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FULLERTON — Hiea-Yoon Kang, suspended from coaching the U.S. Olympic and national artistic swimming teams, continues to coach young athletes at Fullerton College, a location she has tried to keep secret for months, while being investigated by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegedly routinely physically, emotionally and verbally abusing swimmers for more than a decade, the Orange County Register has learned.Kang has been so concerned about keeping the training site for her club, the La Mirada Aquabelles, secret from the media and survivors of her alleged abuse and their parents that she has repeatedly instructed current Aquabelles swimmers and…

By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others, the latest legal victory for the president-elect in criminal cases that once threatened his career and freedom.The case against Trump and more than a dozen others had already been stalled for months over an appeal related to a romantic relationship Willis had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she had hired to lead the case.Citing an “appearance of impropriety” that might not typically warrant such a removal, a Georgia Court of Appeals panel said in a…

Mystik Dan will start from post six in an eight-horse field when the Kentucky Derby winner returns to the races in the Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita on Dec. 26.Entries were set Thursday for a card in which the $300,000, Grade I Malibu is one of six graded stakes races.The Malibu is the last American Grade I stakes for 3-year-olds in 2024, giving horses a good chance to add to their accomplishments for the season, and it’s a 7-furlong elongated sprint, giving those coming off layoffs a springboard into longer races in 2025.Mystik Dan, trained by Kenny…

By GRETCHEN MCKAY, Pittsburgh Post-GazettePITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh is a city of cookie lovers.As evidenced by the popular Facebook group The Wedding Cookie Table Community (which counts more than 325,000 members) and the dozens of entries to the Post-Gazette’s 2024 Holiday Cookie Challenge, Western Pennsylvanians also like to bake the sweet treats — especially during the holidays — both for gifts and to share after a meal with family and friends.Which begs a question for those traveling by air over the next week: Will your homemade cookies make it through a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International and other airports?The answer is…

FBI agents questioned a Carlsbad man Tuesday who had allegedly been in contact with a Wisconsin school shooter and is suspected of telling the girl that he planned to attack a government building with explosives and a gun, according to a court document filed by Carlsbad police.The information was provided in a gun violence emergency protective order filed against 20-year-old Alexander Charles Paffendorf, who authorities believe had been in contact with Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow. Authorities say Rupnow, 15, shot and killed a teacher and a teenage student and injured six others Monday at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., before…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKINGWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced “success” in coming up with a new plan to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, urging Congress to swiftly pass it in votes as soon as Thursday evening.Trump’s social media post landed as Republicans said they had narrowed in on a tentative accord after grueling closed-door talks. The new plan would keep government running for three more months, add disaster assistance for hurricane-hit states and others, and allow more borrowing through Jan. 30, 2027, Republicans said.“SUCCESS in Washington! Speaker Mike Johnson and…

LOS ALAMITOS THOROUGHBRED MEET LEADERS (Final, through Sunday) Jockeys / Wins Antonio Fresu / 6 Tiago Pereira / 6 Armando Ayuso / 5 Kyle Frey / 5 Tyler Baze / 4 Trainers / Wins Steve Knapp / 7 John Sadler / 3 (Eleven tied) / 2 WEEKEND STAKES LOS ALAMITOS QUARTER HORSES Saturday • $30,000 First Down Dash Handicap, quarter horses, 3-year-olds and up, 400 yards • $25,000 A Ransom Handicap, quarter horses, 3-year-olds, 350 yards Sunday • $175,000 Southern California Derby, quarter horses, 3-year-olds, 400 yards DOWN THE STRETCH • Santa Anita has lowered its bottom-level claiming prices to…

Ready for a new year and a reinvigorated housing market?Here are my 2025 predictions for the market.Freddie Mac mortgage rates are going to drop below 6% and stay in the mid-5s for most of the year. This year, we saw rates top out at 7.22% on May 22. Rates bottomed out at 6.08% on Sept. 26.Also see: California homebuying jumps 20%, biggest gain in 41 monthsThe economy is strong, but Trump has vowed to raise import tariffs. This should mean rates are more likely to go up than come down. So, what gives? There’s almost $18 trillion in consumer debt, an…

By MATTHEW DALY, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035 as he fights to ensure his legacy on slowing global warming, even as President-elect Donald Trump vows to undo much of Biden’s climate work when he takes office next month.Biden said the new goal — which supersedes a previous plan to cut carbon emissions at least in half by 2030 — keeps the United States on track to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 2050. The U.S. is making a formal submission of the new…

UCLA made two significant additions to its football coaching staff, hiring Andy Kwon as its offensive line coach and Gabe Lynn as its safeties coach, the program and head coach DeShaun Foster announced Thursday.Kwon, 30, will take over for Juan Castillo after overseeing the offensive line for the past three seasons at Arkansas State.“Coach Kwon is an up-and-coming young coach who has already shown an ability to effectively teach while relating to his players,” Foster said in a statement. “As a former center, he knows the ins and outs of the line and I know he can’t wait to put…