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• Crews attack commercial fire in Irvine

  13-04-2025 03:59 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — A large fire affecting a commercial building in Irvine shut down nearby streets Saturday.
  The fire was reported just before 2:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of Kettering Street, between Gillette and Armstrong avenues, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
  A third alarm was placed and nearby Alton Parkway and Aston Street were also shut down to traffic.
  Fire Capt. Thanh Nguyen said all personnel from inside the building were evacuated due to the severity of the flames.
  There we
  
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• Orange County softball stat leaders through April 19

  22-04-2025 08:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County softball stat leaders through Saturday, April 19.
  To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.
  BATTING AVERAGEName, school
  BA
  H
  AB
  Hayli McIlroy, Crean Lutheran
  .778
  21
  27
  Jenelle Monzon, Anaheim
  .694
  25
  36
  Victoria Rios, Costa Mesa
  .686
  24
  35
  Karla Oliva, Santa Ana Valley
  .644
  29
  45
  Mia Gonzalez, Buena Park
  .638
  44
  69
  Chloe Tabita, Anaheim
  .627
  42
  67
  
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• Kings blow 4-goal lead but beat Oilers on last-minute goal in Game 1

  22-04-2025 07:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Phillip Danault scored his second goal with 41 seconds to play, and the Kings blew a four-goal lead before rallying for a 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the opener of the teams’ fourth consecutive first-round playoff series on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena.
  The Kings led 5-3 in the final minutes before Zach Hyman and Connor McDavid tied it with an extra attacker. The Kings improbably responded, with Danault skating up the middle and chunking a fluttering sho
  
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• Kawhi Leonard, Clippers hold off Nuggets in Game 2, even series

  22-04-2025 07:04 via ocregister.com
  
  DENVER — Through two games, one thing is clear. Nothing is going to come easy in a first-round playoff series between the Clippers and the Denver Nuggets.
  After ending up on the wrong side of an overtime thriller in the series opener on Saturday, the Clippers rode a 39-point effort from star forward Kawhi Leonard to a 105-102 victory in Game 2 on Monday night, swiping home-court advantage in the best-of-seven series as it shifts to Los Angeles for the next two games.
  Leonard powered the Cl
  
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• UCLA adds transfer QB Madden Iamaleava, who joins older brother Nico

  22-04-2025 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The UCLA football program has gained a second Iamaleava at quarterback. Madden Iamaleava, the younger brother of Nico Iamaleava, officially transferred to UCLA on Monday afternoon.
  Madden, a 6-foot-3, 191-pound early enrollee, was recruited by the Bruins as a four-star recruit out of Long Beach Poly High but flipped his commitment to Arkansas on signing day. UCLA is currently midway through spring practices.
  Madden backed up his older brother as a dual-threat quarterback while playing at Warren
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, April 21

  22-04-2025 02:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, April 21
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  MONDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  Aliso Niguel 5, Dana Hills 0
  ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
  Valencia 14, Santa Ana 1
  NONLEAGUE
  Laguna Beach 3, Laguna Hi
  
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• Photos: Pope Francis dies at 88

  22-04-2025 02:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he recovered from a five-week hospitalization for double pneumonia. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change. The pope recently spent 38 days in a hospital for a respiratory crisis in the longest hospitalization of his 12-year p
  
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• Former UCLA women’s basketball player Londynn Jones transfers to USC

  22-04-2025 02:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Former UCLA women’s basketball player Londynn Jones announced in an Instagram post on Monday that she is transferring to USC for her final year of eligibility.
  “best of both worlds, LA…. I’m still here,” Jones wrote in the post.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Londynn (@_londeeeezy)Her now-former Bruins teammates showed support for the move by commenting on the social media post. Angela Duglić, Lauren Betts and Gabriela Jaquez each commented with e
  
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• Person found on ‘elevated surface’ inside Trump Tower in New York is arrested, police say

  22-04-2025 02:14 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police arrested a 30-year-old person inside Trump Tower on Monday after getting a report of a disorderly person on an “elevated surface” inside the building, authorities said.
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• 1 suspect arrested in killing of man trying to stop shoplifters in South El Monte

  22-04-2025 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Detectives caught one of the suspects in the killing of a Garden Grove man who was run over when he tried to stop shoplifters who stole a box of masks from his brother’s South El Monte store, authorities announced Monday, April 21.
  The 16-year-old boy, who is the suspected driver, was arrested on suspicion of murder outside his home on Friday, April 18, sheriff’s Lt. Michael Modica said. He didn’t say where the teen lives.
  Investigators are still trying to identify other suspec
  
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• ‘Merciful,’ ‘revolutionary’ Pope Francis mourned by faithful throughout Southern California

  22-04-2025 02:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Local Catholics mourning the death of Pope Francis are paying their respects to the beloved Latin American pontiff, who was known for his compassionate — at times polarizing — views on issues from immigration and LGBTQ+ inclusion, to climate change and support for vaccinations.
  Vatican officials announced Francis’ death early Monday, April 21, at 88 years old. The 266th pontiff was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and became the first Pope for the Americ
  
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• Coachella 2025: Inside look at the stylish new Red Bull Mirage

  22-04-2025 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Red Bull has been a partner with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for 20 years, but this year, they provided festivalgoers with an elevated hospitality experience that included Nobu sushi and spicy watermelon margaritas.
  The Red Bull Mirage debuted at Coachella 2025, it’s first of five years that the multi-level installation will be at the Empire Polo Club during both weekends. It’s the first time a structure like this has debuted at the music festival. @the.socal.localIf
  
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• Orange County baseball stat leaders through April 19

  22-04-2025 01:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County baseball stat leaders through Saturday, April 19.
  To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.
  BATTING AVERAGEName, school
  BA
  H
  AB
  Jordan Solis, Westminster
  .556
  25
  45
  Gabe Segura, Magnolia
  .533
  16
  30
  Matthew Rubin, Santiago
  .525
  21
  40
  Scout Escobedo, Pacifica Christian
  .478
  22
  46
  Evann Hernandez, Santiago
  .478
  11
  23
  Chris Arceo, Santiago
  .475
  19
  40
  Mi
  
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• Delta plane catches fire at Orlando airport, forcing passenger evacuations

  22-04-2025 01:54 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Delta Air Lines airplane caught fire on Monday before it was supposed to take off at a central Florida airport, forcing the evacuation of passengers, airport officials said.
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• Fate of OC Judge who shot and killed his wife once again in the hands of a jury

  22-04-2025 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The fate of an Orange County Superior Court judge who shot and killed his wife during an argument at their Anaheim Hills home is once again in the hands of a jury, a little more than a month after his first murder trial  ended with an earlier panel of jurors deadlocked.
  Jurors in the retrial of Jeffrey Ferguson began their deliberations on Monday afternoon following a weeklong trial in Superior Court in a Santa Ana courtroom. Like the earlier panel, the current jurors are tasked with decidi
  
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• QB Joey Aguilar transfers to Tennessee a day after UCLA makes Iamaleava transfer official

  22-04-2025 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Quarterback Joey Aguilar has transferred to Tennessee, a day after UCLA announced the arrival of Tennessee transfer quarterback Nico Iamaleava.
  Aguilar did not share a statement on social media regarding his decision, nor did his management at Octagon issue a statement as of Monday afternoon.
  The 6-foot-3, 220-pound dual-threat quarterback had transferred from Appalachian State to UCLA prior to the start of spring football practice and was a strong contender for the starting quarterback spot aft
  
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• Puerto Rico government demands answers from Luma after island-wide blackout

  22-04-2025 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By DÁNICA COTO
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday urged people to moderate their energy consumption as she warned that the island has no additional generation to fall back on days after a massive blackout hit the U.S. territory.
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• Survivors of 2 Florida school shootings demand governor reject law lowering gun purchasing age

  22-04-2025 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHANY MATAT
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Days after a deadly shooting, Florida State University students who also survived a deadly mass shooting in Parkland from 2018 sent a letter Monday to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, demanding he squash efforts to lower the firearm purchase age back to 18 years old.
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• Lakers look to play harder, be more organized in Game 2 vs. Timberwolves

  22-04-2025 01:16 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The rhythms and flows of the Lakers’ first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, in which they’re trailing 0-1, allowed for more reflecting time than teams usually get during the regular season – and most other playoff rounds – after Saturday night’s lopsided Game 1 loss at Crypto.com Arena.
  With two days off between the series opener and Tuesday night’s Game 2, the Lakers had plenty of time to not only look at what went w
  
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• Advanced cancers back at prepandemic levels, despite delay in screenings

  22-04-2025 01:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By CARLA K. JOHNSON
  Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings — colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans — for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals.
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• NCAA passes new rules to allow direct payments to players

  22-04-2025 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
  The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer.
  The nine proposals passed by the NCAA board were largely expected but still mark a defining day in the history of college sports. An athlete’s ability to be paid directly by his or her university is on track to be enshrined in a rulebook that has
  
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• Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland

  22-04-2025 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABEL DEBRE
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager, packed the cathedral where he spoke as archbishop and prayed Monday in the neighborhoods where he earned fame as the “slum bishop.”
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• Abortions are resuming at a Wyoming clinic after judge suspends laws

  22-04-2025 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEAD GRUVER
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s only abortion clinic is resuming abortions after a judge on Monday suspended two state laws.
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• Rams QB Matthew Stafford happy to have contract talks settled entering offseason training

  21-04-2025 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Rams reconvened in Woodland Hills on Monday to begin their offseason training regimen, quarterback Matthew Stafford felt a certain amount of relief that no contractual concerns were looming over him entering the spring.
  “It’s great to have that done and kind of out of the way as we get this thing going,” Stafford said over Zoom on Monday. “I never really wanted to leave. So just happy to be back and happy the Rams want me back and we can move forward and hopefully
  
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• Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

  21-04-2025 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
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• FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.’s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS

  21-04-2025 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services — and its priorities.
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• Which cardinals are seen as contenders to be the next pope?

  21-04-2025 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”
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• FTC sues Uber, alleging it signed up Uber One subscribers without their permission

  21-04-2025 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEE-ANN DURBIN
  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Uber on Monday, alleging that it enrolled consumers in its Uber One subscription program without their consent and made it too difficult for them to cancel the service.
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• NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players directly

  21-04-2025 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press
  The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer.
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• In a win for dictators, State Department rolls back advocacy for international human rights

  21-04-2025 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  In recent times, America has had an interesting track record when it comes to human rights. On the one hand it seems that the United States has claimed the mantle of responsibility for taking world governments to task about respecting the rights of their people and the human dignity of the populations that they invade. On the other hand, when America has launched its own wars, the massacring of civilians, “enhanced interrogation techniques”, and indefinite detentions have been common
  
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