In Little Saigon, politics can get personal. Case in point: Rose Bui, the wife of state Assembly candidate Ted Bui, has lodged a defamation complaint against Trust Media Network – a Vietnamese-language YouTube program hosted by activists Ky Ngo and Nam Quan Nguyen. The legal claim, filed May 3 in Orange County Superior Court, alleges…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SOFTBALL TOP 25 (Records through May 9) 1. Villa Park (24-4): Shortstop Mikayla Maher’s two hits against Vista Murrieta last week were good signs for the Spartans and their Division 1 showdown with Orange Lutheran on Tuesday. 2. Esperanza (19-11): Sophomore Taylor Shumaker…
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PITTSBURGH — The Dodgers’ top pitching prospect might make his big-league debut this week. Right-hander Ryan Pepiot joined the team in Pittsburgh on Monday and was placed on the taxi squad. The Dodgers will need a spot starter Wednesday but have not announced who that will be. “It just leaves the option open,” Dodgers manager…
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The Miami Dolphins are bringing a South Florida product back home and adding another tailback to a crowded running back room The Dolphins are signing former New England Patriots running back Sony Michel, a former Broward County high school football standout at American Heritage, according to multiple reports by NFL Network and ESPN. Michel has…
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Cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner and defensive end Jermaine Johnson possess the talent to catapult the Jets’ defense out of the NFL basement. But head coach Robert Saleh understands Gardner and Johnson are NFL infants and rookie development varies. Some first-year players become Pro Bowl and All-Pro caliber in Year 1 while others progress slower before…
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Standing on the Ravens’ indoor practice field Friday, running back Tyler Badie smiled as he remembered where he’d gotten his start. “Down the street,” he recalled at the team’s rookie minicamp. “That was me over there.” The sixth-round pick spent most of his childhood in Randallstown. He rooted for the Ravens. He went to an…
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COSTA MESA — It took Chargers wide receiver Joshua Palmer some time to remember the route he was supposed to run on the fourth-and-21 play that increased the absurdity level between the Chargers and Raiders in last season’s thrilling regular-season finale. Palmer revealed Monday that the Chargers practiced the play briefly a few weeks before…
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By Seth Borenstein | Associated Press The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted. With human-made climate change continuing, there’s a 48% chance…
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UC Irvine Medical Center has lost a more than $2 million disability discrimination lawsuit after a jury last week determined that a psychiatric nurse who was injured while protecting students from a violent patient was later wrongly fired. An Orange County Superior Court jury ordered the medical center to pay Peter Albrecht about $1 million…
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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 Monday, May 9 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. MONDAY’S SCORES BOYS TENNIS CIF-SS PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals DIVISION 1 Mira Costa 12, Northwood 6 DIVISION 2 Dos Pueblos…
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