HUNTINGTON BEACH — The Huntington Beach boys volleyball team gained momentum in the middle of the first set against Newport Harbor in an opening-round, pool-play match in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs on Wednesday. The Oilers, the No. 2 seed, kept it up through the second set, faltered a bit in the third and then…
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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 Wednesday, April 30 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. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES BOYS…
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Yosemite and Yosemite Valley are the focus of an updated weather alert for strong thunderstorms issued at 3:22 p.m. on Wednesday by the National Weather Service. The alert is in effect until 3:45 p.m. The storms are forecast to bring pea-sized hail (0.25 inches). “At 3:22 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Yosemite…
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By BERNARD CONDON, Associated Press The Trump family company struck a deal Wednesday to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar in a sign it has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration, despite the danger of a president shaping U.S. public policy for personal financial gain. The project,…
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By REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press A federal appeals court says it won’t lift restrictions on the access that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The full panel of judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 9-6 to keep the ruling…
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It was an overcast morning Wednesday in Westminster, much like it was 50 years ago to the day in Saigon, when the South Vietnamese capital fell to communist forces and the last American troops left the city with as many allies as they could evacuate. Doan Hoang Curtis was just a toddler on April 30,…
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By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The reasons for the moves were not…
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SEATTLE — The Angels’ losing streak continued with a particularly awful afternoon. The Angels’ 9-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday afternoon was decided when they allowed six runs in the seventh inning. Even before all that, the Angels saw Mike Trout leave the game. The Angels’ oft-injured superstar was pulled for a pinch-hitter…
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to use a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Donald Trump amid speculation about whether she will mount another presidential campaign or opt to run for California governor. Harris will address the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America,…
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Wholesome Choice Market is coming to the long-shuttered Orchard Supply Hardware in Mission Viejo. The company paid $11.63 million for the shopping center at 24011-24031 Marguerite Parkway. Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, identified as an investment company based in Denver. The buyer, described by Hanley as “an Orange County-based regional grocery store operator,” was…
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