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• Tax vote issue gets cloudier

  12-09-2019 15:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The state Supreme Court stirred up a legal hornet’s nest two years ago when it suggested — but didn’t explicitly declare — that a two-thirds vote requirement for specific local tax increases might not apply to measures placed on the ballot via initiative petition.
  The supermajority vote requirement dates back to Proposition 13, the iconic property tax limitation adopted in 1978.
  Proposition 13 said that while general use tax increases sought by local governments — s
  
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• Tremors from the Epstein files rattle the age-old foundations of Britain’s House of Lords

  18-02-2026 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON (AP) — Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of Britain’s House of Lords.
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• Quirky curling has turned into a betting magnet at the Milan Cortina Olympics

  18-02-2026 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN MAGUIRE, AP Sports Writer
  MILAN (AP) — Hockey is the top Winter Games sport among gamblers, but curling with its sliding stones, spirited sweeping and cheating allegations has surprised oddsmakers.
  Bettors are showing significant interest in the quirky sport, which piques viewers’ curiosity every four years at the Winter Olympics.
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• UN Security Council to hold high-level meeting on Gaza before Trump’s Board of Peace convenes

  18-02-2026 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By FARNOUSH AMIRI and EDITH M. LEDERER
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to hold a high-level meeting Wednesday on the Gaza ceasefire deal and Israel’s efforts to expand control in the West Bank before world leaders head to Washington to discuss the future of the Palestinian territories at the
  first gathering of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
  The U.N. session in New York was originally scheduled for Thursday but was moved up after Trump announced
  
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• UK police band together to assess Epstein revelations as scandal rocks royals and politics

  18-02-2026 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By DANICA KIRKA
  LONDON (AP) — British police forces are working together to assess potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including allegations of wrongdoing by the former Prince Andrew.
  The National Police Chiefs’ Council, which brings together police leaders from across the U.K., said on Wednesday that it had set up a national coordination group to support forces looking into iss
  
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• Brazilian snowboarder Pat Burgener’s Olympic journey spans the mountains to music

  18-02-2026 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICCOLÒ LUPONE and STEFANIE DAZIO
  MILAN (AP) — Brazilian snowboarder Pat Burgener feels complete when he combines his love of the halfpipe with his passion for music.
  The 31-year-old competed for Switzerland, where he was born and raised, in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games as well as the 2022 Beijing Olympics. His mother was born in Lebanon but grew up in Brazil, and Burgener has wanted to join their squad since the country hosted the all-Brazil FIFA Club World Championship in 2000.
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• Southern California pay raises shrink to 5-year low

  18-02-2026 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s another reason folks are feeling grumpy about their finances these days: Southern California wage growth hit a five-year low as 2025 ended.
  My trusty spreadsheet looked at the Employment Cost Index for private-industry workers for the fourth quarter of 2025. This index tracks what bosses pay in wages and salaries across 15 major U.S. job markets, including a local area comprising Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
  This math shows that the typic
  
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• US hockey’s Hilary Knight and speedskater Brittany Bowe post video of their engagement at Olympics

  18-02-2026 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN WAWROW, AP Hockey Writer
  MILAN (AP) — A medal isn’t the only keepsake Hilary Knight is bringing back from the Milan Cortina Games.
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• Hollywood Bowl’s summer shows include Foo Fighters with Gustavo Dudamel, more

  18-02-2026 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gustavo Dudamel, the beloved conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, returns to the Hollywood Bowl for his final summer season with a run of shows in August, including one that pairs Dudamel and the orchestra with Los Angeles’ hometown hard-rockers the Foo Fighters.
  The Hollywood Bowl 2026 season announced Wednesday includes the usual eclectic mix of symphonies and rock bands, jazz nights and film music. But the Celebrating Gustavo shows are sure to be highlights before Dudamel packs hi
  
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• Following Trump’s lead, some GOP states seek to limit environmental regulations

  18-02-2026 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By KIM CHANDLER
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Some Republican legislators are looking to restrict their state’s ability to set environmental regulations, a move that comes as President Donald Trump ’s administration pushes to roll back environmental rules on power plants, water and greenhouse gases.
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• We Are Ocean founder Jack Shimko remembered for giving those with cancer connection with the water, others

  18-02-2026 16:48 via ocregister.com
  
  It was in the ocean that Jack Shimko was most at peace.
  The sea was where he embarked on long paddles following his Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis in 2009, intent on helping to raise funds for cancer research. The salt water is where he knew others could find solace during their own cancer battles by getting outdoors to connect with nature as a means of therapy while facing an uncertain future.
  Newport Beach paddler Jack Shimko created the nonprofit We Are Ocean. Though Shimko had his own he
  
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• How ‘Survivor 50’ got Benjamin ‘Coach’ Wade and Jenna Lewis-Dougherty back

  18-02-2026 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When Jenna Lewis-Dougherty stepped onto the beach in Fiji where the 50th season of “Survivor” was about to begin, it felt surreal, she says.
  And why wouldn’t it? Jenna, who was 22 when she appeared on the show’s first season, “Survivor: Borneo” in 2000, had no idea how much the game had changed over the years leading up to “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans.”
  “There’s a picture of us all sitting on this big boat,” says Jenna,
  
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• Trump administration appeals order to restore George Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia

  18-02-2026 16:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARYCLAIRE DALE
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s order to restore a Philadelphia exhibit on the nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former home on Independence Mall.
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• Former army chief seen as Zelenskyy’s top rival reveals to AP a rift between them

  18-02-2026 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAMYA KULLAB and SUSIE BLANN
  LONDON (AP) — Ever since he was ousted as the head of Ukraine’s army in 2024 and appointed as the country’s ambassador to Britain, Valerii Zaluzhnyi has widely been seen as the top political rival to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  Zaluzhnyi, 52, refuses to discuss his political ambitions, saying he doesn’t want to risk harming national unity during a war with Russia that is approaching its fourth anniversary. Yet in a sign of his possible d
  
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• If exercise can make you feel good, why do so many people hate doing it?

  18-02-2026 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The evidence is clear: Exercise has mental health benefits, although studies have come to different conclusions about how large it might be.
  And yet, when February rolls around again, the gyms suddenly aren’t so crowded as New Year’s resolutions lose their shine. Nationwide, only about 30% of people meet the federal guidelines for physical activity, and even in famously outdoorsy Colorado, just 35% do.
  So if exercise gets the endorphins flowing and gives a quick mood boost,
  
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• What is money dysmorphia? When money never feels like enough

  18-02-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kate Ashford, NerdWallet
  Have you ever felt stressed about your finances even though, objectively, you’re doing pretty well?
  Money dysmorphia is a disconnect between how you feel about your finances and what the numbers actually say. It’s not about income — it’s about believing you’re not OK financially even when, realistically, you are.
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• Frumpy Mom: Why opera is actually not boring. No, it really isn’t.

  18-02-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I recently went to an opera in Vienna, which I mention just so you can be impressed by my extreme culture and breeding. Just kidding, we did go to the opera but we had obstructed view seats due to my extreme cheaposity. This meant that we only saw part of the stage — the part that cost 16 Euros per ticket.
  Grand opera can be enormously expensive if you buy tickets that actually allow you to see the people on the stage, but I’ve never done this, due to my incurable belief that cheaper
  
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• Moderna says the FDA will consider its new flu shot after resolving a public dispute

  18-02-2026 15:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration will consider whether to approve Moderna’s new flu vaccine after all, resolving a dispute that had blocked the company’s application for the first-of-its-kind shot.
  Moderna announced the change Wednesday, about a week after revealing that the FDA’s vaccine chief was refusing to review the new vaccine, made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology.
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• Laguna Beach council directs staff to draft simple charter focused on key issues

  18-02-2026 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Councilmembers have asked city staffers to put together a draft that could potentially be put to voters in November, turning Laguna Beach into a charter city.
  The elected leaders opted to take the next step in exploring whether Laguna Beach, now a general law city, should join Orange County’s 10 other charter cities, which officials said could provide more tools and greater control over local challenges to improve residents’ quality of life.
  As a charter city, Laguna Beach would oper
  
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• Louvre official says fraud ‘inevitable’ at large museums as France probes multimillion dollar scheme

  18-02-2026 15:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By THOMAS ADAMSON
  PARIS (AP) — For the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, it is “statistically inevitable” that fraud would come up at some point, the museum’s No. 2 said in the wake of a decade-long, $11.8 million suspected ticket-fraud scheme revealed last week.
  Kim Pham, the Louvre’s general administrator, told The Associated Press that the museum’s unique scale makes it particularly vulnerable. However, pressed to name other institutions with s
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin reclaims Olympic gold

  18-02-2026 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN — Mikaela Shiffrin redefined her Olympic legacy Wednesday morning by reclaiming the slalom gold medal she won in 2014 and 2018 but lost in a disastrous Beijing Games four years.
  Skiing on the same mountain where she crashed less than a month ago, putting her participation in the Milano Cortina Olympic Games in question, further solidified her position as the greatest Alpine skier in history, winning the gold medal by a massive 1.50 seconds over silver medalist Camille Rast of Switzer
  
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• Russia hosts Cuban foreign minister and urges US not to blockade Cuba

  18-02-2026 15:07 via ocregister.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Cuban foreign minister visited Moscow on Wednesday as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a U.S oil embargo.
  Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and was set to meet later in the day with President Vladimir Putin.
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• Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

  18-02-2026 14:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging its determination last week that revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
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• US star Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom to break 8-year Olympic drought

  18-02-2026 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin’s eight-year Olympic medal drought is over.
  The American skiing standout put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom at the Winter Games on Wednesday by 1.50 seconds.
  United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin, center, winner of an alpine ski, women’s slalom race, celebrates with second-placed Switzerland’s Camille Rast, left, and third-placed Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson, at the 2026 Winter Oly
  
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• World shares, US futures gain as most Asian markets stay closed for Lunar New Year holidays

  18-02-2026 14:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELAINE KURTENBACH
  Shares in Europe and Asia were higher on Wednesday, with Japan’s benchmark gaining more than 1% after a quiet finish for U.S. stocks.
  Germany’s DAX rose 0.6% to 25,137.90, while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.2% higher to 8,379.68. Britain’s FTSE 100 added 0.6% to 10,622.73.
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• Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial

  18-02-2026 14:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta’s platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
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• Billionaire Les Wexner to be deposed in congressional probe of Epstein files

  18-02-2026 14:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIE CARR SMYTH
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Les Wexner’s long-time friendship with Jeffrey Epstein will be the subject of a closed-door congressional deposition in Ohio on Wednesday, where the billionaire retail magnate is expected to face questions about new revelations contained in the latest release of Justice Department documents related to the late sexual predator.
  Wexner, 88, the retired founder of L Brands, has said he plans to cooperate with a subpoena from Democrats on the Hou
  
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• Envoys signal no breakthrough on bridging Russia and Ukraine’s political and military differences

  18-02-2026 13:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMEY KEATEN and ILLIA NOVIKOV
  GENEVA (AP) — The latest U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine ended Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough and with both sides saying the talks were “difficult,” as the war’s fourth anniversary approaches next week.
  The negotiations in Switzerland were the third round of direct talks organized by the U.S., after meetings earlier this year in Abu Dhabi that officials desc
  
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• Many Democrats are still down on the Democrats, a new AP-NORC poll finds

  18-02-2026 13:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINLEY SANDERS
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic candidates have notched a series of wins in recent special elections — but a new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since President Donald Trump’s victory in 2024.
  Only about 7 in 10 Democrats have a positive view of the Democratic Party, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. While the overwhelming majority of Dem
  
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• Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn’t backing down from public dispute with CBS bosses

  18-02-2026 13:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER
  Stephen Colbert isn’t backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at CBS over what he can air on his late-night talk show.
  On “The Late Show” Tuesday, Colbert said he was surprised by a statement from CBS denying that its lawyers told him he couldn’t show an interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico — which the host said had happened the night before.
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