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• USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach’s sexual abuse, lawsuits allege

  01-12-2025 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging they failed to stop Sean Gardner from preying on girls despite repeated complaints about the coach’s behavior.
  The lawsuits allege USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were told about “inappropriate and abusive behaviors” in December 2017, includin
  
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• Supreme Court struggles over whether Alabama can execute man found to be intellectually disabled

  10-12-2025 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN and KIM CHANDLER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution.
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• MacKenzie Scott has given $26B to nonprofits since 2019. Here’s what she supported in 2025

  10-12-2025 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By THALIA BEATY, Associated Press
  The billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits Tuesday, bringing her overall giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion.
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• The White House says the midterms are all about Trump. Democrats aren’t so sure

  10-12-2025 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Dallas congresswoman opened her Senate campaign by telling voters that she “has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump.” Her Democratic primary opponent insisted that Americans are tired of “politics as a blood sport.”
  The divergent approach highlights how U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are navigating a race where Democrats hope to break a three-decade losing streak in
  
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• Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman

  10-12-2025 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman effective Wednesday, reversing a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents.
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• 9 Orange County restaurants serving peak cozy comfort food

  10-12-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  While Orange County might not exactly have what the rest of the country calls sweater weather — let’s go with long-pants season or closed-toe shoe weather — that slight chill in the air is enough to shift cravings. It reminds our palates that even here in the sun, winter has arrived, and with it a desire for hearty, bone-warming foods.
  From spots serving steaming congee and classic chicken pot pie to tender meatballs and fragrant bowls of pho, here are nine restaurants in Orang
  
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• Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

  10-12-2025 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By MUSTAKIM HASNATH, Associated Press
  LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is now eastern England around 400,000 years ago.
  The findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly 350,000 years. Until now, the oldest confirmed evidence had come from Neanderthal sites in
  
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• Disneyland sets opening date for Soarin’ Across America

  10-12-2025 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The new “Soarin’ Across America” films coming to the venerable flight simulator rides at Disneyland and Disney World will debut just in time for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States.
  The new “Soarin’ Across America” attractions will open on May 25 at Epcot and July 2 at Disney California Adventure in celebration of the nation’s semi-quincentennial.
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• Southern California pay raises tumble to 5-year low

  10-12-2025 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Pay raises across Southern California have shrunk to their smallest level in five years – hikes that barely keep pace with inflation.
  With government economic data delayed by the federal government shutdown, any hint of business conditions draws a larger-than-normal spotlight.
  To gauge job market conditions, my trusty spreadsheet reviewed the Wednesday, Dec. 10 release of the quarterly Employment Cost Index. It tracks what bosses pay their employees across 15 U.S. regions, including a five
  
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• While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains

  10-12-2025 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News
  The United States is poised to lose its measles-free status next year. If that happens, the country will enter an era in which outbreaks are common again.
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• Review: ‘Scrooge! The Musical’ freshens up the holidays in Anaheim

  10-12-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Traditions flourish at this time of year, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be shaken up a bit.
  Rather than falling back on one of its seasonal rotations of musical storybook cozies, Chance Theater this season delivers a new, extremely well-directed production of Leslie Briccuse’s “Scrooge! The Musical.”
  Never heard of him? Or it? Oscar and Grammy winner Bricusse successfully wrote songs for a wide range of characters — from Willy Wonka to Dr. Doolittle and eve
  
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• North Korea’s ruling elite prepares for once-in-5-years party meeting

  10-12-2025 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By HYUNG-JIN KIM
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials have gathered to discuss preparations for the ruling party’s first full congress in five years, state media reported Wednesday. The top-level meeting will set new priorities as the U.S. and South Korea seek a resumption of talks with North Korea.
  Related Articles Aid flow into Gaza falls short of ceasefire terms, analysis of Israeli figures shows Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-
  
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• Georgia election board rejects rule change on using hand-marked paper ballots

  10-12-2025 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board on Wednesday rejected a proposal defining when hand-marked paper ballots could be used in place of the state’s touchscreen voting machines.
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• Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler claims upset state House win in historically Republican district

  10-12-2025 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF AMY
  ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Eric Gisler claimed an upset victory Tuesday in a special election in a historically Republican Georgia state House district.
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• Elon Musk says DOGE was only ‘somewhat successful’ and he wouldn’t do it again

  10-12-2025 18:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
  Mega billionaire Elon Musk, in a friendly interview with his aide and conservative influencer Katie Miller, said his efforts leading the Department of Government Efficiency were only “somewhat successful” and he would not do it over again.
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• Paramount says China’s Tencent withdrew from its Warner Bros bid to avert national security issues

  10-12-2025 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer
  BANGKOK (AP) — Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review.
  Paramount’s revised filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of its takeover bid said the Chinese company had dropped its $1 billion financing commitment out of concern, since it would be a “non-U.S. equity financing source,”
  
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• 8-hour 5 Freeway closure for man on bridge in San Diego area created hundreds of horror stories

  10-12-2025 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The gridlock was epic.
  For eight hours on Friday, Interstate 5 at Del Mar Heights Road in the San Diego area was closed, at times in both directions, as police talked with a suicidal man perched on a bridge above the freeway. And for miles around that spot, motorists endured a massive, extended transportation nightmare that slowed travel around the region.
  Social media posts captured some of the pain. For some, nature called and there was no way to answer. Someone wrote on X that they saw a guy
  
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• WTF? Embracing profanity is one thing both political parties seem to agree on

  10-12-2025 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN SLOAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As he shook President Barack Obama’s hand and pulled him in for what he thought was a private aside, Vice President Joe Biden delivered an explicit message: “This is a big f——— deal.” The remark, overheard on live microphones at a 2010 ceremony for the Affordable Care Act, caused a sensation because open profanity from a national leader was unusual at the time.
  More than 15 years later, vulgarity is now
  
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• Aid flow into Gaza falls short of the terms of the ceasefire deal, Israeli figures show

  10-12-2025 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military’s figures as humanitarian groups say the shortfall is severely impacting the strip’s 2 million people.
  Under the October ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Israel agreed to allow 600 trucks of aid into Gaza.
  However, only an average of around 459
  
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• Aid flow into Gaza falls short of ceasefire terms, analysis of Israeli figures shows

  10-12-2025 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military’s figures showed.
  Under the October ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Israel agreed to allow 600 trucks of aid into Gaza each day. But an average of around 459 trucks a day have entered Gaza between Oct. 12, when flow of the aid restarted, and Dec. 7, according to an A
  
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• CHOC doctor: Savor these holiday eating tips to cultivate joy, connection and mindfulness 

  10-12-2025 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kristin Feiler
  Contributing Columnist
  No matter how your family celebrates the holidays, this season is a wonderful chance to share meals and create memories.
  Blending my experience as a parent and as a registered dietitian at CHOC, now part of Rady Children’s Health, I’ve gathered insights that help bring ease and joy back to family mealtimes.
  The following ideas are meant to cultivate joy, connection and mindfulness around eating – all of which are core values of CHOC&rsqu
  
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• Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55

  10-12-2025 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS and ALICIA RANCILIO
  LONDON (AP) — Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
  The family said in a statement on Kinsella’s Instagram account that “she died peacefully, with her final days filled with her true loves: family and music and warmth and Christmas and joy.
  “We can’t imagine
  
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• How to save money on your Christmas and holiday decorations

  10-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  With the rising cost of everything from coffee to clothing, you’re probably anticipating that holiday gifts and dinners will eat up a good chunk of your budget this December.At the same time, you don’t necessarily want to forego the Christmas trees, holiday wreaths and other decorations that keep the winter nights merry, so follow these steps
  Here are some tips to help you add some cheer to your home without breaking the bank.
  1. Make a plan
  If your goal is to maximize holiday cheer
  
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• Trump’s crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers

  10-12-2025 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By MORIAH BALINGIT, Associated Press Education Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after President Donald Trump took office in January, staff at CentroNía bilingual preschool began rehearsing what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials came to the door. As ICE became a regular presence in their historically Latino neighborhood this summer, teachers stopped taking children to nearby parks, libraries and playgrounds that had once been considered an extension of the class
  
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• 14th Amendment is plain on citizenry

  10-12-2025 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  As a general rule, babies born in the United States of America are citizens of the United States of America. There isn’t any question about that. It’s in the Constitution, 14th Amendment: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
  After his election to his second term in November 2024, Trump said to NBC News of the 14th Amendment: “We’r
  
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• Why the Plain White T’s are still packing venues 20 Years after “Delilah”

  10-12-2025 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Two decades after the Plain White T’s first piled onto a studio floor with nothing but hope, $5-footlongs and a pop-punk dream, the band is still finding new ways to surprise themselves.
  For guitarist Tim Lopez, that sense of wonder is exactly why he’s still here, with two Grammy nominations, Platinum singles, viral moments, and the kind of longevity most bands only imagine, now gearing up for their Dec. 18 show at Shrine Expo Hall with Waterparks.
  When we speak, Lopez is home for a
  
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• Trump floats autopen investigation into Biden’s Fed nominees

  10-12-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Hadriana Lowenkron, Bloomberg News
  President Donald Trump suggested he could seek to oust Federal Reserve governors appointed by President Joe Biden if their commissions were signed by autopen, in his latest bid to exert control over the central bank.
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• MacKenzie Scott donates $63 million to CSUN; her gifts to school now top $103M

  10-12-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $63 million to Cal State Northridge.
  The gift, announced Tuesday marks Scott’s second donation to CSUN, following the $40 million she gave in 2021, bringing her total support to more than $103 million and placing her investment in CSUN among the largest provided to any university, according to CSUN.
  “We are deeply honored by MacKenzie Scott’s continued and increased confidence in our work,” CSUN President Erika Beck sa
  
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• Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles

  10-12-2025 16:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press
  The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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• Wall Street is quiet as it waits for the Federal Reserve’s announcement in the afternoon

  10-12-2025 16:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market remains largely quiet on Wednesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say in the afternoon about where interest rates may be heading.
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