July 25, 2022 2:48 pm
(AP) – Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on “Law & Order,” has died. He was 83. In his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television, playing an Italian-American communist in Warren Beatty’s “Reds,” Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” and mob boss Eddie Valentine in “The Rocketeer.” He would often say that while he might be best known for playing gangsters, his real passions were poetry, painting and opera. (Photo: ABC News)
July 25, 2022 1:43 pm
DALLAS (AP) – Authorities say a 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport before an officer shot and wounded her. Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia said at a news conference that the woman was dropped off at the airport Monday morning, walked inside and then entered a bathroom. He says she emerged wearing clothing she hadn’t arrived in, pulled a gun and fired several shots, apparently at the ceiling. Garcia says an officer who was nearby shot the woman in her “lower extremities,” wounding her and enabling her to be taken into custody. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Garcia didn’t release the woman’s name or speculate as to her motive.
July 25, 2022 4:23 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two people were killed and at least five others were injured after gunfire erupted at a Los Angeles park. The LA Police Department said the shooting occurred around 3:50 p.m. Sunday at Peck Park in LA’s San Pedro neighborhood. LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz said during a news conference that the casualties were reported at the baseball diamond. Police have not identified the victims. The LAPD said it wasn’t an active shooter situation but provided no more information. The LA Fire Department said the incident occurred at or near a car show and that at least three people suffered gunshot wounds and two were in critical condition. Seven people overall were injured and taken to hospitals. Peck Park is about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
July 25, 2022 4:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices. That’s according to a new poll that finds a sharp increase in the percentage of Americans saying they have “hardly any” confidence in the court. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds 67% of Americans support a proposal to set a specific number of years that justices serve instead of life terms, including 82% of Democrats and 57% of Republicans. The poll was conducted just weeks after the high court issued high-profile rulings stripping away women’s constitutional protections for abortion and expanding gun rights.
July 25, 2022 4:20 am
MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) – Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools. The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today. Francis spoke Monday near the site of the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School, on lands of four Cree nations south of Edmonton, Alberta. He said, “I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples.” The long-awaited apology opens Francis’ week long “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada, which is meant to help the church on its path of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and help victims heal.
July 25, 2022 4:18 am
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) – Tens of thousands of people who evacuated from Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region are returning to homes close to the front line because they can’t afford to live in safer places. They are risking their lives. One woman was killed by a missile outside her home just two days after returning. Ukrainian authorities are frustrated as some civilians remain in the path of war, but the region’s residents are frustrated, too. Some described feeling unwelcome as Russian speakers among Ukrainian speakers in some parts of the country. But more often, the problem is the lack of money to start anew. The mayor’s office in one small Donetsk city estimates that 70% of evacuated residents have come back.
July 25, 2022 4:16 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)- A woman is in critical condition after a shooting in Stowe Township. Police said they responded to reports of a shooting at the 1100 block of Race Street at around 9:26 p.m. Once they arrived at the scene, they found a woman inside of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head. The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. A second woman was also taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries she sustained from broken glass.
July 25, 2022 4:13 am
PERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Police have identified a man who was found in a river Saturday in Fayette County on Saturday. Authorities said they responded just after 5 p.m. to a reported drowning at the Youghiogheny River in Perry Township near Layton Road. State troopers believe that 29-year-old David Koker, of Dillsburg, drowned while swimming in the river. Medical examiners have not released an official cause of death. Multiple departments and crews were at the scene, including the Perry Township Fire Department, Dawson Fire Department, Westmoreland County units, Fayette County EMS and Pennsylvania State Police. The Murrysville Medic One Diving team was called to the scene after emergency crews were unable to locate Koker. His body was recovered from the river at approximately 8:22 p.m.
July 25, 2022 3:56 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Severe thunderstorms moved through our area Saturday afternoon, leaving behind damage and knocking power out to tens of thousands of people in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As of 10 a.m. Monday morning, West Penn Power is reporting more than 570 customers still without power. These outages are widespread throughout the county. According to the company’s outage website, they are dispatching crews but it is possible some customers may not have their power restored until Tuesday night at 11 p.m. A Cooling Center has been established for Cecil Township residents located at the Cecil Township VFD station #10 along Millers Run Road. Check current outage information here.
July 25, 2022 2:43 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Sen. Joe Manchin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. The 74-year-old Democrat from West Virginia tweeted Monday that he had tested positive that morning. He is fully vaccinated and boosted. He said he plans to isolate and follow CDC guidelines while working remotely. Manchin’s absence could impact voting in the Senate later this week. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are able to vote remotely by proxy, but members of the U.S. Senate are not. Lawmakers are expected to take a final vote on a bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States this week. The bill making its way through the Senate is a top priority of the Biden administration.
