Next year’s congressional midterm election just got a lot more interesting for the Long Beach area. Rep. Alan Lowenthal’s announcement on Thursday, Dec. 16, that he would not run for a sixth term in Congress has created uncertainty for the strongly Democratic district he has dominated for the past decade, with speculation about who will…
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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 Thursday, Dec. 16. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY’S SCORES BOYS BASKETBALL LOARA TOURNAMENT Ocean View 64, Orange 39 GIRLS BASKETBALL NONLEAGUE Sonora 59, La Serna…
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While the NFL adjusted its COVID-19 protocols and tussled with the players’ union over enforcement measures on Thursday, Giants defensive players continued to drop like flies. Unvaccinated corner Adoree Jackson became the sixth Giants player to test positive for COVID-19 since Monday, ruling him out of Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. Unvaccinated positive corner…
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By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday permanently removed a major obstacle for women seeking abortion pills, eliminating a long-standing requirement that they pick up the medication in person. Millions of American women will now be able to get a prescription via an online consultation and receive the pills…
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The owners of a missing dog that was inside a truck stolen at the parking lot of a Huntington Beach hotel over the weekend have offered $1,000 for the safe return of the pet. Diego is a 13-year-old Chihuahua who was sitting in a truck that was briefly parked at Hotel Huntington Beach, 7667 Center…
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The Rams talked with NFL officials about their options for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks at SoFi Stadium as COVID-19 cases continued to rip through their roster, a team spokesman said Thursday. The game seems almost certain to be played, because the league has expressed no inclination to postpone or cancel any of the…
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The Dept. of Justice is filing criminal charges against ten people who run drug and alcohol addiction businesses in Orange County, saying the county has overtaken South Florida as the national epicenter for addiction industry fraud. “The problem was heavily concentrated, historically, in Miami and South Florida. But with active prosecutions (in Florida) the problems…
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Orange County native Dani Weatherholt was the first overall pick by Angel City FC in Thursday’s NWSL Expansion Draft. Angel City FC and San Diego Wave Futbol Club participated in the draft. Both teams will join the league for the upcoming 2022 season. Weatherholt, 27, was selected from OL Reign. She’s originally from Laguna Beach…
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There’s been a massive outbreak of COVID-19 cases through the NFL this week and the Jets aren’t immune. Rookie wide receiver Elijah Moore, who was already on IR because of a quad injury, landed on the COVID-19 reserved list Thursday. Linebacker Hamsah Nasirildeen and special team captain Justin Hardee landed on the list, too. The…
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ANAHEIM >> The Huntington Beach boys soccer team scored a pair of goals within a five-minute span in the first half and got clutch goal keeping from Daniel Kotkosky in the second half to earn a 2-0 victory over Servite in a nonleague game Thursday at Servite. The defeat was the first of the season…
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