  “Sudden encounter of low visibility could make driving conditions ha
  
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• Landon Seaman, Cal State Fullerton dominate Bethesda

  11-12-2025 07:59 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team cruised to an easy victory against an overmatched opponent in its final home game of 2025.
  Landon Seaman scored 25 points, Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro added 21, and Fullerton crushed Bethesda, 116-66, on Wednesday night at Titan Gym.
  Seaman shot 10 for 12 from the field while pacing the Titans (4-7), who built a 36-point lead by halftime while overwhelming their National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) opponent
  
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• Kings can’t hold off Kraken late in regulation, fall in overtime

  11-12-2025 07:41 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — The Kings were on the cusp of a road win, but they couldn’t finish off a Seattle Kraken squad that was desperate for a victory.
  Matty Beniers tied the score on a power-play goal with 25.3 seconds left in regulation, then Vince Dunn scored on a man advantage 1:21 into overtime as the Seattle Kraken rallied to beat the Kings, 3-2, on Wednesday night.
  Jared McCann also scored for Seattle, which had been winless in its previous six outings (0-5-1) since Nov. 23. Eeli Tolvanan a
  
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• Catholic bishops hold Mass for Adelanto ICE detainees; say hundreds of thousands of parishioners pray for them

  11-12-2025 07:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Catholic bishops from across California congregated at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to hold a Mass inside the detention center on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to remind those detained that they aren’t forgotten.
  “Each one of us represents hundreds of thousands of parishioners who are praying for them,” said Bishop Oscar Cantú from the Diocese of San Jose.
  Conditions inside the for-profit ICE facility have faced scrutiny from watchdog groups and congressional members recentl
  
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• Lakers blitzed by Spurs in NBA Cup quarterfinal loss

  11-12-2025 07:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Lakers’ chances of another trip to Las Vegas – and a shot at winning the NBA Cup’s ultimate prize of $530,000-plus per player – passed by them almost as quickly as the San Antonio Spurs’ variety of speedsters did on Wednesday night.
  Because even with Spurs star big man Victor Wembanyama sidelined for the 12th consecutive game because of a calf strain, the Lakers had no answers for San Antonio’s speed advantage.
  The Spurs broke down and
  
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• Canyon boys basketball beats Norte Vista with barrage of 3-pointers

  11-12-2025 06:23 via ocregister.com
  
  LA HABRA — The Canyon boys basketball team made 14 3-pointers and had four players score in double figures in a 77-63 victory over Norte Vista in a pool-play game of the North Orange County Championships on Wednesday at Sonora High School.
  The Comanches (5-2), who are ranked No. 9 in Orange County, are 2-0 in the tournament and will play Heritage Christian in a semifinal on Friday.
  Canyon did an excellent job distributing the ball and finding open players on the perimeter, accounting for t
  
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• These Orange County ramen shops are on Yelp’s Top 100 list for 2025

  11-12-2025 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California is a great place to slurp ramen, according to Yelp, which released its list of Top 100 Ramen Shops for 2025 on Thursday, Dec. 11.
  Three restaurants in Orange County made the top 20, the highest being Sushi Mura, across the street from Knott’s Berry Farm’s parking lot, at No. 3.
  The results are based on Yelp data, which include the number of reviews and the ratings that reviewers give restaurants.
  Ramen is a $1.6 billion business, according to the report’s in
  
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• Lakers again use traditional court for NBA Cup quarterfinal vs. Spurs

  11-12-2025 05:32 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Lakers once again used their traditional court at Crypto.com Arena for Wednesday night’s NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup against the San Antonio Spurs instead of their bright yellow Cup court.
  Multiple Lakers players noted how slippery the Cup Court was for their Nov. 25 Group Play victory over the Clippers, which was the first – and only – time the Lakers used the alternate court this season.
  “That was bad,” forward Rui Hachimura said. “I
  
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• St. John Bosco basketball shakes off early struggles to beat Fairmont Prep

  11-12-2025 05:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Gavin Dean-Moss #1 of St. John Bosco drives to the bsket against Langston Ford #5 of Fairmont Prep in the first half of a boys prep basketball game during the Bosco Classic Tournament at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
  Christian Collins #11 of St. John Bosco drives to the basket against David Abisogun #14 of Fairmont Prep in the first half of a boys prep basketball game during the Bosco Classic Tourna
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Dec. 10

  11-12-2025 04:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
  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.
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  CORONA DEL MAR SHOWCASE
  Mission Viejo 67, Sage Hill 60
  BOSCO WINTER CLASSIC
  St. John Bosco 62, Fairmont Prep 56
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• Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Thursday midday – visibility as low as 1/4 mile

  11-12-2025 03:51 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine was placed under a dense fog advisory by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 6:47 p.m. The advisory is in effect until Thursday Dec. 11, at 11 a.m.
  “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog for elevations between 1,000 and 2,500 feet,” can be anticipated according to the NWS Hanford CA. “Mountain Highways included but not limited to: 41, 58, 152, 168, 198 and Interstate 5.”
  “Sudden encounter of low visibility could make d
  
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• Former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs was an opioid addict for years before his death, psychiatrist testifies

  11-12-2025 02:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Tyler Skaggs was an opioid addict for at least six years prior to the Los Angeles Angels pitcher’s 2019 death, an addiction expert testified on Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the ongoing wrongful death trial against the team.
  While those around Skaggs — including family, his agent, fellow players and Angels staff — didn’t see any obvious outward signs of addiction during Skaggs’ time with the organization, Dr. Elie Aoun testified that many people with addictions remain &ldqu
  
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• Report: Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore detained by police after firing

  11-12-2025 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan fired football coach Sherrone Moore on Wednesday after finding evidence of an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member,” a stunning end to his short, up-and-down tenure that saw the Wolverines take a step back on the field after winning the national championship and getting punished by the NCAA.
  “This conduct constitutes a clear violation of university policy, and UM maintains zero tolerance for such behavi
  
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• Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore jailed, hours after his firing

  11-12-2025 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was jailed on Wednesday, according to court records, hours after he was fired for what the university said was an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”
  According to the Washtenaw County Jail, the 39-year-old Moore had been booked into the facility as of Wednesday evening. The jail’s records did not provide any information about why Moore was detained or whether any
  
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• Probe continues into high-speed driver on taxiway at John Wayne Airport

  11-12-2025 01:51 via ocregister.com
  
  An investigation continued Wednesday, Dec. 10, into the actions of a John Wayne Airport contract security guard who was caught on video driving a white sedan on the airport’s taxiway, speeding past a series of aircraft.
  No injuries were reported from the incident, which occurred around 1:15 p.m. Monday at the Orange County airport.
  Cell phone video taken by an airport employee on the taxiway and shared by ABC7 shows the white Toyota Camry whizzing down the taxiway with several aircraft mov
  
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• New York Times, after Trump post, says it won’t be deterred from writing about his health

  11-12-2025 01:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER
  The New York Times, attacked by President Donald Trump for reporting about his physical condition, said on Wednesday that it wouldn’t be deterred by “false and inflammatory language” that distorts the role of a free press.
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