By ANNIE MA, MAKIYA SEMINERA and JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press As he finishes college in China, computer science student Ma Tianyu has set his sights on graduate school in the United States. No country offers better programs for the career he wants as a game developer, he said. He applied only to U.S. schools and…
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A House-passed effort to block California’s electric vehicle mandate has moved to the U.S. Senate — where lawmakers will have to decide not only whether they should nix the waiver for the state’s plan to phase out the sale of gas-only vehicles in the next 10 years but also whether they can. “For over 50…
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By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation revealed late Sunday is touching…
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Anaheim is mulling a takeover of the Anaheim Transportation Network, the resort transit operator that moves millions of people a year, as the service is exploring ways to raise revenue or make cuts to address budget challenges. ATN runs a network of resort buses centered around the city’s resort area. The transportation provider says rising labor…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final Orange County baseball stat leaders for the 2025 season. To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards. BATTING AVERAGE Name, school BA H AB Jordan Solis, Westminster .544 31 57 Gabe Segura, Magnolia…
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California’s population is blossoming in places where the lifestyle appeals to a younger, cost-conscious, family-oriented audience. It’s not rocket science. Let me explain by starting with the latest population tally from the state Department of Finance. It shows California with 39.5 million residents as of Jan. 1, 2025. Looking back through the pandemic era, the…
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Before he built Disneyland, Walt Disney knew it was impossible to put a price on dreams. “I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible because dreams offer too little collateral,” he once said. The same goes for memories. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every…
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A wall stretching about a quarter mile to hold back a slipping hillside in San Clemente and prevent future rail track damage has approval from the California Coastal Commission, also greenlighting fixes to reconnect a popular beach path destroyed by a 2024 landslide. The projects are part of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s $300 million…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Orange County high school softball rankings for this week, as of Monday, May 12. Notable this week: Rosary concludes the regular season ranked No. 1 and riding a 16-game winning streak. The final O.C. rankings will be released after the CIF-SS playoffs.…
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By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump during his 2024 criminal trial, has been appointed acting Librarian of Congress, the Justice Department said Monday. Blanche replaces longtime librarian Carla Hayden, whom the White House fired last week amid criticism from some conservatives that…
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