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• Lakers vs. Timberwolves: First-round scouting report, prediction

  18-04-2025 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  SERIES SCHEDULE
  (Best-of-seven, all times PT)
  Game 1: Saturday, at L.A., 5:30 p.m. (ABC/Ch. 7)
  Game 2: Tuesday, at L.A., 7 p.m. (TNT/SSN)
  Game 3: Fri., April 25, at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN/SSN)
  Game 4: Sun., April 27 at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m. (ABC/Ch. 7)
  *Game 5: Wed., April 30, at L.A., time TBD (TV TBD)
  *Game 6: Fri., May 2 at Minnesota, time TBD (TV TBD)
  *Game 7: Sun., May 4 at L.A., time TBD (TV TBD)
  * – If necessary
  HEAD-TO-HEAD
  Tied regular-season series, 2-2
  Oct. 22: Lakers 110, T
  
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• Toast Kitchen closes after more than seven years in Costa Mesa

  22-12-2025 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  After seven and a half years on Harbor Boulevard, Toast Kitchen and Bakery has permanently closed its doors. The Costa Mesa staple held its final service on Tuesday Dec. 16.
  In a heartfelt announcement posted to its social media platforms, the owners shared that the decision was “incredibly heartbreaking” and “not taken lightly.”
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• Attorneys urge judge to visit Florida detention center to assess detainees’ access to lawyers

  22-12-2025 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades want a federal judge to make an unscheduled, in-person visit to the facility to see firsthand if they are getting sufficient access to their lawyers.
  Attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Friday to make the visit within the next two months to help assess whether detainees are allowed to meet with their attorneys in a conf
  
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• Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104

  22-12-2025 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — Betty Reid Soskin, who rose to national fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger and used the spotlight to talk about the African American experience during World War II, has died. She was 104.
  Her family and the park service announced her death through social media, saying she was surrounded by loved ones at her home in California when she died Sunday. They did not release a cause of death.
  “She was a powerful voice for sharing her personal experiences
  
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• Megha Majumdar says ‘A Guardian and a Thief’ explores how we act in a crisis

  22-12-2025 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The title of “A Guardian and a Thief” refers to two different characters, but the terms apply to both: A mother named Ma prepares to flee the scorching Indian city of Kolkata with her toddler and father to join her husband in America, while Boomba, who has fled rural India, forges a new life amidst the relative opportunity of Kolkata.Both are guardians, both are thieves. 
  Megha Majumdar, author of the bestseller, “A Burning,” sets her National Book Award-nominated no
  
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• Top 10 new theme park attractions in the U.S. for 2026

  22-12-2025 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s never too early to look ahead at what’s on tap for next year and 2026 is already shaping up as a good year for roller coaster enthusiasts, thrill ride junkies and theme park fans in the United States.
  Consider our Top 10 for 2026 an evolving and ever-changing list of the best new rides and attractions coming to theme parks in the U.S. in the coming year.
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• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says progress in US-led peace talks is ‘quite solid’

  22-12-2025 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO, Associated Press
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Initial drafts of U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many of Kyiv’s demands, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, although he suggested that neither side in the almost four-year war is likely to get everything it wants in talks on reaching a settlement.
  “Overall, it looks quite solid at this stage,” the Ukrainian leader said of recent talks with U.S.
  
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• Recipe: Enjoy this pasta dish on New Year’s Day while watching the parade on TV

  22-12-2025 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  With New Year’s Day fast approaching, I want to plan on making the holiday delicious and easy. I have a one-dish lunch or dinner in mind. At my house, Jan. 1 is primarily spent relaxing in front of the TV watching the parade and football games. It’s part of our tradition.
  Everyone seems to love this one-dish wonder, a baked pasta dish with sausage and black olives. You can change its personality by using a sausage that you prefer. Hot Italian sausage will yield a dish that is fiery,
  
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• USC-Notre Dame college football rivalry coming to a close

  22-12-2025 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The longstanding college football rivalry series between USC and Notre Dame will end next season, according to reports.
  The two schools have not reached an agreement to extend the series, which featured its 96th annual game this season. Senior college football reporter Ross Dellenger was the first to report.
  Reports also speculate that USC athletic director Jen Cohen and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua will work to restart the series in 2030.
  The Fighting Irish announced on Monday in
  
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• Trump holds an event with Rubio and Hegseth during vacation as tensions with Venezuela mount

  22-12-2025 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, REGINA GARCIA CANO and EMMA BURROWS, Associated Press
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is gathering with top national security officials on Monday, a meeting that comes as the U.S. Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican administration’s escalating pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government.
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete He
  
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• Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions

  22-12-2025 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of President Donald Trump’s “America First” priorities.
  The chiefs of mission in at least 29 countries were informed last week that their tenures would end in January, according to two State Department officials,
  
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• ‘The holidays hit different now’: In a burn zone, ‘grief attacks,’ reminders of what was, mix with carols and bursts of cheer

  22-12-2025 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Last Christmas, Evelyn McClendon gathered with her mother and siblings at home on Las Flores Drive in Altadena. There were prayers and a table laden with food, and “all of us in the same space, thankful for the people who were there,” said her brother Zaire Calvin, 48.
  “At the time, we had no idea how much would change after that,” he added.
  It would be Evelyn McClendon’s last Christmas. The 59-year-old Loyola Marymount graduate and retired school bus driver, lover
  
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• In Eaton fire burn zone, ‘grief attacks,’ reminders of what was, mix with carols and bursts of cheer

  22-12-2025 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Last Christmas, Evelyn McClendon gathered with her mother and siblings at home on Las Flores Drive in Altadena. There were prayers and a table laden with food, and “all of us in the same space, thankful for the people who were there,” said her brother Zaire Calvin, 48.
  “At the time, we had no idea how much would change after that,” he added.
  It would be Evelyn McClendon’s last Christmas. The 59-year-old Loyola Marymount graduate and retired school bus driver, lover
  
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• To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks

  22-12-2025 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SCOLFORO
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney to save his life. His limited world of social contacts has meant that his hopes have hinged on inching up the national waiting list for a transplant.
  That was until earlier this year, when the Philadelphia hospital where he receives treatment connected him with a promising pilot project that has paired him with “angel advocates&r
  
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• What to do with a windfall

  22-12-2025 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kate Ashford, NerdWallet
  The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. NerdWallet, Inc. does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks, securities or other investments.
  The first rule of windfalls is to understand that everyone will handle coming into some extra cash differently. People have varying obligations, responsibilities and personal styles.
  “We have 73 households that
  
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• A small town’s American Dream is at risk. What happens when its biggest employer shuts down?

  22-12-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JESSE BEDAYN
  LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska, worshippers shuffled into the basement and sat on folding chairs, their faces barely masking the fear gripping their town.
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• Ukraine is leveraging its powerful – and cheap – new drone killers for air defense

  22-12-2025 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By DMYTRO ZHYHINAS, DEREK GATOPOULOS and VASILISA STEPANENKO
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The icy ground crackling under their feet, members of an elite Ukrainian drone-hunting team set up for a long night.
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• Freebie of the week: Take guided holiday tours of Riverside’s Victorian house

  22-12-2025 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Head to Riverside’s 1891 Heritage House museum for free guided tours that will include Victorian-style holiday decorations through Jan. 4. Tours take place on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at noon, 1:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
  This Queen Anne-style home was built by orange grove owner and widow Catharine Bettner and includes heirloom gardens, the original carriage house and more. Tours and parking are free but a $5 donation is requested.
  Only 12 people are allowed on each tour, so
  
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• Worried about health insurance costs? There may be cheaper options — but with trade-offs

  22-12-2025 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News
  For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there’s still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies have led to larger-than-expected costs.
  Concerned shoppers, wondering if there’s anything they can do, are consulting insurance brokers or talking to representatives at ACA marketplace call centers.
  “We’re hearing from people with complex medical conditions who
  
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• Most US adults aren’t making year-end charitable contributions, new AP-NORC poll finds

  22-12-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMES POLLARD and LINLEY SANDERS
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach budget targets.
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• Barry Manilow to have surgery for early-stage lung cancer and postpones January concerts

  22-12-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Barry Manilow will be having surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung and will reschedule his January concerts, the singer announced Monday.
  Manilow, 82, said doctors found the cancer after he had an extended bout of bronchitis — six weeks, then a relapse of another five weeks.
  “My wonderful doctor ordered an MRI just to make sure that everything was OK,” Manilow wrote on Instagram. “The MRI discovered a cancerous spot on my left lung that needs to be removed. It&rs
  
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• Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled

  22-12-2025 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JACK BROOK
  THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — The teasing was relentless. Nude images of a 13-year-old girl and her friends, generated by artificial intelligence, were circulating on social media and had become the talk of a Louisiana middle school.
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• Here’s what stores are open, and which ones are closed, on Christmas

  22-12-2025 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  From department stores to grocery stores, most retailers across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours. But there’s also a handful of businesses that will be open during the holiday.
  Before you run out the door this Christmas — whether it’s to buy last-minute gifts or simply get out of the house — it’s wise to double-check operating hours, which can differ depending on their loc
  
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• Department stores try to distinguish themselves as beauty lovers turn to TikTok and Amazon

  22-12-2025 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s shoppers like Quinn Kelsey who keep department store executives up at night.
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• Nicki Minaj surprises conservatives with praise for Trump, Vance at Arizona event

  22-12-2025 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press
  Rapper Nicki Minaj on Sunday made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona that was memorializing late activist Charlie Kirk, and used her time on stage to praise President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, calling them “role models” for young men.
  The rap star was interviewed at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention by Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, about her newly found support for Trump &md
  
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• Larry Ellison guarantees $40.4 billion in Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

  22-12-2025 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press Business Writer
  Paramount is sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with an “irrevocable personal guarantee” from Larry Ellison, who is putting up billions of dollars to back the deal for his son’s company.
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• MemorialCare expands robotic surgery access in Orange County with leading-edge da Vinci 5 system

  22-12-2025 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  MemorialCare’s Orange Coast Medical Center and Saddleback Medical Center have expanded their robotic surgery capabilities with the launch of the da Vinci 5® surgical system, a next-generation platform designed to enhance precision and improve patient outcomes. Long Beach Medical Center has also adopted the technology, making MemorialCare the first health system to introduce the da Vinci 5 to the Long Beach and Fountain Valley communities.
  The rollout of this technology underscores Memo
  
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• Schumer urges Senate to take legal action over Justice Department’s staggered Epstein files release

  22-12-2025 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat urged his colleagues Monday to take legal action over the Justice Department’s incremental and heavily redacted release of records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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• Singer-songwriter Chris Rea, known for ‘Driving Home for Christmas,’ dies at 74

  22-12-2025 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Chris Rea, the singer and songwriter best known for the hit “Driving Home for Christmas,” has died at 74, his family said Monday.
  FILE – Chris Rea arrives at the Odeon Leicester Square for the opening of the London Film Festival, Nov. 7, 1996. (Michael Stephens/PA via AP, File)
  Rea died in the hospital following a short illness, according to a statement from his family to Britain’s Press Association news agency.
  Rea found fame in the 1980s in Britain w
  
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• Trump administration pauses 5 offshore wind projects on the East Coast

  22-12-2025 16:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon.
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