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• Repeal and replace the tax code

  13-11-2017 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON – The Republicans’ tax bill would somewhat improve the existing revenue system that once caused Mitch Daniels (former head of the Office of Management and Budget, former Indiana governor) to say: Wouldn’t it be nice to have a tax code that looked as though it had been designed on purpose? Today’s bill, which is 429 pages and is apt to grow, is an implausible instrument of simplification. And it would worsen the tax code’s already substantial contribution
  
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• UCLA Athletics receives $17.3 million donation from estate of Larry Layne

  13-01-2026 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA Athletics announced an astronomical $17.3 million donation from the estate of former student-athlete, coach and donor Larry Layne on Monday afternoon, a part of a more than $40 million pledge across numerous facets of the university.
  Per a university press release, $9.6 million will be directed to the football program and $7.7 million will head to the men’s basketball program. The full donation from Layne, a former men’s rugby player and women’s rugby c
  
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• BTS set four-night SoFi Stadium run as part of 2026–2027 World Tour

  13-01-2026 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  K-pop fanatics, get ready.
  BTS is officially returning to the global stage, announcing a massive 2026–2027 world tour that will mark the group’s first full run together in several years and one of the largest K-pop tours ever staged.
  The newly announced tour will span 34 regions and 79 shows across Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Australia, with BTS set to play multi-night stadium engagements in every market. In Los Angeles, the group will return to SoFi Stadium for fo
  
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• Is the lawyer or client in charge? Ask the Lawyer

  13-01-2026 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I have not been in a lawsuit before. So far, there are a few issues where the lawyer and I clash, but I am not clear just who makes the final decision. Is it me or the lawyer?
  B.P., San Marcos
  Ron Sokol
  A: California Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2(a) provides: “A lawyer shall abide by a client’s decisions concerning the objectives of representation and … shall consult with the client as to the means by which they are to be pursued.” You can find Rule 1.2 online, and
  
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• Fewer Americans sign up for Affordable Care Act health insurance as costs spike

  13-01-2026 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON and NICKY FORSTER
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year, new federal data shows, as expiring subsidies and other factors push health expenses too high for many to manage.
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• How will climate change reshape the Winter Olympics? The list of possible host sites is shrinking

  13-01-2026 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and PAT GRAHAM
  Belgian biathlete Maya Cloetens can’t help but think about the future of winter sports as she trains for next month’s Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy.
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• Trump is ending protected immigration status for Somalis, long a target of his anti-immigrant barbs

  13-01-2026 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW
  Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday it will end temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia, the latest move in the president’s mass deportation agenda.
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• What to know about the Muslim Brotherhood after the US terrorist designation

  13-01-2026 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAM MEDNICK and ABBY SEWELL
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Trump administration waded into a regional debate over the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, designating the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the transnational Sunni Islamist group as terrorist organizations.
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• Family budgets are stretched and bargain grocer Aldi seizes the moment in a rapid expansion

  13-01-2026 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
  The discount grocery chain Aldi is expanding rapidly and plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year as more Americans skip nights out at restaurants and cook at home due to anxiety over the nation’s economy.
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• Recipe: Call it a ‘stew’ if you must, but this veggie dish is delicious

  13-01-2026 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Don’t be put off by the designation of “stew” in the title of this delicious dish. The concoction is delicious and packed with veggies (you can add more if you wish). This mix is a scrumptious way to get vegetables happily down the kid’s gullets. Use the style of smallish pasta you like best, such as penne, ziti, or farfalle.
  Vegetable and Pasta ‘Stew’
  Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  INGREDIENTS
  1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  1 medium eggplant, unpeeled, cut into 1- to
  
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• EPA proposes limiting power of states and tribes to block major projects over water concerns

  13-01-2026 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL PHILLIS
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting states’ and Native American tribes’ power to wield the Clean Water Act to block major projects like natural gas pipelines, advancing the Trump administration’s goal of accelerating the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure and data centers.
  The agency said new constraints on local water quality reviews for federally regulated projects will still allow states to p
  
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• Trump travel ban leaves Senegal, Ivory Coast fans in limbo for World Cup

  13-01-2026 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By CIARÁN FAHEY
  TANGIER, Morocco (AP) — Fans of two of Africa’s top soccer nations have had their World Cup plans upended because of a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration.
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• Pentagon is embracing Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

  13-01-2026 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and DAVID KLEPPER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military’s data as possible into the developing technology.
  “Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our depa
  
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• South Korean prosecutor seeks death sentence for ex-leader Yoon over martial law decree

  13-01-2026 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By HYUNG-JIN KIM
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.
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• Russia launches another major strike on Ukraine’s power grid in freezing temperatures

  13-01-2026 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By ILLIA NOVIKOV
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts as Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor approaches the four-year mark.
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• Wall Street CEOs warn Trump: Stop attacking the Fed and credit card industry

  13-01-2026 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN SWEET, AP Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Up until this week, Wall Street has generally benefited from the Trump administration’s policies and has been supportive of the president. That relationship has suddenly soured.
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• Iraq’s prime minister steps aside for rival in post-election wrangling over government

  13-01-2026 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, whose bloc won the largest share of seats in November’s parliamentary elections, has stepped aside to clear the field for a rival, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, two Iraqi officials said Tuesday.
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• JetZero in Long Beach lands $175M to take on Boeing, Airbus

  13-01-2026 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By Julie Johnsson | Bloomberg
  Startup JetZero in Long Beach has raised $175 million from investors to take on the planemaking duopoly of Airbus SE and Boeing Co. with a mid-sized aircraft shaped like a giant manta ray.
  The Series B financing, led by venture investor B Capital, takes the total amount raised to more than $1 billion including government grants, incentives and commercial commitments, JetZero said. It will help fund the first full-size prototype of the triangle-shaped jet, which prom
  
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• EPA says it will stop calculating the economic savings to health in key air pollution rules

  13-01-2026 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs and preventable deaths avoided from air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants.
  The change means the EPA will focus rules for fine particulate matter and ozone only on the cost to industry, part of a broader realignment under President Donald Trump toward a business-friendly approach that has included the rollback of multiple policies mea
  
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• China urges Canada to break from US influence as PM Carney visits Beijing

  13-01-2026 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN MORITSUGU
  BEIJING (AP) — As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime U.S. ally away from their rival, at least a bit.
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• Trump set to lead largest-ever US delegation to World Economic Forum in Davos next week

  13-01-2026 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will return to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of business, political and cultural elites in Davos, Switzerland, next week, leading a record-large U.S. delegation, organizers said Tuesday.
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• Freebie of the week: Drop in to a drum circle at LA County Museum of Art

  13-01-2026 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Do you like the sound of a drum? You may wish to check out the drop-in drum circle scheduled Sunday, Jan. 18 at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) to commemorate the 2025 L.A. fires that devastated so many families.
  This all-ages event is planned to be held 12:30-3:30 p.m. in the Schmidt Welcome Plaza. You don’t need any experience to join the drum circle. The objective is to create a healing dialogue through sound, movement and expression.
  The event is scheduled to be led by Johanna
  
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• Plastic pellets known as ‘nurdles’ are polluting beaches and waterways

  13-01-2026 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By David Montgomery, Stateline.org
  SEADRIFT, Texas — Aboard an aluminum skiff or one of her five kayaks, fourth-generation shrimper and fisherwoman Diane Wilson often plies the coastal bays and streams near her tiny hometown of Seadrift, Texas.
  But instead of fishing for shrimp, black drum or blue crabs, these days the 77-year-old is an environmental activist looking for “nurdles”— tiny plastic pellets that are polluting beaches and waterways in Texas and around the count
  
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• Ring in the Year of the Horse at the these free Lunar New Year celebrations

  13-01-2026 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s time for the annual Lunar New Year celebrations and this is the Year of the Horse, so gather up your saddles and brushes and let’s get out there. In general, admission is free, but some items such as food and carnival rides will cost extra.
  Jan. 17-18 — Rancho Cucamonga: This is Rancho Cucamonga’s 4th annual Lunar Festival, taking place 11 a.m.-8 p.m.on Saturday, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday. Try to hit up the opening ceremony Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with
  
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• Democrats will spend millions to shift voter registration strategy ahead of the midterm elections

  13-01-2026 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT BROWN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee will spend millions of dollars to cement control of voter registration efforts that have traditionally been entrusted to nonprofit advocacy groups and individual political campaigns, a shift that party leaders hope will increase their chances in this year’s midterm elections.
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Acen Jimenez, La Habra

  13-01-2026 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Acen Jimenez
  School: La Habra
  Sport: Basketball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: He scored 30 points in La Habra’s 69-56 victory over Crean Lutheran in a Crestview League game. He also scored 23 points in a loss to Cypress 64-55 in overtime. Jimenez, a 6-2 point guard, was All-Orange County first team as a junior and sophomore. He has committed to Dartmouth.
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• US carbon pollution rose in 2025. Experts blame cold winter, high natural gas prices, data centers

  13-01-2026 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a reversal from previous years’ pollution reductions, the United States spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before, researchers calculated in a study released Tuesday.
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• Disney turned down Tomorrowland makeover proposed for Disneyland, report says

  13-01-2026 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney accountants forced Walt Disney Imagineering to shelve a massive makeover of Disneyland’s Tomorrowland because the return on investment didn’t make financial sense, according to a new report.
  Disney executives turned down Imagineering proposals to refurbish Disneyland’s aging Tomorrowland, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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• Orange County girls basketball Top 25: JSerra still leads after narrow win

  13-01-2026 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls basketball rankings as of Tuesday, Jan. 13. The team records are through Monday, Jan. 12.
  Notable this week: JSerra remains No. 1 after rallying in the second half for a 75-73 victory against Flintridge Prep at the San Gabriel Valley Showcase. … Esperanza climbs three spots and returns to No. 7 following a 61-60 win against Troy at the Matson Classic. … Rosary (13-5)
  
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• Tensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off

  13-01-2026 17:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Days of demonstrations against immigration agents left Minnesota tense on Tuesday, a day after federal authorities used tear gas to break up crowds of whistle-blowing activists and state and local leaders sued to fight the enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman.
  Confrontations between federal agents and protesters stretched throughout the day and across multiple cities on Monday. Agen
  
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