By SARAH DiLORENZO BEIJING (AP) — China, which used its first Olympics to amplify its international aspirations, invited the world back Friday — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Games, this time as an emboldened and more powerful nation whose government’s authoritarian turn provoked some countries’ leaders into staying home. Chinese President Xi…
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“Mailbag” offers some insight into comments I get from readers — good, bad or in-between — and my thoughts about their feedback. It’s uncomfortable to talk about the nation’s ugly housing past and even more unnerving to think that many of the inequities still exist in the homebuying system today. Despite modest improvements, the housing…
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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, Feb. 3. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY‘S SCORES GIRLS BASKETBALL SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE Orangewood Academy 61, St. Margaret’s 20 BOYS SOCCER GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE…
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Six units in a Newport Beach apartment complex were heavily damaged after a building went up in flames Wednesday, Feb. 2, but no one was injured, authorities said. Newport Beach firefighters were called to the Park Newport Apartments, in the 1200 block of Park Newport, about 8:30 p.m. and found a building with six units…
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Blackie’s By the Sea, the Beach Ball and Mutt Lynch’s — all decades old iconic bars on West Oceanfront in Newport Beach. So when one of these old timers gets a nip and tuck, locals and tourists will take note. Owners have announced that Mutt Lynch — the baby of the bunch at 45 years…
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Seven former Angels players are included on the prosecution witness list in the federal criminal case against former PR staffer Eric Kay, who is charged with supplying the drugs that led to the death of former pitcher Tyler Skaggs in 2019. The players, if called, would testify that they believed Kay provided drugs to Skaggs…
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The Giants’ offense is about to undergo a metamorphosis. New head coach Brian Daboll will tab former Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Mike Kafka as his offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport reported that the deal isn’t done but is expected it to be…
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon reported Thursday that its profits nearly doubled in the final three months of last year, even as it contended with surging costs tied to a snarled supply chain and labor shortages. The Seattle-based online behemoth also said it is raising its annual prime membership fee in the…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 1,265 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, Feb.3, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 521,431. There were 55,324 new cases reported in the last two-week period as of Thursday. There were 28 fewer patients testing positive for COVID-19 reported in Orange County hospitals…
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A local resident has filed a lawsuit accusing the elected Orange County Board of Education of illegally appointing trustee Tim Shaw to a seat he had vacated a month earlier, and is asking a judge to order a special election in order to fill the position. A civil complaint filed this week in Orange County…
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