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Justice Department alleges UCLA medical school illegally used race in admissions
DOJ officials said its probe showed that, on average, the medical school admitted black and Hispanic applicants with "consistently lower academic qualifications than their white and Asian counterparts."
Cooking with Judy: A nostalgic recipe for a Mother’s Day
Fullerton’s Judy Bart Kancigor is the author of “Cooking Jewish” and “The Perfect Passover Cookbook.”
5 new Orange County restaurants and food spots to put on your radar
Including a pair of ice cream shops battling for frozen dessert supremacy and a seafood buffet taking over a former Rite Aid.
Drummond: PYLUSD strategizes for its future educating students
Jim Drummond is a longtime Yorba Linda resident. He regularly gives his take on local issues.
Dunn: Love at first serve; this tennis couple wins big together
Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register's weekly, The Coastal Current North.
Pakistan warns of strong response to any attack on anniversary of clash with India
Pakistan’s military warns it will respond strongly to any attack as it marks the anniversary of last year’s conflict with India. The four-day clash in May 2025 brought the nuclear-armed…
More than a media mogul, Ted Turner leaves behind a conservation legacy
Ted Turner fueled conservation work across the West. He saw habitat restoration & endangered species work as ways to address climate change.
Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say
Three Western intelligence officials said a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since the invasion of Ukraine.
Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official says
The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water.
China signals again that Taiwan is a priority ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
China is signaling Taiwan will be a priority ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping next week.