July 28, 2022 4:20 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Leave It to Beaver” actor Tony Dow has died. Agent Frank Bilotta says Dow died Wednesday at age 77. As Wally Cleaver on the beloved sitcom that ran on CBS and ABC from 1957 to 1963, Dow helped create the popular and lasting image of the 20th century American teenager. Wally was the just-a-little-wiser big brother “Beaver” Cleaver, played by Jerry Mathers. Dow would revive the role of Wally in a 1980s sequel series and also worked as a television director. Dow announced in May that he had been diagnosed with prostate and gall bladder cancer. Bilotta, who represented Dow in his work as a sculptor, confirmed his death in an email to The Associated Press.
July 28, 2022 4:16 am
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Judges have blocked abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota amid lawsuits arguing that the bans violate their state constitutions. A judge in Wyoming on Wednesday sided with a firebombed women’s health clinic and others who argued the ban would harm health care workers and their patients, while a North Dakota judge sided with the state’s only abortion clinic. The court action puts those states among several where judges have temporarily blocked “trigger laws” meant to go in effect when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The Wyoming law was set to take effect Wednesday. The North Dakota law was set to take effect Thursday. Elsewhere hundreds protested an abortion ban bill that advanced in the West Virginia Legislature.
July 28, 2022 4:13 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea. State media reported Kim made such a warning in a Wednesday speech marking the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. Some experts say Kim’s threats were apparently meant to boost internal unity in the impoverished country suffering pandemic-related economic difficulties. Kim also called South Korea’s new president “a confrontation maniac” who’s gone further than past South Korean leaders. Some observers expect more North Korean threats before the United States and South Korea hold military drills the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
July 28, 2022 4:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. That’s according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who also revealed Wednesday that he has asked to speak with his Kremlin counterpart for the first time in months. The statement marked the first time the U.S. government has publicly revealed any concrete action it has taken to secure the release of Griner. áHe did not offer details on the proposed deal outlined to the Russians, though a person familiar with the matter said the U.S. government has offered to trade convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Whelan and Griner.
July 28, 2022 4:06 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania representative attended the same-sex wedding of his son three days after voting against legislation to protect the recognition of same-sex marriages. Rep. Glenn Thompson, a Republican who represents a large swath of conservative northern Pennsylvania, voted against the bill brought by Democrats to the floor of the U.S. House. The vote came amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on abortion access could jeopardize other rights aside from access to abortion. The bill protecting the recognition passed 267-157 Tuesday, July 19, with 47 Republicans — including three from Pennsylvania — joining every Democrat in backing it. On Friday, Thompson attended the same-sex wedding of his son. Thompson’s press secretary also called the bill “nothing more than an election-year messaging stunt for Democrats in Congress who have failed to address historic inflation and out of control prices at gas pumps and grocery stores.”
July 28, 2022 4:00 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Allegheny County Health Department is making the monkeypox vaccine available to more people in the county by distributing it in more locations. The county is offering the vaccine at four new locations. Those locations are:
Central Outreach Wellness Center, 127 Anderson Street, Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Allies for Health + Wellbeing, 5913 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Metro Community Health Center, 1789 S Braddock Ave #410, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. AHN Positive Health Clinic, 1307 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (only vaccinating current patients). Vaccine eligibility varies on a case-by-case basis. Anyone who has been exposed to a person who has been diagnosed with monkeypox is eligible for the vaccine.
“The Health Department is offering the JYNNEOS vaccine to individuals at our Immunization Clinic who have had a high-risk exposure,” said ACHD medical epidemiologist Dr. Kristen Mertz. “The vaccine can prevent disease if given within four days of exposure to the virus. There have been 20 cases of monkeypox reported in Allegheny County.
July 28, 2022 3:56 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A person was flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital after being hit by a train in Washington County. According to Washington County 911, the person was hit by a Norfolk Southern train at around 6:45 p.m. near Lincoln Street in Elco Borough. There is no information on the person’s condition at this time.
July 28, 2022 2:19 am
NEW YORK (AP) – The Justice Department says a Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett’s company discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware. Officials are calling it the second-largest redlining settlement in history. Trident Mortgage Co. deliberately avoided writing mortgages in minority-majority neighborhoods in West Philadelphia, Camden, New Jersey and in Wilmington, Delaware. That’s according to a Justice Department Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settlement with Trident. As part of the agreement with the government agencies, Trident will have to set aside $20 million to make loans in underserved neighborhoods.
July 27, 2022 4:52 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Leave It to Beaver” actor Tony Dow has died. Agent Frank Bilotta says Dow died Wednesday at age 77. áAs Wally Cleaver on the beloved sitcom that ran on CBS and ABC from 1957 to 1963, Dow helped create the popular and lasting image of the 20th century American teenager. Wally was the just-a-little-wiser big brother “Beaver” Cleaver, played by Jerry Mathers. Dow would revive the role of Wally in a 1980s sequel series and also worked as a television director. Dow announced in May that he had been diagnosed with prostate and gall bladder cancer. Frank Bilotta, who represented Dow in his work as a sculptor, confirmed his death in an email to The Associated Press. (Photo: AP)
July 27, 2022 4:51 pm
DENVER (AP) – A wealthy dentist accused of killing his wife on a remote African safari in 2016 and later collecting nearly $5 million in insurance money was expected to testify in his defense Wednesday afternoon during his murder trial. Federal prosecutors allege Lawrence “Larry” Rudolph confessed during a fight with his longtime lover at a restaurant after learning that the FBI was investigating his wife Bianca Rudolph’s shooting death. His lawyer has argued Rudolph was worth more than $15 million when his wife died and had no financial motive to kill her.
