NEWPORT COAST — James Karahalios hit the game-winning jumper with 2.5 second left in overtime as Sage Hill’s boys basketball team defeated Tustin 43-39 in the CIF-SS Division 3AA quarterfinals Tuesday night at Sage Hill High. Sage Hill coach D’Cean Bryant was thrilled that Karahalios persevered despite some recent struggles with his shot. “When that (shot)…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, Feb. 18 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. TUESDAY’S SCORES GIRLS…
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase. A State Department spokesperson said the electric car company owned by Musk,…
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A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Tuesday honoring Mindy Kaling for a television career that has included being a cast member, writer and producer for “The Office” and the creator and star of “The Mindy Project.” B.J. Novak, a fellow writer, producer and cast member on “The Office,” was among those…
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A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy was acquitted on Tuesday, Feb. 16, of using excessive force when pouring hot water on the arm of a mentally ill inmate to get him to pull his hands back into his Orange County jail cell. Guadalupe Ortiz was acquitted of a misdemeanor count of simple battery by an…
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES and MAURICIO SAVARESE, Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva…
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments. Over the past few days, President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk have said on social media and in press briefings that people who…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped support for legal representation in immigration court for children who enter the United States alone, a setback for those fighting deportation who can’t afford a lawyer. The Acacia Center for Justice says it serves 26,000 migrant children under its federal contract. The Interior Department gave no…
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The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Feb. 16 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. James: Percival Everett 2. All Fours: Miranda July 3. Three Days in June: Anne Tyler 4. Stone Yard Devotional: Charlotte…
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Ski patrollers from mountain resorts in California, Nevada, and Colorado are at Mammoth Mountain in the Eastern Sierras, helping to provide safety following an avalanche that caught two patrollers and left one critically injured. “Like so many others, the ski patrol community has been reaching out and offering their help,” said Joani Lynch, vice president…
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