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• Grand Prix of Long Beach: Brian Redman recalls inaugural 1975 victory

  11-04-2025 02:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — Just think, the Grand Prix of Long Beach began in 1975, with the Formula 5000 as the main event. Brian Redman of England, now 88, was there for that initial ride.
  He wasn’t just there. He won, besting the likes of Mario Andretti and Al Unser among other fine racers.
  This weekend will be the 50th anniversary of the race, although that would have been last year had the COVID-19 pandemic not canceled the 2020 race.
  In speaking with Redman on Thursday at the Grand Prix of Lo
  
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• Orange County boys basketball Top 25: Santa Margarita remains at No. 1

  15-12-2025 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys basketball rankings as of Monday, Dec. 15. The team records are through Sunday, Dec. 14.
  Notable this week: Los Alamitos enters the Top 10 after a 57-50 win over state-ranked Rolling Hills Prep. … Orange Lutheran lost to Cypress 75-66 in the North Orange County Championships. … Corona del Mar (11-0) remains undefeated. … Two teams enter this week’s rankings: Fountain Valley (10-0) at No. 22 and Newport Harbor (8-3) at No. 19. … The Sailors
  
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• Universal’s newest theme park brings kid-sized fun to Texas

  15-12-2025 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A new Universal theme park aimed at families with young children will boast lands dedicated to Shrek, SpongeBob and the Minions, along with other DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, and Illumination film franchises, when the Texas kiddieland opens in 2026.
  The Universal Kids theme park will debut in May 2026 in the North Texas city of Frisco in the suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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• Sen. Cruz threatens another shutdown unless restrictions on military flights are approved

  15-12-2025 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES and JOSH FUNK, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz threatened Monday to hold up funding to keep the federal government open after the end of January if reforms don’t pass by then to tighten up the rules on military flights and help prevent deadly crashes like the collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., that killed 67.
  Cruz and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell held a news conference Monday with some of th
  
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• Evacuations ordered in 3 south Seattle suburbs after levee fails following week of heavy rain

  15-12-2025 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Officials ordered immediate evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs Monday after a levee failed following a week of heavy rains.
  The evacuation order from King County in Washington state covered homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila.
  Rosenda Quintero, center, and her daughter Mariana Martinez walk towards the backyard of her home which was flooded in the Three Rivers Mobile Home Park on the Snohomish River in near Monroe on Satu
  
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• Trump’s promised big tax cuts are expected to disappoint the average worker

  15-12-2025 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Caitlin Reilly, Bloomberg News
  President Donald Trump promised Americans big tax refunds next year. Many filers — particularly those who could most use the financial boost — may soon be disappointed.
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• US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah attack in Australia

  15-12-2025 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID CRARY, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events — including restrictions on access — following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a popular Australian beach.
  The groups — including three which specialize in security issues — said Jewish public events in the coming days should be open only to people who had bee
  
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• Purse pirates: UPS ripped off seasonal workers with unfair pay practices, lawsuit alleges

  15-12-2025 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — UPS stole tens of millions of dollars in pay from seasonal workers who help the shipping giant deliver packages during the busy holiday season, forcing some to clock in well after their shifts started and deducting pay for lunch breaks they never took, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a lawsuit Monday.
  Filed in state court in Manhattan, the lawsuit accuses UPS of “repeatedly and persistently” failing to pro
  
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• Swanson: USC men’s basketball is on the attack early

  15-12-2025 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Charmed, really.
  If you were to choose a word to describe USC men’s basketball team this season, that’d be a good one.
  Charmed in terms of the impressive start, the instant on-court alchemy of Eric Musselman’s Trojans, who are 10-1 despite having been bitten multiple times by the injury bug.
  Despite having just teamed up in June, an eclectic collection of modern collegiate journeymen replacing almost the entirety of last season’s roster.
  Charmed, even
  
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• Alexander: Easiest column of the year? Well …

  15-12-2025 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It is a December ritual. Every year as the holidays approach, we offer the readers’ Christmas gift to the columnist: The Easiest Column of the Year. It’s their input that drives it, though yours truly always reserves the right to the last word.
  This year? Yeah, plenty of input, because in explaining my method for getting rid of the College Football Playoff committee and its selection process in the Saturday paper, I did the same thing as those selectors. I goofed.
  From Charlie Benz o
  
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• FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for women who have gone through menopause

  15-12-2025 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a much-debated drug aimed at boosting female libido, saying the once-a-day pill can now be taken by women older than 65.
  The announcement Monday from the Food and Drug Administration broadens the drug’s use to older women who have gone through menopause. The pill, Addyi, was first approved 10 years ago for premenopausal women who report emotional stress due to low sex drive.
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• Rob Reiner’s death exposes what ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ really is

  15-12-2025 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Rob Reiner’s contributions to American culture are indisputable.
  From “Spinal Tap” and “The Princess Bride” to “When Harry Met Sally” and “A Few Good Men,” Reiner’s films stand the test of time.
  Others of a certain vintage of course first remember him as “Meathead” in the television series “All in the Family.”
  Well schooled in the entertainment business as the son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob spent much of h
  
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• Man who tried to assassinate Trump on golf course requests attorney for sentencing

  15-12-2025 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE SCHNEIDER
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last year has decided to use an attorney during the sentencing phase instead of representing himself as he did for most of the trial.
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• Trinidad and Tobago will open Caribbean nation’s airports to US military as Venezuela tensions grow

  15-12-2025 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANSELM GIBBS
  PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday that it would allow the U.S. military to access its airports in coming weeks as tensions build between the United States and Venezuela.
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• US Army names 2 Iowa Guard members killed in attack in Syria

  15-12-2025 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By BEN FINLEY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack that the U.S. military blamed on the Islamic State group in Syria were identified Monday.
  The U.S. Army named them as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown.
  Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff in their honor, saying that, “We are grateful for their service and deeply mourn their loss.”
  
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• Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections

  15-12-2025 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jonathan Shorman, Stateline.org
  Derrin Robinson has worked in Oregon elections for more than 30 years, long enough to remember when voters in the state cast their ballots at physical polling sites instead of by mail.
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• Freebie of the week: Kids can enjoy a visit with Santa in Santa Ana

  15-12-2025 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Still need to take that classic photo with Santa Claus?
  On Saturday, Dec. 20, Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana is holding a holiday gathering that includes free photos with the Big Guy himself.
  This event in the Waverly Courtyard from noon until 2 p.m. includes face painting, story time featuring holiday tales and more fun for kids, including a candy cane crafting station.
  Location: 1702 Fairhaven Ave. Santa Ana. kvcr.org/calendar/#/details/free-photos-with-santa/17571899/2025-12-20T12
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• More people are caring for dying loved ones at home. A New Orleans nonprofit is showing them how

  15-12-2025 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By Halle Parker, Verite News, KFF Health News
  Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care workshop in New Orleans, she pretended to be.
  Dunnebacke lay still atop a folding table that was dressed as a bed, complaining that her legs hurt. Registered nurse Ana Kanellos, rolling up two small white towels, demonstrated how to elevate her ankles to ease the pain.
  Liz Dunnebacke, executive director of Wake, pretends to be going through the dying process during the free Community
  
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• What to say to a mortgage lender when applying to refinance

  15-12-2025 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  When interest rates fall, you may want to refinance your mortgage. But can you explain what you hope to get out of refinancing?
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• Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy protection; will be taken private under restructuring

  15-12-2025 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer
  Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says that it doesn’t expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a restructuring process.
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• Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to Earth

  15-12-2025 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space.Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within 167 million miles of our planet on Friday, the closest it gets on its grand tour of the solar system.
  NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be between 1,444 feet and 3.5 miles in size. But it’s fading as
  
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• Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup

  15-12-2025 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons.
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• Christmas 2025: These restaurants sell take-out feasts

  15-12-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’d rather spend Christmas Day in your den than in a hot kitchen, restaurant chains have solutions for you.
  Many are offering takeout feasts for as many as a dozen people. They typically include turkey or beef, potatoes, bread and sides. Some feasts also include desserts, frequently pumpkin or apple pies.
  Most feasts are heat-and-serve, meaning they take two or three hours to reheat but not the kind of effort required for making a traditional Christmas meal from scratch.
  Restaurants a
  
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• Recipes: Make these breakfast dishes for houseguests during the holidays

  15-12-2025 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The holidays can bring overnight houseguests. Bless their little hearts, they appreciate a delicious start to the day, breakfast dishes that make them feel like they are getting special treatment. These dishes are a delicious way to make the first meal of the day more festive.
  A combination of eggs and cheese is so inviting. Classically, bacon and egg quiche comes to mind, a recipe that can show off some shortcuts that neither jeopardize taste nor appearance. Another tantaliziing option is from
  
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• Trump administration says it needs to fight SNAP fraud, but the extent of the problem is unclear

  15-12-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEOFF MULVIHILL
  President Donald Trump ’s administration is talking tough about SNAP, saying the government’s biggest food aid program is riddled with fraud that must be stopped.
  His appointees are looking at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from an enforcement perspective, seeing fraud as a major and expensive problem, perpetrated by organized criminal organizations, individual recipients and retailers willing to break the laws for profit.
  “We know there are instan
  
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• Professors, students appeal ruling on Alabama law banning DEI initiatives at public universities

  15-12-2025 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAFIYAH RIDDLE
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of students and professors at public universities across Alabama are asking an appeals court to halt a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools and prohibits the endorsement of what Republican lawmakers dubbed “divisive concepts” related to race and gender.
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• Trial begins for Wisconsin judge accused of helping immigrant evade federal authorities

  15-12-2025 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By TODD RICHMOND
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor told jurors Monday that a Wisconsin judge said she would “take the heat” for directing an immigrant to dash through a private courtroom door while federal agents were trying to arrest him.
  Opening remarks by Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Alexander kicked off an extraordinary trial for a public official. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is charged with obstruction and concealment for her actions this spring during Pre
  
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• US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases

  15-12-2025 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By MAE ANDERSON
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Ah Louis Store in San Luis Obispo, California, turns into a winter wonderland every holiday season.
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• Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’

  15-12-2025 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNA FURMAN
  Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year.
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• US stocks drift at the start of a week full of economic updates

  15-12-2025 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting in mixed trading on Monday at the start of a week full of economic reports that could drive where interest rates, and thus stock prices, go.
  The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1% in midday trading, coming off its first losing week in the last three. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 72 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:40 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% lower.
  Helping to keep the overall market in check were stocks in t
  
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