Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County girls basketball was well-represented throughout most of the playoff brackets released Tuesday by the CIF Southern Section. From three teams in the high-profile Open Division to two high seeds in Division 5AA, the county appears to have several title contenders. Orange…
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By Alan Fram | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House approved Tuesday. The election-year bill, coming at a time of widespread complaints about slower…
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By SYLVIE CORBET and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis. Macron also said it would take time to find a diplomatic solution to the rising tensions, which represent the biggest security crisis between…
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As officials battled over Yucca Mountain, temporary storage sites and deep borehole technology, some 190 million pounds of highly radioactive waste piled up at commercial nuclear reactors all over the nation. Workers remove a turbine rotor from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in December. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) That includes 3.6…
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Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus has hired three new coaches: defensive line coach Travis Smith, tight ends coach Jim Dray and assistant offensive line coach Austin King. Dray has four years of coaching experience, including three in the NFL. He was the offensive quality control coach for the Cleveland Browns in 2019 and for the…
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By Tom Krisher | The Associated Press Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of nearly 485,000 vehicles in the U.S. to park them outdoors because they can catch fire even if the engines have been turned off. The recalls from the two Korean automakers, each of which have their U.S. headquarters in Orange County,…
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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. 8. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. TUESDAY’S SCORES GIRLS WATER POLO CIF-SS PLAYOFFS DIVISION 2 Wild-Card Round Northwood 12, Temescal Canyon 1 DIVISION 3…
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By Marshall Cohen and Ethan Cohen | CNN The North Carolina State Board of Elections said on Monday that it has the power to block GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn from running for reelection over his role in the January 6 insurrection — an open legal question at the center of liberal-backed efforts to disqualify him…
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Like so many of the 3-pointers he’s taken, Luke Kennard is in. The Ohio native was selected as one of eight players who will compete in the NBA’s 3-point contest during All-Star Weekend festivities on Feb. 19 in Cleveland, the league said Tuesday. Going into Tuesday night’s game in Memphis, Kennard was shooting 42.8% from…
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Orange County supervisors agreed Tuesday to pay $500,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging two deputies tased a man who called 911 to complain they were harassing him. The settlement was approved in closed session and later accepted by attorneys for David Andrews. The civil rights lawsuit alleges Deputies Stephan Harder and Robert Seamans used…
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