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• Trump says Netflix deal to buy Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’ because of size of market share

  08-12-2025 14:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share.
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• Lakers’ Marcus Smart plans to return for NBA Cup matchup with Spurs

  09-12-2025 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Veteran reserve guard Marcus Smart practiced Tuesday and expects to make his return to the court in the Lakers’ NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena.
  “Back’s feeling good,” Smart said after Tuesday’s practice. “Felt good in practice. We did some tests, passed the tests. We’re gonna give it a shot [on Wednesday], see how it feels. But right now, I’m playing. Hopefully, c
  
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• OpenAI names Slack CEO Dresser as first chief of revenue as ChatGPT maker aims to make a profit

  09-12-2025 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI said Tuesday it has picked Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue, a message to wary investors that the ChatGPT maker is serious about making a profit from its artificial intelligence technology.
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• Justice Department challenges court order limiting access to evidence in Comey investigation

  09-12-2025 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday challenged a court order that complicated efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey by making a trove of evidence off-limits to prosecutors.
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• Cracker Barrel lowers revenue forecast as traffic falls after logo blowup

  09-12-2025 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEE-ANN DURBIN
  Cracker Barrel posted lower-than-expected sales in its fiscal first quarter and trimmed its revenue forecast for the year as it continued to feel the fallout from a botched plan to revamp its logo and restaurants.
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• Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt and a suspect in custody, officials say

  09-12-2025 23:01 via ocregister.com
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Police say a shooting at Kentucky State University has left one person dead and one in critical condition on Tuesday.
  A suspect was in custody, according to the governor’s office.
  Police in Frankfort said they were responding to an incident on the campus.
  “We will share more information as available,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in a post on X. “Law enforcement are on scene, and a suspect has been arrested. Let’s pray for all those affected.&r
  
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• Angels acquire 2B Vaughn Grissom from Red Sox

  09-12-2025 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — The Angels purchased another lottery ticket.
  The Angels swung a deal to get former top prospect Vaughn Grissom, an infielder whose status has fallen since disappointing performances with the Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox.
  The Angels sent Class-A outfielder Isaiah Jackson to Boston to complete the trade. Jackson was the Angels’ eighth-round pick last summer, and he’d played just 10 professional games, hitting .219.
  Grissom, who turns 25 next month, is out of
  
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• Shonique Williams, a criminal justice advocate, jumps into a House race to represent LA and Orange counties

  09-12-2025 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The race for California’s newly drawn 41st Congressional District is heating up, with another Democrat jumping into the race with a focus on housing and mental health services.
  Shonique Williams, 34, is a criminal justice advocate. Her platform includes proposing a mandatory cap on how much rent can be raised each year and an annual wage increase that would apply to businesses that employ a certain number of people, though she hasn’t decided what that figure should be just yet. She a
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Makhi Czaykowski, Beckman

  09-12-2025 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Makhi Czaykowski
  School: Beckman
  Sport: Football
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: Czaykowski rushed for 209 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries and had six receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown in the Patriots’ 46-40 win over Hillcrest in the CIF Southern California Regional Division 4-A championship game. Czaykowski (5-11, 200) also scored on a 2-point conversion run. For the season he has rushed for 1,845 yards and 22 touchdowns and has 51 r
  
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• Santa Margarita girls basketball rolling into Maya Enomoto showcase

  09-12-2025 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSanta Margarita’s girls basketball team is progressing quickly as another challenge awaits Saturday.
  The Eagles (7-2) enter a spotlight game against Sage Hill (5-4) in the Maya Enomoto Memorial Showcase at Esperanza High having won seven of their past eight games.
  Santa Margarita and Sage Hill tip off at 7 p.m. to conclude an eight-game showcase that honors the late OC Rhythm youth player who fought
  
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• Mexican president says Mexico will send more water to US but not immediately

  09-12-2025 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday her country intends to send more water to the United States but not immediately despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to raise tariffs by 5% on Mexican imports if more water is not delivered as part of a water-sharing agreement.
  Sheinbaum said Mexico is proposing a water delivery this month and another one in the coming years. The proposal will be discussed in a virtual meeting with U.S. officials Tuesday, she sai
  
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• Iain Douglas-Hamilton, British zoologist and Save the Elephants founder, dies at 83

  09-12-2025 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and ISABELLA O’MALLEY, Associated Press
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to protecting elephants, has died, his Save the Elephants group said Tuesday. He was 83.
  Douglas-Hamilton was known for decades of conservation work, which included pioneering trackers and collaring to protect elephants against poaching and the illegal ivory trade. He died on Monday in Kenya, the statement
  
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• Alexander: Chargers ‘superhero’ Justin Herbert sets the tone

  09-12-2025 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — There are few adjectives that Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh will spare in talking about Justin Herbert, especially in the aftermath of a week in which the quarterback treated hand surgery as a minor inconvenience.
  “He’s a superhero,” Harbaugh said Monday night after Herbert guided his team to a 22-19 overtime victory over Philadelphia. “He’s a competitive maniac. He was even stiff-arming guys with a broken hand, and he had surgery a week ago (and was
  
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• San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police

  09-12-2025 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old youth killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in the U.S.
  The settlement exceeds the $27 million the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay the family of George Floyd, whose May 2020 murder by a police officer who knelt on his neck sparked a nationwide racial reckoning.
  This photo, taken from a body-worn camera video, shows the moment before a San Diego Police Off
  
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• Bob Chesney speaks of UCLA football with conviction and promise

  09-12-2025 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — As Bob Chesney walked to the podium in the Luskin Hotel ballroom on UCLA’s campus, a Bruin-branded football rolled off the table in front of the 48-year-old as he whisked by.
  Chesney, introduced Tuesday morning as UCLA’s 20th head football coach, pointed at athletic director Martin Jarmond.
  “Ooh, that’s not good,” Chesney said, before laying down a joke.
  “That was you that fumbled it – not me,” he said.
  In years past, such a mom
  
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• Trump threatens funding for Chicago transit after woman set on fire

  09-12-2025 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train in November.
  Gov. JB Pritzker’s office said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Trump is politicizing “a heinous tragedy” while doing nothing to make Illinois communities safer.
  Federal Transit Authority Admin
  
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• UC Irvine names leader for the newly merged Langson Orange County Museum of Art

  09-12-2025 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Kathryn Kanjo wants to tell the story — ok, one story — of Orange County.
  That she wants to do that as part of her new job, as director of the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art, means she’ll be telling the story mostly via pictures and objects. It also means the story she’ll tell will center on the county’s environmental and physical transformation since the start of the last century.
  A lot of other Orange County plot points — surfing, the rise and
  
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• ​This Nashville-based trio just won The Voice’s ‘Mic Drop’ playoffs, and a spot in the Rose Parade

  09-12-2025 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Country-pop trio Dek of Hearts was announced winner of The Voice’s “Mic Drop” competition during its episode on Monday evening, Dec. 8.
  With the win, the trio will go on to perform at the 137th Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.The Nashville-based group consists of Dylan John, Emily Klapp and Kollin Bailey.
  This is the first year The Voice has featured the Mic Drop competition, where each of the show’s four hosts are given a “Mic Drop” button to use for a co
  
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• The Voice’s ‘Mic Drop’ ends with a winner, and a Rose Parade performer. Here’s who won

  09-12-2025 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Country-pop trio Dek of Hearts was announced winner of The Voice’s “Mic Drop” competition during its episode on Monday evening, Dec. 8.
  With the win, the trio will go on to perform at the 137th Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.
  The Nashville-based group consists of Dylan John, Emily Klapp and Kollin Bailey.
  This is the first year The Voice has featured the Mic Drop competition, where each of the show’s four hosts are given a “Mic Drop” button to use for a c
  
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• Trader Joe’s confirms Costa Mesa store debuts Thursday

  09-12-2025 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Trader Joe’s will open the doors of its second grocery store in Costa Mesa on Thursday, Dec. 11.
  On Tuesday, the Monrovia grocery chain confirmed the opening day, indicating Store 290 at 2170 Harbor Blvd. — where it meets and Victoria Street — will open at 9 a.m. The company will host a short ribbon-cutting in the minutes before with store “captain” Christopher Kelly and his “crew.”
  The 9,541-square-foot Trader Joe’s claimed part of a shuttered 99
  
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• How a rare drug made from scientists’ blood saves babies from botulism

  09-12-2025 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONEL ALECCIA, Associated Press
  When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of the disease, never mind the rare and costly treatment that likely saved the newborn’s life.
  Now, however, Tony Barbera is deeply grateful for BabyBIG, the sole antidote to the paralyzing and potentially deadly illnesses linked to contaminated ByHeart infant formula.
  “It is hugely remarkable,” said Barbera, 35, whose son i
  
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• Latest Rose Parade coverage

  09-12-2025 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Here is the latest coverage on the Rose Parade.
  
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• Disneyland moves Celebrate Gospel to Downtown Disney in 2026

  09-12-2025 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A gospel tradition featuring Southern California choirs that goes back more than a decade at Disneyland will move to Downtown Disney in February as the Anaheim theme park resort celebrates Black History Month.
  The Celebrate Gospel music showcase featuring award-winning recording artists and Southern California community choirs will run on Feb. 20-21 and Feb. 27-28.
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• Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, a major increase

  09-12-2025 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By THALIA BEATY, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years.
  Writing in an essay on her website, Scott said, “This dollar total will likely be reported in the news, but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal expressions of care being shared into communities this year.”
  Scott acknowle
  
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• Chargers review: Jim Harbaugh coaching, talking a pretty good game

  09-12-2025 20:40 via ocregister.com
  
  What seemed improbable suddenly seems probable. All it took was for the Chargers to rally for a 22-19 overtime victory Monday night over the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to make their five-game stretch run seem slightly less daunting in the clear light of day.
  Here’s what we learned, what we heard and, most importantly, what comes next after a victory that almost defied belief, providing another reason why the Chargers might navigate the most difficult part of their schedule and
  
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• Congressional lawmakers hear from Navy admiral overseeing boat strikes

  09-12-2025 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela spoke to key lawmakers Tuesday as Congress seeks more answers on President Donald Trump’s mission, which, in one instance, killed two survivors clinging to the wreckage of an initial strike.
  The classified video call between Adm. Alvin Holsey, who will be retiring from U.S. South Comm
  
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• FBI adds true crime TV producer to Most Wanted list for loan fraud tied to phony heiress story

  09-12-2025 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former head of a California company that produced true crime TV shows has been added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list, years after being charged with portraying herself as an heiress to get millions of dollars from lenders.
  Mary Carole McDonnell, 73, is believed to be in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the FBI said on Dec. 5.
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• Hamas calls for more international pressure on Israel before ceasefire’s next phase

  09-12-2025 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEGAN JANETSKY and JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas on Tuesday called for more international pressure on Israel before the group moves forward with the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, with a Hamas leader saying it wants Israel to open a key border crossing, cease deadly strikes and allow more aid into the strip devastated by the two-year war.
  The demand came as Israel’s government says it is ready to move into the next and more complicated phase of U.S.
  
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• Are radar guns legal in California? Ask the Lawyer

  09-12-2025 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I was pulled over on the highway, and the officer said his radar showed me at 25 miles above the posted speed limit. He came out of nowhere, and I question the legitimacy of what he said. Is that radar gun legal here?
  S.J., Anaheim Hills
  Ron Sokol
  A: A radar gun utilizes radio waves to measure the speed of vehicles within its range. Another speed detective device, referred to as Lidar (laser), utilizes a beam of light to measure the speed of a specific vehicle. Both are legal here. There
  
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• What to know about the massive defense bill that seeks release of boat strike videos and more

  09-12-2025 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By BEN FINLEY and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote this week on a bill authorizing $900 billion for military programs, including boosting pay for service members, cutting Pentagon diversity efforts and requiring footage to be released of forces blowing up alleged drug boats.
  The National Defense Authorization Act is traditionally a strong bipartisan bill that lays out the nation’s defense policies. But it’s coming up for a vote as
  
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