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The NHRA Finals return to Pomona this weekend, the FBI seized over $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance and linked a separate $400 million theft campaign to North Korea, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned a Chino pastor’s remarks alleging Muslim elected officials pose an invasion plan.

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Fans flock to Pomona for 61st NHRA Finals this weekend
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FBI says US has seized $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen from Binance
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The Navy has removed several high-ranking officials without public announcement, prompting congressional pushback, while new analysis attributes midterm results to increased turnout among diverse younger voters and decreased participation among older Trump supporters, and a sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized after a three-vehicle collision in Calabasas.

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Navy has quietly fired some commanders and other officials, drawing congressional pushback
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Young, diverse voters showed up for midterms as older, Trump voters stayed home
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A cargo ship collision forced the indefinite closure of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, Donald Trump Jr. ended his paid strategic adviser role at Kalshi after his firm invested in competitor Polymarket, and comedian Anthony Clark died at 62 from complications of pneumonia.

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Cargo ship strikes bridge between New Jersey and Philadelphia, causing traffic backup
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Donald Trump Jr. exits advisory role at prediction market Kalshi
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Comedian Anthony Clark, star of ‘Yes, Dear,’ dead at 62
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A Pomona man was convicted for his role in a multimillion-dollar Southern California Home Depot theft ring, the American Cancer Society updated its prostate cancer screening guidelines to recommend starting at age 50 for average-risk men, and LoanDepot founder Anthony Hsieh listed his Crystal Cove estate for $125 million in a potential Orange County record sale.

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Jury convicts Pomona man for role in Home Depot thefts worth $10 million
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What men need to know after a major update to prostate cancer guidelines
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The Oceanwide Plaza site in downtown Los Angeles is being cleaned and redeveloped by new owners, Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke at the Nixon Library about the conservative movement’s future after midterm losses, and Paul LePage flipped Maine’s second congressional district in a ranked-choice vote.

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Graffiti Towers downtown Los Angeles are free of graffiti, development continues
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks midterm elections at Nixon Library
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Federal appellate judge and legal scholar Richard Posner died at 87, and Pope Leo XIV, during a visit to Peru, denounced machismo and violence against women while urging the country’s Catholic hierarchy to prioritize transparency and justice regarding clergy sexual abuse.

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Richard Posner, eminent federal appellate judge and pioneering scholar, dies at 87: ‘He was a giant’
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After his emotional return, Pope denounces ‘machismo’ in Peru and demands women be protected
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Buena Park Mayor Connor Traut won the Orange County Board of Supervisors Fourth District race, giving Democrats a majority on the board, an Orange County Superior Court judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed against the Anaheim Union High School District over a teacher’s alleged remark calling a Muslim student of Palestinian descent a terrorist, and a South Carolina judge denied bond for Michael Comer, who is accused of burying his 11-month-old son alive in a dog crate.

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Election results: Traut headed to OC Board of Supervisors, joining incumbents Foley and Sarm...

Southern California’s concentration of 540,000 mortgage-holding equity millionaires has prompted consideration of a federal capital gains tax exemption increase, the federal government is launching a $4.9 million research initiative into ibogaine for veterans with PTSD, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a Joint Service Commendation Medal to a soldier who reprimanded him for laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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540,000 Southern California mortgage-holders are equity millionaires
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Federal funding cuts have stalled critical climate and infrastructure projects in Indigenous communities, leaving a $470 million shortfall and prompting calls for congressionally protected tribal funding, Cape Town plans to relocate and neuter two baboon troops in Simon’s Town amid protests over the move, and Ireland is under pressure to halt alumina exports to Russia from a County Limerick refinery over concerns they support Russia’s military supply chain.

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DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects
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ICE reported a record 483,200 deportations and nearly 475,000 arrests in the past fiscal year, two Senate Democrats opened an inquiry into whether HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misled lawmakers about past anti-vaccine advocacy, and longtime NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks died at 64 after a sudden illness.

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ICE reports record-high immigration arrests and deportations since Trump’s return to White House
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Senators probing RFK Jr.’s testimony on Samoa trip after AP and Guardian showed documents refute it
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned amid an FBI investigation into his relationship with a woman identified as a Chinese government agent and related scandal, Melania Trump raised her public profile through diplomatic efforts toward a temporary Ukraine ceasefire and a forthcoming media project, and North Hollywood mourned three women killed in a suspected DUI crash while residents called for road safety measures.

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Scandal-hit Jensen Huang loses his shine in his birthplace Taiwan
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The California Science Center opens its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center featuring the space shuttle Endeavour in vertical launch configuration, an analysis finds inland California rents average $1,815 per month and consume 23% of local household income, and Democratic officials and strategists meet in Denver for the What’s Next conference to assess the party’s future after the midterm elections.

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Towering new shuttle exhibit launches for public at California Science Center on Friday
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Two men were executed in the United States as the country remains on track to surpass 40 executions for a second consecutive year, U.S. existing home sales fell to their slowest pace in more than 16 years amid surging mortgage rates even as median prices rose, and the United Kingdom appointed its first special envoy for climate security while activists warned that global climate efforts have stalled.

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Executions in Oklahoma and Texas include a father who beheaded 3 children
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U.S. hospitals are closing pediatric intensive care units amid concerns about rural access, a 17-year-old with autism was found alive after six days lost in eastern Australia, and former Below Deck participant Joao Franco was arrested in Turkey following a fatal altercation in Bodrum.

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Hospital beds for the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing
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A missing teen is found alive after 6 days in the Australian woodlands
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Pope Leo XIV returned to Chiclayo, Peru, for a personal homecoming tied to his years as its bishop, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin after Russia-Ukraine talks produced a prisoner swap but no major breakthrough and planned to brief Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and families are increasingly reviving landline telephones to give children simple communication free from smartphone distractions and online risks.

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Pope Leo returns to beloved former home of Chiclayo, the Peruvian city that claims him as its own
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Orange city leaders advanced a voluntary Historic Preservation Ordinance creating a local register and preservation incentives under a renamed Heritage Commission pending a November 24 vote, and Nvidia shares fell 14% after co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang resigned amid a board investigation, dragging the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower despite a modest Dow gain.

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A new Orange preservation law could expand historic designations around town
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A plunge for Nvidia’s stock drags Wall Street lower
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A wrong-way driver caused a triple-fatal crash involving a semi-truck and multiple vehicles on the westbound 91 Freeway in Riverside, prompting a SigAlert, closing the Fourteenth Street on-ramp, and leading authorities to urge alternate routes.

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Several lanes of the westbound 91 Freeway closed in Riverside after triple fatal crash
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An Israeli airstrike on the surgical wing of Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed six people, including a doctor, and wounded at least a dozen others, while French authorities denied entry to West Bank settler leader Yossi Dagan under an administrative ban, and a three-story building collapse in Brooklyn killed five people and hospitalized seventeen.

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Israel hits Gaza hospital and France turns away a settler leader, and other Mideast news
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Irvine police warned that a viral door kick challenge has prompted more than twenty reports of property damage and possible criminal vandalism charges, and the 21st-ranked USC men’s basketball team remained undefeated with a 77-65 road win over California.

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Irvine police warn social media-driven 'door kick challenge' could lead to criminal charges
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Alijah Arenas, Rodney Rice lead 21st-ranked USC to 77-65 win at California to stay unbeaten
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UCLA set a program record with a 106-37 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Nashville extended its winning streak to six games by defeating Anaheim 4-2, and Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier extended his goal-scoring streak to seven games despite the loss.

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No. 9 UCLA routs Arkansas-Pine Bluff 106-37, sets school record with 69-point margin of victory
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Nils Hoglander, Shane Wright lead Predators past Ducks 4-2 for their 6th straight victory
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Orange County officials filed a lawsuit to stop striking sanitation workers from blocking landfills, ballot counting across the region left three state Assembly races exceptionally close, and Riverside County authorities arrested a Brea resident in connection with a fatal shooting in Wildomar.

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County sues Teamsters over picketing at landfills amid delays to trash services
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Brea man arrested for allegedly shooting man to death in Wildomar
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These 3 Orange County Assembly races remain close
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Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Peru for an emotional homecoming tour, the Trump administration has unveiled a plan to sell federal public lands to boost energy production, and the Boulder County district attorney announced he would not have cleared JonBenet Ramseys family as suspects in the ongoing murder investigation.

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Pope Leo returns to what is expected to be a national party in his second homeland of Peru
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Boulder County DA says Ramseys shouldn’t have been cleared in JonBenet’s murder
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President Donald Trump announced a planned 250-foot triumphal monument dedicated to veterans near Arlington National Cemetery despite ongoing legal challenges and a temporary restraining order halting construction, and Brazilian authorities fined Facebook $1.3 million for failing to comply with court orders during the nations recent election.

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Trump says the towering arch he wants to be build might be dedicated to military veterans
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Brazil fines Facebook $1.3 million for failing to comply with court orders during election
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Unseasonable warmth in the Irvine area will give way to cooler temperatures and light rain from late Thursday into Saturday morning, hazardous coastal surf conditions are expected through the weekend, and a second colder front will move across the region on Monday.

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Southern California braces for rain after days of unseasonable heat
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Orange County congressional representatives voted along party lines as House Republicans narrowly defeated an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while Southern California military veterans completed a major conservation cleanup at Yosemite National Park as part of an initiative supporting post-service trauma recovery.

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Rep. Lou Correa misses Pete Hegseth impeachment vote due to medical procedure, says he would’ve supported it
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Veterans turn to stewardship at national parks, the outdoors for a second ‘tour of duty’
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has relocated to a military base amid security concerns, Britains entertainment industry faces further sexual misconduct allegations following the prison sentencing of Russell Brand, and advocates in Greenland have launched an initiative to preserve Arctic cultural traditions threatened by climate change.

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Bessent moves to a military base over safety concerns, an AP source says
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Walliams and Brand were leading UK comics. Now they are part of a reckoning over sexual misconduct
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Cal State Fullerton has launched a flag football initiative and mental health study for local military veterans, the Historic Wintersburg Conservancy secured a grant to stabilize historic structures in Huntington Beach, and federal authorities have opened investigations into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang over potential national security and export control violations.

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Vets build community through flag football league at Cal State Fullerton
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Restoration of Historic Wintersburg gets help from $50,000 for new foundations
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Healthcare advocates are promoting the B-R-A-I-N framework to support shared medical decision-making, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo faces its deadliest Ebola outbreak on record amid conflict and a lack of approved vaccines.

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Remember this acronym next time you’re facing a big medical decision: B.R.A.I.N.
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Ebola tops 11,000 cases in Congo’s deadliest outbreak
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California officials are advancing a pilot cobblestone barrier project to protect storm-damaged access at San Onofre Surf Beach, the United Nations climate summit convened in Turkey amid the absence of key global polluters, and Pope Leo XIV concluded his visit to Argentina with a massive open-air Mass urging national reconciliation.

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Options reviewed for preserving San Onofre beach access
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World leaders urge stronger and faster action at UN climate talks over inadequate response
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Kenya has begun its countdown to declaring an end to its Ebola outbreak following the discharge of its final patient, the White House has warned congressional Democrats against aggressive oversight investigations into the Trump administration, and a police pursuit in Southern California ended in a two-vehicle collision near the USC campus.

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Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, beginning countdown to Ebola-free declaration
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White House confronts Democrats over planned probes, claiming they may be ‘blatant criminality’
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A San Francisco judge sentenced tech consultant Nima Momeni to sixteen years to life for the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, historical data shows California home prices rarely drop significantly following tech stock downturns, and United States stock futures rebounded as Nvidia shares stabilized.

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Tech consultant sentenced to 16 years to life in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
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U.S. immigration authorities are facing scrutiny over prolonged detentions of migrant children and arrests of prospective sponsors, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed allegations that Israel is blocking humanitarian aid into flood-ravaged Gaza, and negotiators from Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a major prisoner-of-war exchange brokered in Abu Dhabi.

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Stuck in shelters for months, some migrant children abandon hopes of staying in US
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Netanyahu says Israel is not to blame for the flood crisis in Gaza, and other Mideast news

The third-ranked USC womens basketball team defeated Charleston 105-44 to secure its third consecutive triple-digit victory, star guard JuJu Watkins posted 20 points in 22 minutes as she continues her return from an ACL injury, and the undefeated Trojans now prepare to face top-ranked South Carolina on Sunday.

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No. 3 USC women storm past Charleston as Hall, Davidson and Watkins power another blowout
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Incumbent Katrina Foley has secured re-election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors Fifth District following a concession from Diane Dixon, and Connor Traut has expanded his lead over Tim Shaw in the Fourth District supervisor race.

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Election result: Dixon ends campaign as Foley maintains lead for 4th District OC Supervisor seat
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3 killed, 3 injured after vehicle runs into pedestrians in North Hollywood
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Two Republican California legislative incumbents in Orange County conceded their reelection bids, several neighboring legislative races remain closely contested, and acclaimed actor Stacy Keach died at age eighty-five.

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2026 Elections: 2 GOP incumbents concede, 3 Orange County Assembly races remain close
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Stacy Keach, star of stage and ‘Mike Hammer’ series, dies at 85
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87-year-old Altadena veteran still fighting to return home after Eaton Fire
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Investigators in California identified a hitchhiker killed in a 1974 crash through genetic genealogy, North Carolina State University suspended a fraternity following allegations of severe hazing and drug use, and a passenger was arrested in New Orleans after falsely claiming to have an explosive aboard a flight.

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A half-century later, San Bernardino sheriff’s investigators solve mystery of hitchhiker killed along I-15
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Sigma Nu hazing warrants: Cocaine was flowing at NC State fraternity as late as October
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The City of Irvine has launched a public survey to guide a twenty-year library master plan, while local resident Till Kahrs is expanding his songwriting career with musical placements in television and upcoming feature films.

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Former MLB catcher and manager Bob Boone has died at age seventy-eight, prompting tributes from the Angels and Phillies honoring his storied defensive career, and his family confirmed his passing following a legacy that spanned three generations in professional baseball.

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Former Angels catcher Brett Boone dies at 78
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Democrat Chris Duncan won California’s 36th Senate District following Republican Tony Stricklands concession, Southern California home sales fell to their second-slowest pace on record through October despite strong luxury transactions, and Orange County saw home values drop across forty-two percent of the area while regional rents rose.

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2026 Election: Sen. Tony Strickland concedes in race for the 36th Senate District
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Firefighters in Southern California continue to battle flare-ups at a massive commercial warehouse fire in South Los Angeles, Senator Bernie Sanders has mounted a challenge against Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leadership, and Ohio State University alongside Columbus police have launched a hazing investigation after two students sustained severe burns at a fraternity gathering.

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Police investigate whether burned Ohio State University students were victims of hazing
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Bernie Sanders won’t support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it’s time for change
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