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• Lab leak in Spain? A wake-up call for global biosafety

  24-12-2025 02:09 via ocregister.com
  
  African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes fatal disease in wild and domestic pigs.Thankfully, ASFV does not cause disease in people, but it can be economically devastating for commercial pork producers. Spain is currently experiencing an outbreak of African swine fever in wild boars, its first since 1994.As a threat to Spain’s $10 billion annual pork export industry, local authorities are taking this outbreak extremely seriously. Yet, it illustrates a phenomenon with far higher stakes than J
  
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• Trump immigration policies and a lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office says

  07-01-2026 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. population is projected to grow by 15 million in 30 years, a smaller estimate than in previous years, due to President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies and an expected lower fertility rate, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
  The nonpartisan budget office projected that the U.S. population will grow from 349 million people this year to 364 million people in 30 years, a 2.2% small
  
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• Angel City Football Club adds 3 free agents, including Ary Borges from Racing Louisville

  07-01-2026 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Angel City Football Club continued its offseason roster building with three signings, the previous two days.
  Tuesday, Angel City signed midfielder Ary Borges to a three-year contract. Borges spent the last three seasons with Racing Louisville FC (53 games, six goals). Before joining NWSL, Borges played three seasons in Palmeiras (34 goals).
  She has made 49 appearances for the Brazilian national team.
  “She is a brave talent who always wants the ball and to control the game while also being
  
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• Trump invited to give State of the Union address on Feb. 24

  07-01-2026 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Donald Trump to give the first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 24.
  The invitation sent on Wednesday notes that the nation is marking the 250th anniversary of American independence. The invitation touted the work of Trump and a Republican-led Congress in 2025 and pointed to the year ahead.
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• Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing ‘dangerous times’

  07-01-2026 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”
  Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and spirit him out of the country to face drug trafficking charges in the United States. U.S. forces continue to mass in the Caribbean Sea.
  The 202
  
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• Update: High wind warning affecting 5 Freeway north of LA until Thursday evening – gusts could peak at 65 mph

  07-01-2026 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway corridor near Santa Clarita, Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range, Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains, Southern Ventura County Mountains and Northern Ventura County Mountains are under an updated high wind warning which was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 1:35 p.m. The warning is valid from 8 p.m. until Thursday Jan. 8, at 8 p.m.
  “North winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected,” the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA said. “Periods of blo
  
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• Beyond Wonderland: Tiësto, Zedd, Holy Priest, Alison Wonderland top the bill

  07-01-2026 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Insomniac Events is bringing the fantasy back to the Inland Empire this spring, as Beyond Wonderland announces its return to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino with a genre-spanning lineup set for March 27–28.
  Known for its surreal soundscapes, whimsical stage designs and immersive storytelling inspired by Alice in Wonderland, the two-day festival will once again transform the sprawling Inland Empire venue into a fully realized fantasy world.
  A diverse mix of global dance music heavyw
  
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• Orange County girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei at No. 1 entering big tournament

  07-01-2026 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowORANGE COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10
  Records through Tuesday, Jan. 6.
  1. Mater Dei (9-1): The Monarchs are seeded first this week for the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions, an event they captured for the first time last season. Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in the Orange County season preview, lost at reigning CIF-SS Open Division champion Oaks Christian 11-7 on Saturday. The Monarchs play host to Long Bea
  
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• OC girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei still leading entering big tournament

  07-01-2026 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowORANGE COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10
  Records through Tuesday, Jan. 6
  1. Mater Dei (9-1): The Monarchs are seeded first this week for the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions, an event they captured for the first time last season. Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in the Orange County season preview, lost at reigning CIF-SS Open Division champion Oaks Christian 11-7 on Saturday. The Monarchs play host to Long Beac
  
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• Will Disneyland’s Avatar boat ride use Shanghai’s ground-breaking Pirates technology?

  07-01-2026 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland fans are hoping a new Avatar boat ride coming to the Anaheim theme park resort will feature ground-breaking technology from a jaw-dropping attraction designed by Walt Disney Imagineering that’s been called the most immersive theme park ride ever built.
  The Avatar boat ride pitched as part of the DisneylandForward expansion looks like it could be a close cousin to Shanghai Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle of the Sunken Treasure.
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• A Palisades church parish rebuilds its future while holding a community together

  07-01-2026 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Rev. Msgr. Liam Kidney of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church delivers a message of hope on the anniversary of the Palisades fire on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Parishioners gathered at the church steps for a noon service. The church has been closed since it was damaged in the fire. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  At noon, parishioners gathered on the front steps of a school that no longer exists as they once knew it.
  The address remains — 880 Toyopa Drive — but ne
  
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• Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown

  07-01-2026 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
  The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration officer in Minneapolis was at least the fifth death to result from the aggressive U.S. immigration crackdown the Trump administration launched last year.
  The Department of Homeland Security said the officer fired in self-defense as the woman tried to run down officers with her vehicle. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said video of the incident showed it was reckless and unnecessary. It occurred as the federal
  
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• Miami and Ole Miss, outsiders a year ago, play in CFP semifinal

  07-01-2026 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Miami barged into the College Football Playoff like a hurricane, a stifling defense and steady quarterback rekindling the magic of 2001.
  Mississippi has been excelling since its coach left for another program, an athletic and acrobatic quarterback taking the Rebels to heights not seen since the 1960s.
  The Fiesta Bowl will be a playoff game like no other, the sixth-seeded Rebels facing the 10th-seeded Hurricanes in the desert, a spot in the national championship game on th
  
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• High-speed chaos on ice: What to know about short track speedskating at the Winter Olympics

  07-01-2026 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Sports Writer
  The most decorated short track speedskater in Olympic history will be looking to add to her impressive medal tally in front of a home crowd at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Here’s what to know about the short track competition.
  How it works
  Unlike long track speedskating, in which most events are 1-on-1 races against the clock, short track is about beating all of the other athletes grouped together on the ice while they sprint counterclockwise laps ar
  
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• Kings scrambling minus Kopitar, Armia, Moore and Perry

  07-01-2026 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Already oft-challenged to score at full strength, the Kings will be shorthanded up front Wednesday against the San Jose Sharks, and very likely beyond.
  Since Dec. 29, they had been missing Trevor Moore, who was now deemed day-to-day with an upper-body injury after initially being out with an illness. They’ll also be without Anže Kopitar (lower-body) and Joel Armia (upper-body), who sustained injuries in Monday’s win over the Minnesota Wild. In an unforeseen development, Corey Pe
  
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• Justice Department sues Connecticut and Arizona as part of effort to get voter data from the states

  07-01-2026 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials in Connecticut and Arizona are defending their decision to refuse a request by the U.S. Justice Department for detailed voter information, after their states became the latest to face federal lawsuits over the issue.
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• Trump urged mid-decade redistricting. One-third of states have now looked at reshaping House seats

  07-01-2026 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press
  Republican and Democratic officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump began pushing for remapping as a means of boosting the chances of Republican candidates in this year’s midterm elections.
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• Ready for a trip to the ‘park? Snowboarding set for its spotlight at the Winter Olympics

  07-01-2026 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press
  The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a “snurfer” and started selling them the next year.
  Related Articles From big air to moguls and slopestyle, what to know about freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics What to know about skeleton at the Winter Olympics: Hurtling head first down an icy chute on a sled Feet first do
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

  07-01-2026 21:18 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 Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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• President Petro’s clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner

  07-01-2026 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABEL DEBRE and MANUEL RUEDA, Associated Press
  BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — An “abhorrent” violation of Latin American sovereignty. An attack committed by “enslavers.” A “spectacle of death” comparable to Nazi Germany’s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain.
  There is perhaps no world leader criticizing the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela as strongly as left-wing President Gustavo Petro of neighboring Colombia.
  While other of
  
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• Angels GM Perry Minasian offers few details on Anthony Rendon restructuring

  07-01-2026 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  More than a week after the news first broke of the Angels and Anthony Rendon restructuring the oft-injured player’s deal, there are still more questions than answers about what it means.
  General manager Perry Minasian spoke to reporters Wednesday for the first time since they agreed to the restructuring, and he declined to explain exactly why they did it or what it means for the roster, besides the obvious.
  “I won’t get into details of it,” Minasian said. “He won&rs
  
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• Holders of $895-a-year AmEx card rush to spend Saks perk

  07-01-2026 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Dina Katgara
  (Bloomberg) — American Express card holders and other shoppers are hurrying to spend store credits and gift cards at Saks Fifth Avenue as the cash-strapped retailer heads toward a potential bankruptcy restructuring.
  When a company files for bankruptcy, it’s not automatically required to honor gift cards, sometimes leaving consumers empty-handed.
  That’s worrying for customers such as Julia Portela, a 38-year-old travel content creator in Miami. Her American Express
  
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• Winter weather advisory for 5 Freeway through Grapevine and Tehachapi for Thursday – wind gusts reaching 55 mph

  07-01-2026 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine and Tehachapi are included in a winter weather advisory released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 12:03 p.m. The advisory is valid for Thursday, Jan. 8 between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA states to prepare for, “Total snow accumulation 2 to 5 inches. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph, producing blowing snow.”
  “Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute. Strong winds could
  
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• Orange County judge admits to federal felony, agrees to resign

  07-01-2026 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County Superior Court judge and former local prosecutor has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge after federal prosecutors accused him of working with a doctor in a multi-million-dollar California workers’ compensation fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
  Israel Claustro has agreed to resign from his position as a judge by Monday, Jan. 12, after signing a plea deal admitting to one count of mail fraud, federal prosecutors said.
  Claustro, as part
  
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• Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It’s part of his affordability plan

  07-01-2026 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.
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• Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge

  07-01-2026 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By MORIAH BALINGIT and CHARLOTTE KRAMON
  Even with two incomes, Charity Pallum said she and her husband would not be able to afford child care for their 1-year-old twins. But because of federal child care subsidies, both Pallum, a teacher, and her husband, who works at a car dealership, are able to work full-time.
  Now, the Trump administration is increasing the reporting burdens for states to access the money. If Pallum’s family were to lose that support, her husband might have to stop work
  
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• Wind advisory issued for Santa Ana Mountains from Thursday to Saturday

  07-01-2026 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:34 a.m. valid from Thursday 9 p.m. until Saturday Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. for Santa Ana Mountains/Foothills.
  The NWS San Diego CA adds to anticipate, “Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 60 mph expected, locally higher near Freemont Canyon. Strongest winds will be Thursday night into Friday morning.”
  “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power o
  
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• Orange County under a wind advisory Thursday and Friday

  07-01-2026 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A wind advisory was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:34 a.m. valid from Thursday 9 p.m. until Friday Jan. 9, at 1 p.m. for Orange County.
  According to the NWS San Diego CA, “Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 35 to 45 mph expected. Strongest winds are expected east of Interstate 5 and near the foothills of the Santa Ana mountains.”
  “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result,&
  
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• From big air to moguls and slopestyle, what to know about freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics

  07-01-2026 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press National Writer
  You might be inclined to think of freestyle skiing as one of the new kids on the block at the Winter Olympics — after all, there are lot of young athletes doing it — but some of the freeskiiing sports were introduced at the Calgary Games some 38 years ago.
  Four decades of familiarity with moguls, the halfpipe, big air and more have turned some of these daring athletes into household names and their tricks have gotten more and more crea
  
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• Trump’s Greenland idea isn’t new. The US has pursued it at least 3 times before

  07-01-2026 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By R.J. RICO
  President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark fits into a long, little-known pattern in U.S. history. From quiet discussions after the Civil War to a $100 million offer in the wake of World War II, American leaders have repeatedly seen Greenland as a strategic prize.
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