By JAMIE STENGLE The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 would avoid the death penalty under a plea offer announced Tuesday, abruptly ending years of efforts by prosecutors to see that he face execution by lethal injection. Related Articles Judge…
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS, ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency illegally canceled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit hard by pollution, Senate Democrats say. Related Articles Republicans look to rein in courts, judges as Trump rails against rulings Newly unsealed…
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By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary with proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach judges, tightening the GOP’s grip on government. Related Articles Democrats say EPA…
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LOS ANGELES — A jury has ordered James Harden to pay nearly $1 million in punitive damages and share in the payment of another $450,000 in compensatory damages in a contract dispute lawsuit related to a Beverly Hills mansion the Clippers guard leased in 2019. Plaintiff George Santopietro’s long-running Los Angeles Superior Court complaint alleged…
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On Monday, several Trump Cabinet members including Pete Hegseth, the person in charge of our entire military, mistakenly sent war plans about the bombardment of Houthi rebels in Yemen to Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and a private citizen. The Secretary of Defense is dishing about secret military operations on Signal, an unsecured…
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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, March 25 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 BASEBALL…
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The American Civil Liberties Union and a group of community activists have dropped their 2018 lawsuit accusing the Orange County Sheriff’s Department of continuing to illegally use jailhouse informants. Attorneys for the ACLU said the department has made substantial reforms in its informant practices in recent years. Most of those reforms came through negotiations with…
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By Michael Sasso | Bloomberg The so-called spec home, a spin on the American dream home with standardized color schemes and toilet fixtures, is falling out of favor with some US builders. While that means deals for buyers, the trend also could wind up as a drag on the economy. Spec, or speculative, homes are…
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STARTING ROTATION Each of the past two seasons, the starting rotation has dissolved with injuries and off-field issues (Julio Urias in 2023), leaving them short in October. That has been addressed with back-to-back winters of heavy investment in starting pitching. The result is a deep group with the potential to be the best in baseball…
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Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor on Tuesday following two losing seasons, two investigations into his inappropriate behavior and one embarrassing leak to the news media. Specifically, Andrew Luck fired Taylor. “Since beginning my role as General Manager, I have been thoroughly assessing the entire Stanford football program,” Luck said in a statement announcing the…
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