By STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson took a strong stand Friday against a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid, sending a letter to colleagues that aligns him with hardline conservatives determined to sink the compromise on border and immigration policy. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said that the…
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LOS ANGELES — The moment still overwhelms Desmon Farmer, 19 years and 11 months later, the crowd of thousands at an arena that no longer exists assembling for one final ode to him. Back in his USC heyday, Farmer, once a sparkplug lead scorer for early 2000s Trojans teams that have long faded to history,…
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Sixteen years after a vehicle damaged the Little Saigon monument in Santa Ana, city leaders on Friday, Jan. 26, unveiled a new one on First Street near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard. The reconstruction of the new monument is to “celebrate the Tết Festival and honor the Vietnamese heritage and contribution to the community during…
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The Chargers said Friday they completed a second interview with Baltimore Ravens director of player personnel Joe Hortiz for their general manager’s job. Hortiz and New York Giants assistant GM Brandon Brown are the only two candidates to have second interviews so far. Hortiz joined the Ravens as a scout in 1998, moving through the…
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NEW YORK — Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. Sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Swift began circulating widely this week on the social media platform X. Her ardent fanbase of…
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Plans are coming into focus for Orange County’s first veterans cemetery, with state officials releasing a feasibility report that says it would cost $123 million to develop the first portion in Anaheim Hills’s Gypsum Canyon. Orange County is the largest county in the state without a veteran’s cemetery and after years of planning for one…
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Dana Hills junior Evan Noonan has been selected as the Gatorade Boys Cross Country Player of the Year, it was announced Friday. Noonan was the Register’s Orange County Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 2023 and 2022. This past fall, he won the CIF State Division III championship, covering the 5,000-meter course in…
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The Diocese of Orange and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have reached a combined $10 million settlement in a clergy child sex abuse case involving two of Orange County’s most notorious predators, attorneys with a high-profile sexual abuse law firm announced on Friday, Jan. 26. The settlement — which includes $9.5 million from the Diocese…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge on Friday, Jan. 26, said he would rule soon on a prosecutor’s request to keep a group’s leader and six of his followers held without bail as they face accusations that their advocacy for street vendors went beyond exercising their First Amendment right to protest and extended into…
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