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• Thousands protest at LAX

  29-01-2017 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A sea of passionate protesters marched, waved signs and staged sit-ins Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport, demanding President Donald Trump lift his executive order affecting refugees and certain visitors from seven Muslim-majority...
  
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• Unemployed donkeys are the key to this 7-hour communal gaming experience

  29-01-2026 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Playing video games is nothing new. Playing video games with other players is pretty common too. But doing it in real life, as a seven-hour group experience that’s meant to be a theatrical endurance game, well, that’s where the unemployed donkeys trot in.
  Asses.masses, a long-running theatrical video game project that lets audiences use a single controller to play the game as a collective, is coming to CAP UCLA’s Nimoy Theater on Feb. 7 when about 300 people will gather to play
  
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• Rocket Cos. accused of mortgage steering

  29-01-2026 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alexis Weisend | The Seattle Times
  Rocket Cos., which acquired Seattle-based Redfin last year, allegedly pressured agents to steer buyers toward its loans — even if the loan terms were unfavorable for their clients, a lawsuit claims.
  In the lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, three homeowners from Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania accuse the Detroit-based homeownership services company of scheming to funnel homebuyers into its mor
  
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• A new California law requires deed notifications to combat property fraud

  29-01-2026 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Why would someone want to steal your property title?
  The answer is simple: financial gain.
  Someone with a stolen title might attempt to take a loan out against your property or even sell the home and collect the cash. Or the thief might pose as a landlord, attempting to get unsuspecting renters to cough up rent and a month of security deposit.
  Also see: Has California housing become a buyer’s market?
  Title theft or fraud can threaten an owner’s actual ownership of property and t
  
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• Here’s when you’ll get your tax refund from the IRS

  29-01-2026 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By CORA LEWIS, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tax filing season is underway, and the IRS expects 164 million people will file returns by April 15.
  The average refund last year was $3,167. This year, analysts have projected it could be $1,000 higher, thanks to changes in tax law. More than 165 million individual income tax returns were processed last year, with 94% submitted electronically.
  People with straightforward returns should not encounter delays, but because of an exodus of IRS wo
  
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• Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week during brutal cold spell

  29-01-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI and SUSIE BLANN
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures.
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• Drummond: PYLUSD’s new opt-out policy for personal beliefs, experiences takes effect

  29-01-2026 18:28 via ocregister.com
  A new policy allowing parents and guardians to opt out of instruction, an assignment or activity that might adversely impact “deeply held personal beliefs or personal experiences” took effect this month in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.
  The policy adds another dimension to a previously adopted policy allowing exemptions for religious reasons.
  The district’s trustees approved a first reading of the policy in November and a second reading in December, both on
  
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• Santa Ana Police Oversight Commission given repreive by council considering changes to its authority

  29-01-2026 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana City Council, which has been considering revising its Police Oversight Commission’s purview, will give the group that got off to a slow start some time to settle into its role before any major changes are discussed.
  Though the commission was established in 2022, it took a while for the council to appoint its members and to staff its director position. Commissioners only recently began carrying out key duties after significant setbacks.
  “Let’s see what the commissi
  
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• Israel returns Palestinian bodies, official says, marking last exchange between Israel and Hamas

  29-01-2026 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA and TOQA EZZIDIN
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel turned over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Thursday, just days after recovering the remains of the last Israeli hostage, a Gaza Health Ministry official said.
  Related Articles Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week during brutal cold spell Trump says he’s instructed US officials to reopen Venezuelan airspace for commercial travel Starmer and Xi call for deeper UK-China ties as Trump shakes up
  
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• One of snowboarding’s most valuable skills is also one of its most underappreciated

  29-01-2026 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press National Writer
  In Shaun White’s early days riding snowboards, the sport was so new that his mom was still getting the hang of things after a lifetime of skiing.
  Related Articles Erin Jackson does not want to be the only Black woman to win Winter Olympics individual gold With history already made, Jessie Diggins opens her final Olympic chapter with momentum Maxim Naumov heads to Olympics, hoping to honor his parents and the others killed in airline crash It
  
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• Some blind fans to experience Super Bowl with tactile device that tracks ball

  29-01-2026 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
  Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio.
  The NFL teamed up with OneCourt and Ticketmaster to pilot the game-enhancing experience 15 times during the regular-season during games hosted by the Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings.
  About 10 blind and low-vision fans wi
  
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• US life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says

  29-01-2026 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history.
  It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the nation’s top killers, including heart disease, cancer and drug overdoses.
  What’s more, preliminary statistics suggest a continued improvement in 2025.
  “It’s pretty much good news all the way around,” said R
  
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• Former ICE spokesman: Agency encouraged Trump propaganda more than facts

  29-01-2026 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Richard Beam said he always knew working at ICE would be a contentious and, at times, controversial position. But he believed in the mission, and in his job to inform the public about the agency – by telling the truth, he said.
  He remembered that all changed one day in 2025.
  Beam was working in a cubicle at ICE’s Santa Ana field office when he hopped on a routine weekly call with colleagues and supervisors, he said. The group would go over best practices in their public affairs work,
  
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• Average US long-term mortgage rate ticks higher, holding near lowest point in more than 3 years

  29-01-2026 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press
  The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged up for the second week in a row, but remains just above its lowest level in more than three years.
  The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.1% from 6.09% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the rate averaged 6.95%.
  Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also rose this week. That average rate inched up to 5.49
  
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• Erin Jackson does not want to be the only Black woman to win Winter Olympics individual gold

  29-01-2026 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP National Writer
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — When American speedskater Erin Jackson won the 500 meters at the Beijing Games four years ago, she knew, of course, that it was her first Olympic medal. She also was aware that it had been a while — 28 years, to be exact — since a woman from the U.S. finished first in that event.
  What she had no idea about until days later: Jackson was the first Black woman, from any country, to claim an individual gold medal, in any sport
  
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• Knott’s Peanuts Celebration returns with a new musical show

  29-01-2026 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Snoopy, Charlie Brown and their comic strip pals will once again take over Knott’s Berry Farm during a Peanuts festival featuring a new live musical show aboard the Knott’s Express Trolley that will travel throughout the Buena Park theme park.
  The 2026 Knott’s Peanuts Celebration will run on weekends and holidays from Saturday, Jan. 31 through Feb. 22 with stage shows, character meet-and-greets, themed food and specialty merchandise.
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• Trump says he’s instructed US officials to reopen Venezuelan airspace for commercial travel

  29-01-2026 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has informed Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez that he’s going to be opening up all commercial airspace over Venezuela and Americans will soon be able to visit.
  Trump said Thursday he instructed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and U.S. military leaders to open up the airspace by the end of the day.
  The Republican president says, “American citizens will be very shortly able to go to Venezuela, and they’ll be
  
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• Trump eyes basing his new Board of Peace at a Washington building in legal limbo

  29-01-2026 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is looking at basing the new Board of Peace, which is tied to both the Gaza ceasefire and larger international ambitions, in the Washington building that formerly housed the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to four administration officials.
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• Melania Trump’s documentary premieres at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release

  29-01-2026 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is capping her first year back as first lady with the global release of a documentary she produced about the 20 days leading up to husband Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
  “Melania” will premiere Thursday at the Kennedy Center, where the Trumps are expected to walk the red carpet before the film opens in theaters worldwide Friday. They hosted a similar viewing at the White House last Saturday
  
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• Starmer and Xi call for deeper UK-China ties as Trump shakes up global relations

  29-01-2026 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN MORITSUGU and JILL LAWLESS
  BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Britain and China called Thursday for a “strategic partnership” to deepen ties between their nations at a time of growing global turbulence as they sought to thaw relations after years of chill.
  Neither Prime Minister Keir Starmer nor President Xi Jinping publicly mentioned Donald Trump, but the U.S. president’s challenge to the post-Cold War order was clearly on their minds.
  “In the current turbulent a
  
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• MAP: Where to watch Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX ‘Benito Bowl’ halftime show in SoCal

  29-01-2026 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny had been coming off an extremely successful residency in his home country when he decided his world tour wouldn’t include the U.S. That is, until he was offered a headlining slot on one of the world’s biggest stages: the Super Bowl LX halftime show.
  “What I’m feeling goes beyond myself. It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown… this is for my people, my culture and our his
  
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• Climate change worsened rains and floods which killed dozens in southern Africa, study shows

  29-01-2026 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Human-caused climate change worsened recent torrential rains and floods that devastated parts of southern Africa, killing more than 100 people and displacing hundreds of thousands, researchers said Thursday.
  A study by the World Weather Attribution, which analyzed the recent heavy rainfalls that caused severe flooding in parts of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, showed that the region experienced a year’s worth of rain in a period of 10 d
  
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• Kennedy Center’s head of artistic programming steps down 2 weeks after taking the job

  29-01-2026 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN SLOAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center abruptly stepped away from his post less than two weeks after he was named to the job in the latest sign of turmoil at the iconic performing arts venue.
  The Kennedy Center announced in a Jan. 16 press release that Kevin Couch would join the venue as senior vice president of artistic programming. But he confirmed in an email on Thursday that he resigned from the role on Wednesday witho
  
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• US says aid will resume while Somali officials deny causing disruption leading to suspension

  29-01-2026 17:16 via ocregister.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States on Wednesday said it would lift a suspension of aid to Somalia after claiming authorities in the East African nation had taken responsibility for actions earlier this month that disrupted aid operations.
  Despite the U.S. statement that Somalia had acknowledged accountability for the disruption of World Food Program aid at the Port of Mogadishu that led to the suspension, the Somali government did not confirm the claim on Wednesday or immediately resp
  
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• A former Illinois deputy is sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey

  29-01-2026 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN O’CONNOR, Associated Press
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home.
  Sean Grayson, 31, was convicted in October. Grayson, who is white, could be sentenced to as much as 20 years in prison but also is eligible for probation. He has been incarcerated since he was charged in the k
  
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• Situation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages

  29-01-2026 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIE BATES, JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi dispatchers are fielding desperate calls for medication or oxygen from people stuck in their homes. Troopers in Tennessee are fanning out for welfare checks on those who haven’t been heard from in days. And in at least one rural area, officials have resorted to using trucks typically used for battling wildfires to transport patients to hospitals.
  It could be days before power is restored a
  
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• Crews race to restore power, open roads as the US South braces for another blast of dangerous cold

  29-01-2026 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIE BATES, JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi dispatched 500 National Guard troops to clear roads blocked by fallen trees and Tennessee had nearly 1,000 linemen scrambling to restore power to thousands of Nashville homes as the Southern states raced to recover from a crippling winter storm before another blast of dangerous cold hits Friday.
  The National Weather Service said arctic air moving into the Southeast will cause already f
  
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• Anaheim woman, accused of decapitating her boyfriend, is brought back from Mexico

  29-01-2026 17:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A 23-year-old Anaheim woman who fled to Mexico after she allegedly decapitated her 55-year-old boyfriend last year was extradited back to Orange County, authorities said.
  Ashley Marie Lira will make her first court appearance in Fullerton on Feb. 13, when she may enter a plea, said Kimberly Edds, an Orange County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman. Charged with murder, Lira faces a maximum sentence of 26 years to life if convicted.
  The type of weapon used was not known, Edds said.
  On A
  
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• A shadow network in Minneapolis defies ICE and protects immigrants

  29-01-2026 17:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM SULLIVAN, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — If there’s been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it’s the shrieking whistles and honking horns of thousands of people following immigration agents across the city.
  They are the ever-moving shadow of the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge.
  They are teachers, scientists and stay-at-home parents. They own small businesses and wait tables. Their network is sprawling, often anonymous and with fe
  
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• Man shot, killed by Santa Ana police after reaching for gun he dropped, authorities say

  29-01-2026 16:32 via ocregister.com
  
  An 18-year-old man was shot and killed by a Santa Ana police officer Wednesday night, Jan. 28, after getting out of his car at the end of a brief pursuit and reaching down to pick up a gun he had dropped, authorities said.
  The teenager’s 19-year-old girlfriend and their 1-year-old child were in the car, but were not injured, said Officer Natalie Garcia, a Santa Ana police spokeswoman.
  About 10:30 p.m., an officer attempted to stop the man’s car in the downtown Santa Ana, Garcia said.
  
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