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• Status Update: Frolic with cats at this Tustin cafe; Trader Joe’s nearly ready in Costa Mesa

  08-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Fluffy Tail Cafe in Tustin is providing a temporary home to 16 cats under 7 months of age that were fostered by rescue partner Tiny Paws & Whiskers, also in Tustin. The cafe address is 13562 Newport Ave. (Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  At the Fluffy Tail Cafe in Tustin, one of the kittens available for adoption waits for a customer to join her on a cat lounge. The cafe is providing a temporary home to 16 cats under 7 months of age that were fostered by rescue partner Tiny P
  
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• Germany summons Russian ambassador over alleged sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference

  12-12-2025 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and STEFANIE DAZIO
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador Friday following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference, an official said.
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• Watch: Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane’s tail in Australia

  12-12-2025 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROD McGUIRK
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver’s parachute becoming entangled on an airplane’s tail, leaving him dangling at 4,500 meters (15,000 feet.)
  The skydiver, Adrian Ferguson, used a hook knife to cut himself free and sustained minor leg injuries during the incident on Sept. 20 that began at Tully Airport in Queensland state. The pilot and 16 other parachutists on board the Cessna Caravan t
  
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• ‘Blood surrounding him’: Report details horrific Epic Universe death

  12-12-2025 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Stardust Racers roller coaster sped downward in the first descent of a mid-September ride, Kevin Rodriguez Zavala was flung forward, his head slamming into the seat in front of him repeatedly. Blood from his wounds splattered his girlfriend, who tried to hold him back while screaming for help.
  Dr. Anna Marshall, a vacationing medical doctor standing in line to board the Epic Universe ride, said that when the coaster returned and stopped, she heard someone screaming and ran to help. The ri
  
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• Justice Department sues 4 more states for access to detailed voter data

  12-12-2025 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press
  The U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country.
  The department filed federal lawsuits against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Nevada on Thursday for “failing to produce statewide voter registration lists upon request.” So far, 18 states have been sued, along with Fulton County in Georgia, which was sued for records related to the 2020 e
  
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• Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn’t be allowed

  12-12-2025 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM REYNOLDS
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Russian athletes have told the International Luge Federation that they obtained visas and are coming to the U.S. for a World Cup race next weekend, a move that Ukrainian athletes believe is simply unfair.
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• UCLA promotes Gof Boyoko to women’s soccer head coach

  12-12-2025 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA promoted from within to replace Margueritte Bates (Aozasa), who left Westwood to become Texas’ women’s soccer head coach two weeks ago.
  Gof Boyoko, who served under Bates for her four seasons as head coach, including the Bruins’ 2022 national championship, is the seventh head coach in program history, UCLA announced Friday morning.
  “Through his four years on staff here, Gof has made a big impact on the program and on the student-athletes,” said athletic directo
  
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• Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

  12-12-2025 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday.
  A foundation in her name said she was detained in Mashhad, some 680 kilometers (420 miles) northeast of the capital, Tehran, while attending a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under unclear circumstances.
  A local official reportedly acknowledged arrests had been made, but did not directly name Mohammadi, 53. It wasn’t clea
  
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• Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country’s ties with the West

  12-12-2025 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press
  Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West.
  Lukashenko met with President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, according to state news agency Belta and the presidential press service. The press service said the talks would continue Saturday.
  The last time U.S. officials met with Lu
  
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• Cut off by their banks and even iced out by Alexa, sanctioned ICC staffers remain resolute

  12-12-2025 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MOLLY QUELL
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are trying to live and work under the same U.S. financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden.
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• Plan-switching, sign-up impersonations: Obamacare enrollment fraud persists

  12-12-2025 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News
  Florida resident Keith Jones says his Affordable Care Act insurance plan was changed multiple times this year without his permission. Now the 52-year-old is struggling with his health problems while facing large premium bills he says he shouldn’t owe.
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• Justice Department asks appeals court to block judge’s contempt inquiry in mass deportation case

  12-12-2025 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
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• Efforts to require Asian American history in schools after anti-Asian hate starting to pay off

  12-12-2025 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By TERRY TANG
  When high school students in the West Hartford Public Schools district study World War II in the coming year, they will learn about more than just the typical hallmarks like Japanese American detention camps. They will also hear about Sadao Munemori, a soldier who died protecting comrades from a grenade. The 22-year-old posthumously became the first Japanese American awarded the Medal of Honor.
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• Because of redistricting, Paula Swift is now running for a California Legislature seat

  12-12-2025 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  A Proposition 50 shakeup is having an impact on a California Legislature race: Paula Swift has abandoned her congressional race to instead vie for an Assembly seat in 2026.
  Swift, who owns a consulting business, is now vying for California’s 70th Assembly District, an Orange County district that includes communities in Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos and Westminster. It’s represented now by Assemblymember Tri Ta, R-Westminster, who is running for reelection next year.
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• Somali flag flown outside Vermont school building over Trump ‘garbage’ slur brings threats

  12-12-2025 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By AMANDA SWINHART and MARK SCOLFORO
  WINOOSKI, Vt. (AP) — A small school district in Vermont was hit with racist and threatening calls and messages after a Somali flag was put up a week ago in response to President Donald Trump referring to Minnesota’s Somali community as “ garbage.”
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• Ford turns to stepped-up tech and cooperation with police to thwart F-150 pickup thieves

  12-12-2025 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By COREY WILLIAMS
  DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat the ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal.
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• Mall dining: The ultimate guide to eating at Fashion Island

  12-12-2025 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  If South Coast Plaza is the enclosed giant of Orange County retail luxury, Fashion Island is its breezy, open-air counterpart. The nearly 60-year-old mall defines the Newport Beach vibe — and tax bracket — through its manicured environment, ocean views, fountains aplenty and famous koi pond.
  Fitting for one of the wealthiest retail hubs in Southern California, the dining scene here is designed to match that upscale, outdoor energy. Here, the patio seating can be just as important as
  
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• EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can’t veto their use for Ukraine

  12-12-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By LORNE COOK
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.
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• Sherrone Moore charged with stalking, home invasion after being fired as Michigan football coach

  12-12-2025 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sherrone Moore, who was abruptly fired this week as Michigan football coach, was charged Friday with three crimes including home invasion and stalking a person he had dated, prosecutors said.
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• CIF State football finals: Santa Margarita vs. De La Salle, Open Division

  12-12-2025 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCIF STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Santa Margarita (10-3) vs. De La Salle (12-0)
  Where, when: Saddleback College, Saturday, 8 p.m.
  TV: Spectrum News
  Live coverage: NFHS Network (stream)
  Tickets: $6.25-$16.75 at gofan.co
  Parking: $5
  Outlook: Santa Margarita rolls into its first state final since capturing Division I in 2011. Under first-year coach and Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer, the Ea
  
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• Trent Mosley’s talent, determination lift Santa Margarita football to new heights

  12-12-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAs an eighth grader in the winter of 2022, Trent Mosley was mentioned as an intriguing sidenote in a major transfer story in Orange County high school football.
  It was reported that Mosley’s brother Emmett had transferred to Santa Margarita from Servite. The story noted that Emmett had a younger brother, Trent, who was also a football player.
  As a touted wide receiver with the O.C. Buckeyes youth pr
  
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• Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, Trump says

  12-12-2025 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year.
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• What’s in a name? Check out the origin stories for five OC spots

  12-12-2025 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Every name tells a story.
  Throughout Orange County, place names pay homage to people, geography and even local lore.
  There are the namesakes that are well known, such as the famous surf break, the Wedge, named because of how the wave refracts off the rock jetties and meets up with another wave, forming a “wedge.”
  And just how holy was Holy Jim? Well, let’s just say Jim Smith was first dubbed Cussin’ Jim in the 1880s before his name evolved to “Holy Jim,” a who
  
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• UCLA gymnastics team still strong with a new look

  12-12-2025 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Welcome to senior-season Jordan Chiles – and an upcoming season where a new-look UCLA gymnastic team greets a potentially impactful freshman class.
  Following a 2025 campaign, in which now-fourth-year coach Janelle McDonald led the Bruins to her best finish as runner-up to Oklahoma by four-tenths in the national championship – UCLA has to replace longtime veterans Chae Campbell, Emma Malabuyo (now a graduate student assistant coach) and Emily Lee.
  Six incoming freshmen – three o
  
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• Trump administration says sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image

  12-12-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEG KINNARD
  The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services.
  Department of Justice attorneys haven’t elaborated on how doing so might hamper the portrayal President Donald Trump seeks to present to
  
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• Admiral hands over leadership of command overseeing the Trump administration’s boat strikes

  12-12-2025 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America handed off command responsibilities Friday as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region.
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• What to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated

  12-12-2025 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER SMITH
  Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra.
  In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication.” The holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem nearly 2,200 years ago after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from oc
  
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• Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project

  12-12-2025 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
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• Trump sued by preservationists seeking architecture review over White House ballroom project

  12-12-2025 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
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• HOA Homefront: 4 new laws from Sacramento in 2025

  12-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  2025 brought HOAs four new bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, one which took effect July 1, and three that start Jan. 1.
  Assembly Bill 130
  The first 2025 bill affecting California HOAs was AB 130, a major housing bill that until the last moment had nothing to do with HOAs.
  However, one business day before the bill was to be approved on the Senate and House floors, Sen. Aisha Wahab on June 27 was able to slip into the bill major changes in HOA disciplinary process.
  The bill was signed by the gove
  
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