By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand | CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior Russian officials wait until after the Beijing Olympics had finished before beginning an invasion into Ukraine, US officials said Wednesday. US officials broadly view the report as credible, but its particulars are…
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California needs to build 2.5 million homes by the end of the decade to address the state’s current housing shortage, more than double the goal from the last planning period, state housing officials announced Wednesday, March 2. Of those, at least 1 million must be affordable to low-income households. The new goal is part of…
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EL SEGUNDO — D.J. Augustin was ready to hear where his basketball career would take him next. If only his kids would quiet down. The 34-year-old has four children, ages 9 through 1, and he was picking some of them up from school in Houston when his agent called Monday afternoon with an opportunity. “I…
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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, March 2 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL FREEWAY LEAGUE Fullerton 1, Sonora 0 NONLEAGUE St. John Bosco 6, San Juan Hills 3…
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Orange County prosecutors asked for the public’s help Wednesday in identifying possible additional victims of a music teacher charged with molesting two girls in Costa Mesa. Anthony Philip Bruccoliere of Costa Mesa, 49, was charged Feb. 15 with sexually assaulting the two girls between December 2008 and 2019, according to the criminal complaint. Bruccoliere, who…
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By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz | CNN An Oath Keeper who served as private security for right-wing figures around January 6 pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy Wednesday, becoming the first person charged with seditious conspiracy related to the US Capitol attack to strike a plea deal with the Justice Department. Joshua James…
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Some Language Arts teacher needs to sit the Miami Dolphins coaches, executives and players down for a grammar lecture discouraging the use of double negatives. First it was Tua Tagovailoa saying “I don’t not feel wanted,” when addressing Miami’s months-long pursuit of a trade for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, which concealed layers of tension…
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The Miami Dolphins appear likely to appease any concerns Pro Bowl cornerback Xavien Howard may have with his contract this offseason. Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said Wednesday he has already had multiple conversations with Howard since the end of the 2021 season at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. “I’ve had multiple talks with…
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Stanford announced Wednesday that the undergraduate student who died Tuesday was Katie Meyer, a goalkeeper and captain for the Cardinal women’s soccer team. Meyer was found dead in her on-campus residence on Tuesday, which the university initially reported without identifying the student. Stanford has released no information on Meyer’s cause of death. Meyer, 22, was…
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Dry storage of used fuel rods at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Camp Pendleton, CA, on Thursday, December 16, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) One of the quickest ways to get nuclear waste off San Onofre’s bluffs, relatively speaking: temporary storage sites, run by private companies, that aren’t surrounded by…
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