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• Trump’s Elon Musk government efficiency commission is actually a good idea

  15-09-2024 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  During his campaign, former President Donald Trump has proposed his share of bad policy ideas, such as a 20% tariff across the board. But tasking Elon Musk with heading a commission to make the government more efficient is one worth considering. In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Trump said this commission will conduct “a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government.”
  Efficiency is subjective. Some people believe that empowering the IRS with mo
  
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• El Toro’s girls flag football tournament loaded with top Orange County teams

  19-09-2024 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowEight girls flag football teams from the Orange County Top 10 rankings help highlight the field for the El Toro tournament, which begins on Saturday.
  No. 2 Newport Harbor, No. 3 Santa Margarita, No. 4 Cypress, No. 5 Esperanza, No. 7 Corona del Mar, No. 8 Los Alamitos, No. 9 Huntington Beach and No. 10 JSerra are among the 24 entries for the event.
  Orange Lutheran, ranked No. 1 in Orange County and the nat
  
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• Lebanon rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war

  18-09-2024 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By BASSEM MROUE, JOHNSON LAI, and JUSTIN SPIKE
  BEIRUT — Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded in the second wave, the Health Ministry said.
  The attacks — which were widely believed to be carried out by Israel targeting
  
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• Rams still deciding on Cooper Kupp’s IR fate

  18-09-2024 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Rams placed two players – left guard Jonah Jackson and safety John Johnson III – on injured reserve on Wednesday with shoulder injuries. Notable for his absence from this list was wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who sprained his ankle during Sunday’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
  But head coach Sean McVay said later Wednesday that the Rams are still evaluating their options on whether or not to place Kupp on IR.
  The good news first: Kupp does not require any
  
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• Ducks training camp preview: Who’s back, who left and who’s new

  18-09-2024 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks had perhaps the most intense training camp in the league last season, with Greg Cronin bringing his experience at every developmental level to his first year as an NHL head coach.
  The result only got them one more point in the standings from a season weighed down by injuries, penalties and tight losses, but changes in the team’s culture and work ethic were palpable. Now, following an offseason that was much more modest than most expected, including GM Pat Verbeek himself, the you
  
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• Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York

  18-09-2024 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By PHILIP MARCELO and JENNIFER PELTZ
  NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
  A new indictment charged the jailed ex-movie mogul with committing a criminal sex act, accusing him of forcing oral sex on a woman at some point between April 29, 2006, and May 6 of that year.
  Weinstein has long maintained that he never engaged in any sexual activity that wasn’t consensual.
  No details ab
  
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• UCLA football needs poise in hopes of a better start at LSU

  18-09-2024 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Slow starts have hampered the UCLA football team in its first two games of the season.
  The Bruins were able to overcome a first-half deficit in their season opener against Hawai’i, but weren’t as fortunate against Indiana on Saturday.
  Quarterback Ethan Garbers fumbled the ball on the first offensive possession of the day, leading to an Indiana touchdown three plays later.
  The next possession ended on a missed 41-yard field goal attempt by Mateen Bhaghani, and the
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs makes fresh bid for bail in sex trafficking and conspiracy case

  18-09-2024 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and ANDREW DALTON
  NEW YORK — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a judge Wednesday to let him await his sex trafficking trial at his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach, rather than a grim federal jail in Brooklyn. Prosecutors argued against the arrangement, saying there was too great a risk that the hip-hop mogul could threaten or harm witnesses.
  Combs’ lawyers offered a $50 million bail package — using his mansion as co
  
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• Is inflation cured? Fed’s giant rate cut turns focus to cooling job market

  18-09-2024 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Federal Reserve wants you to think inflation is largely cured, so it can go tinker with a soft job market.
  The central bank on Wednesday, Sept. 18, trimmed its target for its Federal Funds rate by a half-percentage-point to 4.74% to 5%, its first cut in four years. This is no minor policy tweak. Since 2000, rate cuts of this size were previously made during the pandemic lockdowns in 2020, the global financial collapse of 2007-08, and the dot-com crash of 2001-02.
  And while Wall Street t
  
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• Santa Ana City Council continues discussion of 3,750-home Related Bristol project to October

  18-09-2024 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The City Council took a first look on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at Related Bristol, which could transform a sleepy shopping center at one of Santa Ana’s busiest intersections in the South Coast Metro area into a mixed-use neighborhood with thousands of apartments and retail and public spaces.
  Dozens of residents showed up to Tuesday’s public hearing, the majority of whom spoke in support of the project. Councilmembers also spoke briefly about the project and then decided to continue the hea
  
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• Chargers QB Justin Herbert misses practice because of right ankle injury

  18-09-2024 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Quarterback Justin Herbert did not practice on Wednesday as the Los Angeles Chargers began preparations for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  Herbert’s right ankle got rolled up on during the third quarter of last Sunday’s 26-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers. He was not seen on the field at UNC Charlotte during the reporters’ viewing period, which occurred at the start of the two-hour session.
  The Chargers, 2-0 for the first t
  
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• Howl-O-Scream returns to SeaWorld San Diego with 5 haunted houses

  18-09-2024 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A terrifying collection of witches, vampires, zombies, clowns, aliens, mad scientists and even Jack the Ripper himself will descend on SeaWorld this Halloween season for 21 nights of horror.
  Howl-O-Scream returns to SeaWorld San Diego on select nights from Sept. 27 through Nov. 2 with five haunted houses, seven scare zones and eight live shows.
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• 2025 5-star WR Jerome Myles ready to make impact ‘immediately’ for USC

  18-09-2024 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The coaches would come through Draper, Utah, and whisper promises to Jerome Myles of the role he could play, of a starting slot in their receiver rooms once he arrived on campus, and the 2025 five-star kid took it all with a grain of salt.
  Except when it came from USC’s Lincoln Riley.
  “He shot straight,” Myles told the Southern California News Group, a top-ranked receiver recruited by the best in the country. “And he was able to show proof that I will
  
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• Kings training camp preview: Who’s back, who left and who’s new

  18-09-2024 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings smashed the reset button over the summer, offloading their enormous-ticket acquisition of the prior offseason, Pierre-Luc Dubois, while getting younger in some areas and more rugged in others.
  With training camp set to open Thursday, here’s a look at those who will be clad in black and silver this season – and those who won’t.
  Forwards
  Who’s back: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield, Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore, Kevin Fiala, Alex Laferriere, Trevor Lew
  
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• After career rebirth, Angels’ Hunter Strickland is committed to playing again next season

  18-09-2024 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — This time last year, Hunter Strickland was finishing up a summer at home in Georgia, fully accepting that his baseball career was over.
  Now, Strickland is finishing a season of rebirth, one that has been good enough that he’s committed to playing again in 2025.
  “I’m coming back,” said Strickland, who turns 36 next week. “I don’t know if it’s here or wherever it’s going to be. Obviously I’m a free agent. I love it here. Love th
  
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• 10 protesters, tied to pro-Palestinian demonstration at UCI in May, now face misdemeanor charges

  18-09-2024 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Ten protesters are now facing misdemeanor charges in connection to a pro-Palestinian protest at UC Irvine that police declared an unlawful assembly, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
  They were charged with failure to disperse at the scene of a riot, with two also charged with resisting arrest, prosecutors said.
  The defendants include two UCI professors and four UCI students, according to a DA statement. The ties of the remaining four defendants to UC
  
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• Dan Albano’s Orange County football Top 35 rankings, Sept. 18

  18-09-2024 21:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOCVarsity’s Dan Albano votes weekly in the Orange County football Top 25 poll.
  Here is how he voted this week for the Top 25 plus his “Next 10” in the county:
  ALBANO’S TOP 25 BALLOT
  1. Mater Dei (3-0)
  2. Mission Viejo (4-0)
  3. JSerra (4-0)
  4. Orange Lutheran (3-1)
  5. Santa Margarita (3-1)
  6. Servite (4-0)
  7. Los Alamitos (3-1)
  8. San Clemente (2-2)
  9. San Juan Hills (3-1)
  10. Yorba
  
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• Ask the Pediatrician: 10 tips to keep children healthy and happy in school

  18-09-2024 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Elizabeth Hawse, MD, FAAP | American Academy of Pediatrics (TNS)
  As the school year begins, every family wants their children to be healthy, active and ready to learn.
  To prepare children and teens to be at their best – physically, mentally, socially and emotionally – the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends regular visits with the pediatrician, as well as immunizations that help keep all family members healthy.
  As school attendance plays a huge role in the development of childr
  
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• ‘What happens three months from now?’ Mental health after Georgia high school shooting

  18-09-2024 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam, Andy Miller | (TNS) KFF Health News
  WINDER, Ga. — About an hour after gunfire erupted at Apalachee High School, ambulances started arriving at nearby Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow with two students and two adults suffering from panic attacks and extreme anxiety, not bullet wounds.
  A fifth patient with similar symptoms later arrived at another local facility, according to a health system spokesperson.
  The day after the Sept. 4 school shooting that ki
  
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• Dream of living at Costco? It’s getting closer to reality in South LA

  18-09-2024 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other officials broke ground Wednesday on a mixed-use project featuring a new Costco and 800 apartment units in South L.A., which they say will provide local residents with housing and job opportunities.
  Developed by Thrive Living, a national real estate firm, the project known as 5035 Coliseum will replace a former office property in Baldwin Village. The Costco will be on the street level with 800 units of housing above for families, seniors and others.
  Of the 8
  
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• Huntington Beach sues California over school gender identity law

  18-09-2024 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach is suing California over a new state law that prohibits school districts from implementing forced gender identity disclosure policies.
  The city has taken a defiant stance against AB 1955, known as the SAFETY Act, which was signed into law in July by Gov. Gavin Newsom, making California the first state to prevent school districts from creating those parental notification policies.
  In a lawsuit announced Wednesday morning, Sept. 18, Huntington Beach is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom, Att
  
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• Judge grants $5.8 million judgment against man who sold fatal fentanyl dose to Temecula woman

  18-09-2024 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal bankruptcy judge has granted a $5.8 million judgment against a Riverside man serving a nine-year prison sentence for selling fentanyl to a 20-year-old woman whose death inspired a campaign for tougher laws and harsher punishment for suppliers of the drug.
  Judge Mark Houle granted the judgment Monday, Sept. 16, on behalf of Temecula residents Matt and Christine Capelouto, who became among the most outspoken parents of children who unwittingly have fallen victim to fentanyl poisoning. Th
  
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• Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate by a half-point

  18-09-2024 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By Christopher Rugaber | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation but that also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.
  The rate cut, the Fed’s first in more than four years, reflects its new focus on bolstering the job market, which has shown clear signs of slowing. Coming just weeks before the presi
  
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• Jimmy Carter is almost 100 and ‘still experiencing this world’

  18-09-2024 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Brian O’Shea | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
  ATLANTA — As former President Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, his physical health is diminished, but he remains interested in current news — especially politics — and is aware of the well-wishes coming his way after 19 months in home hospice care.
  “He’s remarkably, basically, in the same position he’s been in since he went into hospice,” grandson Jason Carter said
  
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• US mortgage rates drop to two-year low ahead of Fed rate cut

  18-09-2024 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Vince Golle | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  U.S. mortgage rates declined last week to the lowest level since September 2022 in anticipation of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, stoking an influx of applications for home purchases and refinancing.
  The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped 14 basis points to 6.15% in the week ended Sept. 13, Mortgage Bankers Association data showed Wednesday. The rate has fallen seven straight weeks, the longest such st
  
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• Adrian Wojnarowski is leaving ESPN for alma mater to become GM of St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team

  18-09-2024 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN WAWROW
  ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from broadcasting to return to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, to take over the newly created position of general manager of the men’s basketball program, the Atlantic 10 school announced Wednesday.
  Wojnarowski will oversee a wide range of responsibilities while working alongside coach Mark Schmidt and his staff. His duties will include focusing on name, image and likeness opportunities, transfer portal management, recruiting
  
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• Pocketbook issues front of mind as Target, Best Buy launch holiday retail season

  18-09-2024 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Nicole Norfleet | The Minnesota Star Tribune (TNS)
  Target plans again to hire 100,000 seasonal workers and will have its first holiday sales event next month.
  Minnesota-based Best Buy and other retailers also are stretching the ever-important holiday retail season as long as possible.
  Both Target and Best Buy have acknowledged they must work hard to entice consumers who are shopping more selectively. Spending during the holidays is projected to increase by the smallest increment in the past few
  
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• Top players to watch in the Week 4 football games

  18-09-2024 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County is filled with talented high school football players capable of leading their team to a victory. But some of those players stand out among that group.
  Those are the players that reporter Michael Huntley selects for The Huntley 11 — the top players to watch each week.
  Here is The Huntley 11 for Week 4:
  DJ Mitchell, La Habra: La Habra didn’t pass much in its 42-8 win over Orange last week, but the sophomore quarterback could be due for a big game Thursday against La Mirad
  
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• OCVarsity’s top players to watch in the Week 4 football games

  18-09-2024 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County is filled with talented high school football players capable of leading their team to a victory. But some of those players stand out among that group.
  Those are the players that reporter Michael Huntley selects for The Huntley 11 — the top players to watch each week.
  Here is The Huntley 11 for Week 4:
  DJ Mitchell, La Habra: La Habra didn’t pass much in its 42-8 win over Orange last week, but the sophomore quarterback could be due for a big game Thursday against La Mirad
  
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• Swing-state court fights flare over voting rules before election

  18-09-2024 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Zoe Tillman | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  Judges are racing to resolve fights — many in swing states — over how Americans will cast ballots and tally results in the Nov. 5 presidential election as absentee and early voting is poised to start.
  Nevada and Pennsylvania appeals courts are fast-tracking lawsuits over the fate of mailed ballots that contain errors or defects. A federal appeals court will hear arguments next week on whether Mississippi can count
  
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