By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON — Jonah Heim homered, Nathan Eovaldi pitched six effective innings and the Texas Rangers beat Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros 5-4 on Monday for a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series. Adolis García, Mitch Garver and Nathaniel Lowe each hit an RBI single during Texas’ four-run first inning against…
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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 Monday, Oct. 16 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. MONDAY’S SCORES GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE University 32, Irvine 6 SUNSET LEAGUE Newport Harbor 25, Marina…
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LOS ANGELES – London Wijay, for all intents and purposes, was not supposed to be sitting here, feet planted on the $275,000 volleyball court at USC’s Galen Center, the court that enticed her to make the most daunting decision of her young life. She was supposed to be walking the halls, instead, at Alemany High,…
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ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOP 10 (Records through Oct. 15) 1. Mater Dei 34-3: The Monarchs went undefeated in the Trinity League, are seeded No. 1 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. Previous rank: 1 2. Huntington Beach 27-6: The Oilers slipped in the final week, losing to Edison, but still won the…
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The annual Harbor Hoot this weekend brought hundreds of stand-up paddlers to the Dana Point Harbor – the event celebrates the sport and teaches about safety while navigating the sea. The gathering on Saturday, Oct. 14, marked the Harbor Hoot’s fifth year and offered three events – a 3K Channel Scoot, the Harbor Hustle Sprint…
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By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt’s border with Gaza, barred from entry, as residents and humanitarian groups pleaded Monday for water, food and fuel for dying generators, saying the tiny Palestinian territory sealed off by Israel after last week’s rampage by Hamas was…
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After announcing the initial run of dates for the Merry Christmas One and All holiday tour earlier this month, R&B and pop diva Mariah Carey is extending her Christmas stay at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles for a second evening on Nov. 19. According to Live Nation, the first show set for Nov. 17…
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Those who called Hamas’s attack on Israel “Israel’s 9/11” were more accurate than they realized. Just as the US reacted to 9/11 by fulfilling Osama bin Laden’s wish that the US would get bogged down in no-win wars, Israel’s reaction to the Hamas attack fulfills Hamas’s likely goal of radicalizing more Palestinians. The result of…
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Paul F. Folino, a longtime tech executive and philanthropist in Orange County, died after battling cancer. He was 75. Raised in poverty in Seattle, Folino would go on to make a fortune in computer networking technology, working for Xerox in the 1970s and eventually as chief executive of Emulex Corp. in Costa Mesa. Emulex, notably,…
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By LISA MASCARO | AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON — With a push by allies of Donald Trump, far-right firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan appeared Monday to be shoring up support to become U.S. House speaker, winning over reluctant Republicans who have few options left two weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. One by one, Jordan, the hard-charging…
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