By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that his recent public comments against U.S. trade policy could backfire going into the formal review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade deal that protects Canada from the heaviest impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Related Articles…
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Sam Darnold will be starting Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8, 2026, for the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots. Darnold will become the first former USC quarterback to start a Super Bowl. The Orange County Register has been covering Darnold since he was a high school football (and basketball) star in San Clemente…
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By JONEL ALECCIA Two suppliers provided dried milk powder that could be a culprit in the outbreak of botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula that has sickened dozens of babies, The Associated Press has learned. Related Articles DA seeks July trial in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case, with his federal trial slated for fall Nicaraguan…
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Immigration has become a fundamental test of our democracy — of whether constitutional rights still limit government power to violate our civil liberties, and of whether that power can be turned inward against the very people it is meant to serve. When federal immigration authority is used to justify secrecy, militarization, and violence in everyday…
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By MICHAEL BIESECKER The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder. Related Articles DA seeks July trial in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case, with his federal trial slated for fall Nicaraguan man’s death at troubled…
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ, ERIC GAY and BILL BARROW DILLEY, Texas (AP) — Texas state police deployed chemical irritants toward protesters Wednesday outside a federal detention facility where a Democratic congressman met with a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose case has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Related Articles Bessent warns Carney…
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California residents pay very high taxes as the evidence piles up that an insane amount of the money is stolen by fraudsters. For 2025, even single filers with a taxable income of less than $11,079 owe 1% of their income to the state. Then it’s 2% for those who have earned up to $26,264, 4%…
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The plan for Orange County’s first wave pool included not just a lagoon for surfing, but was a nearly 60,000-square-foot project with a restaurant and bar, surf academy, a wellness center, shops and athlete accommodations. Now, the future of Newport Beach’s Snug Harbor Surf Park is uncertain. The City Council on Tuesday night, Jan. 27,…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors urged a judge on Wednesday to set a July trial date in Luigi Mangione ’s state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, two months before jury selection in his federal death penalty case. Related Articles Nicaraguan man’s death at troubled Texas…
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A Hawaii man who defrauded an elderly Orange County resident out of nearly $2 million, leaving him homeless, was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 28, to four years in federal prison. John Tamahere McCabe, 42, swindled the money by falsely promising to sell the 79-year-old victim’s yacht for him and by taking out unauthorized loans against his…
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