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• Matt Fleming: Easter reflections in a fallen world

  20-04-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.”
  This scripture (Judges 21:25, NIV) always stands out to me because it seems so relevant to today.
  We as a people are dissatisfied and want someone or something to take care of us.
  But the King has already arrived.
  A few thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, a humble entrance for someone believed to be the son of God who would soon be betrayed by one of his disciples, condemned though in
  
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• Kawhi Leonard’s late heroics help Clippers edge Rockets

  12-02-2026 05:19 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Playing some of the best basketball of his career, Kawhi Leonard delivered again to send his team into the All-Star break on a winning note.
  Leonard scored 27 points and his tiebreaking three-point play on a spinning fadeaway jumper with two seconds remaining lifted the Clippers to a 105-102 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.
  Leonard, who added 12 rebounds and four steals, scored 19 points in the fourth quarter to extend his career-best streak of 20-point games
  
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• Kyle Busch, 0 for 20 all time in Daytona 500, captures pole

  12-02-2026 04:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch won the pole for NASCAR’s season-opening Daytona 500 to give the driver with the longest active losing streak in “The Great American Race” a shot at the victory that has escaped him his entire career.
  Busch is 0 for 20 in the Daytona 500 and hasn’t started in the top five since 2016, when he still drove for Joe Gibbs Racing. He started fourth and finished third that year, then was a career-best se
  
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• Lauren Betts, No. 2 UCLA overpower No. 13 Michigan State

  12-02-2026 04:28 via ocregister.com
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. — Ranked opponents. Home or away. Tricky travel schedules. None of it seems to slow the UCLA women’s basketball team.
  Lauren Betts had 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists and No. 2 UCLA pushed its winning streak to 18 games by thumping No. 13 Michigan State, 86-63, on Wednesday night.
  Kiki Rice finished with 18 points and seven rebounds for the Bruins (24-1 overall, 14-0 Big Ten). Gabriela Jaquez added 13 points, all in the first half, and Gianni Kneepkens
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Feb. 11

  12-02-2026 04:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Feb. 11
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  BOYS SOCCER
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Round 1
  Jserra 7, Redondo Union 1
  Mater Dei 4, Mira Costa 0
  First Round
  DIVISION 1
  Sunny Hills 2, Fountain Valley 0
  
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• Alijah Arenas has another big game, but USC loses to Ohio State

  12-02-2026 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Big Ten regular season runs through March 8, but the stress is mounting for teams who might find themselves sitting on the NCAA Tournament bubble on Selection Sunday.
  Games between bubble teams are particularly crucial, and Ohio State outlasted USC in one of those battles on Wednesday night despite another big game from Trojans freshman Alijah Arenas.
  Bruce Thornton scored 21 points and hit two late throws to help Ohio State secure an 89-82 victory. The Buckeyes (16-6
  
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• Placentia-Yorba Linda school board majority strikes ICE support references, updates policy for enforcement response

  12-02-2026 03:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A majority of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District board was against including a reference to federal immigration agents in an expression of local support for law enforcement.
  Trustee Leandra Blades pitched the resolution affirming the district’s support through the federal level of law enforcement, but the board majority struck out references to anything federal, instead approving an amended version emphasizing that the district “encourages respectful dialog and transpa
  
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• Matt Mahan is tougher on government unions than Chad Bianco

  12-02-2026 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Soon after San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan announced his campaign for governor of California, I reached out to ask Mahan about his views on the state’s public employee unions. These unions, after all, are key political actors in the state and wield considerable influence over who gets elected and what they can do to reform government once in office.
  I reached out with the same questions I asked Republican candidates Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco. Hilton was tough on the unions. Bianco’s tea
  
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• OC nonprofits under strain as demand for food and housing surges, 211 calls to county hotline show

  12-02-2026 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s nonprofits, hit by federal funding cuts and policy changes, are struggling to keep pace with the surging demand for housing and food assistance, particularly among vulnerable seniors, according to a review of calls to the county’s 3-digit assistance helpline.
  Callers who dial 2-1-1 are connected to a range of social services, including housing, food and mental health support. The hotline, which has 25 operators, handles about 12,000 calls and 7,000 texts on a monthly
  
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• French duo edges Chock and Bates for Olympic ice dance gold

  12-02-2026 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN — For a moment, a moment decades in the making, yet fleeting nevertheless, Evan Bates seemed to think he and Madison Chock, his partner on and off the ice, were golden.At the end of their free dance at the Milano Ice Skating Arena Wednesday night, Bates, finishing the program on his knees, leaned over onto the ice in exhaustion, then leaned back and shouted “yes” and then look up at his wife as he shook his fists, seemingly convinced he and Chock, winners of the last thre
  
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• Man shot in the head with ‘less-than-lethal’ round at OC protest was victim of excessive force, lawsuit claims

  12-02-2026 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Police officers and sheriff’s deputies used excessive force on an Orange County accountant who was shot in the side of the head with a less-than-lethal launcher while walking away from law enforcement at a Santa Ana protest last summer, according to a newly filed civil rights lawsuit.
  Tony Lawrence Olson suffered a skull fracture and traumatic brain injury when a law enforcement officer shot him with a 40mm less-lethal projectile from a 12-gauge launcher in the midst of a June 9 protest in
  
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• Alexander: Lakers haven’t been paragons of consistency so far

  12-02-2026 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Lakers approach the All-Star break, LeBron James summed up their situation as well as anybody could.
  “That’s a championship team right there,” he said of the Oklahoma City Thunder after the Lakers’ 119-110 loss to the defending champs on Monday night. “We’re not.
  “We can’t sustain energy and effort for 48 minutes, and they can. That’s why they won the championship.”
  Terse, but true. The positive is that it’s changeable. The
  
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• Member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

  12-02-2026 01:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER SMITH, Associated Press
  A member of the federal Religious Liberty Commission has been ousted after a hearing this week that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism. The ousted member, Carrie Prejean Boller, had defended prominent commentator Candace Owens, who routinely shares antisemitic conspiracy theories.
  Prejean Boller, a model turned conservative activist, denied that Owens had ever said anything antisemitic, quoted a Bible verse that attributed the death of Jes
  
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• 19-year-old charged with murder in stabbing death of homeless man in Anaheim

  12-02-2026 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  A 19-year-old man was charged with murder in the stabbing death of a homeless man in Anaheim late Sunday night, Feb. 8, authorities said.
  The stabbing was reported around 11:45 p.m. in an alley on the 2000 block of East Ball Road,near State College Boulevard, where Hieu Quan Nguyen allegedly stabbed Dennis Edward Welsch Jr., 60, according to Anaheim Police Department spokesman Sgt. Matt Sutter.
  Nguyen was arrested about an hour later, Sutter said. The relationship between the suspect and the vic
  
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• Final Orange County girls water polo Top 10: Newport Harbor remains No. 1

  12-02-2026 01:07 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, Feb. 10)
  1. Newport Harbor (25-3): The Sailors carry a 10-match winning streak into their Group B clash against visiting Oaks Christian in the CIF-SS Open Division on Wednesday. Newport Harbor can advance to the semifinals with a victory. Previous ranking: 1
  2. Mater Dei (26-2): The Monarchs can reach the Open Division semifinals with a victo
  
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• Lawyers of Chicago woman shot by federal agents say documents show how DHS lies about investigations

  12-02-2026 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press
  CHICAGO (AP) — Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year, according to evidence released Wednesday by attorneys who accused the Trump administration of mishandling the investigation and spreading lies about the shooting.
  Marimar Martinez, a teaching assistant and U.S. citizen, was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged
  
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• A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says

  12-02-2026 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S, according to a new court filing.
  The revelation stems from a data-sharing agreement signed last April by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security
  
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• Ex-con gets 10 years for Anaheim bank robbery, confining employees

  12-02-2026 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  A 55-year-old ex-con was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 11, to 10 years behind bars for carrying out a takeover-style bank robbery in Anaheim —one day after he got out of state prison.
  Eric Walter Gray, who has a lengthy criminal history, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court in October 2025 to a single count of “bank robbery and forced accompaniment.”
  Along with the prison sentence, Gray was ordered to pay restitution of $10,883, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Offi
  
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• Melania Trump says she doesn’t eat ‘much sweets’ as she celebrates Valentine’s Day with children

  11-02-2026 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Melania Trump on Wednesday celebrated an early Valentine’s Day with children and young adults being treated for rare and serious diseases, joining them in holiday-themed craft-making and chatting about their lives, health and other interests.
  After they finished making flower bouquets and lanterns out of construction paper and other materials, they stepped over to a festively decorated dessert bar laid out with mini cupcake
  
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• Editorial: Absent New START, we need a new nuclear arms treaty

  11-02-2026 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  When Americans — when any Westerners — find themselves in agreement with the reasonable, nuanced tone of Vladimir V. Putin on a sensitive international issue, you know the world has gone topsy-turvy.
  Yet that is the case facing the West this week.
  The New START treaty, versions of which have kept the world safe from nuclear catastrophe for generations, expired last Thursday. In the lead-up, the Russian president casually suggested the 15-year-old agreement be informally extended whil
  
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• Protesters in multiple states press Target to oppose the immigration crackdown in Minnesota

  11-02-2026 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the five-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota.
  ICE Out Minnesota, a coalition of community groups, religious leaders, labor unions and other critics of the federal operation, called for sit-ins and other demonstrations to continue at Tar
  
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• Dodgers re-sign reliever Evan Phillips, expect his return in July

  11-02-2026 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A key piece of the Dodgers’ recent bullpens is returning to the team after all.
  Right-hander Evan Phillips has agreed to a one-year contract that will pay him $6.5 million in 2026. Phillips underwent Tommy John surgery at the start of last June and is not expected back until midseason. He will start the season on the 60-day injured list (freeing up a roster spot for another player).
  In order to clear a spot for Phillips at this time, however, the Dodgers designated catcher Ben Rortvedt for
  
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• House votes to slap back Trump’s tariffs on Canada in rare bipartisan rebuke of White House agenda

  11-02-2026 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare if largely symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda as Republicans joined Democrats over the objections of GOP leadership.
  The tally, 219-211, was among the first times the House, controlled by Republicans, has confronted the president over a signature policy. The resolution seeks to end the national emerg
  
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• House faces showdown vote over Trump’s tariffs on Canada

  11-02-2026 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is preparing to potentially slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada in what would be a symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda after Democrats, with support from a few Republicans, forced the issue to a vote over the objections of GOP leadership.
  Wednesday’s floor action will be the first time the House has confronted the president over a signature policy. The resolution seeks to end
  
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• Rams offseason primer: How to invest in defensive back seven?

  11-02-2026 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The last three offseasons, the Rams have spent substantial draft capital on their pass rush to replace the soon-to-be-retiring Aaron Donald. The group has been the foundation of everything coordinator Chris Shula has schemed up the last two years with the hopes that that group would hold up the rest of the defense.
  And for a time that worked – late in the 2024 season, for instance, and early in 2025 when the Rams’ defense ranked among the best in the NFL. But as that second season wo
  
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• Democratic senators decry indictment attempt, warning it ‘could break this institution’

  11-02-2026 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats took to the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver impassioned speeches denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” framing the episode as a dire test for their chamber and the rule of law.
  “The fact that they failed to incarcerate a United States senator should not obviate our outrage. They tried to incarc
  
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• Lakers’ Bronny James senses growth in Year 2

  11-02-2026 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The takeaways were few and far between in Victor Wembanyama’s seemingly single-handed destruction of the Lakers on Tuesday night.
  Without LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Marcus Smart and Deandre Ayton on the floor, the Lakers avoiding double-digit defeat would have been a near-miracle considering the full-strength operation the Western Conference’s second-best Spurs showcased in their 136-108 victory.
  Lakers coach JJ Redick was dissatisfied with a pletho
  
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• A Yale professor recommended a ‘good-looking blonde’ student for a job with Epstein. He’s not sorry

  11-02-2026 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE COLLINS
  Yale University says a prominent computer science professor will not teach classes while it reviews his conduct, after newly released documents show he sent Jeffrey Epstein an email describing an undergraduate as a good-looking blonde while recommending her for a job.
  Related Articles Governors group says Trump will welcome Democrats and Republicans to White House House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm elections Kennedy Center head wa
  
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• Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media

  11-02-2026 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media platforms.
  Related Articles New Mexico lawsuit accuses Meta of failing to protect children from sexual exploitation online Landmark trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to their platforms begins Security
  
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• Valeria Chomsky admits ‘serious errors in judgment’ over Jeffrey Epstein ties

  11-02-2026 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By HILLEL ITALIE
  NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Noam Chomsky is acknowledging “serious errors in judgment” in the wake of new revelations about the couple’s ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Valeria Chomsky also says she and her husband never witnessed any inappropriate behavior.
  Related Articles Governors group says Trump will welcome Democrats and Republicans to White House House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm
  
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