In this image provide by NOAA, the sun shines on coral showing sign of bleaching at Cheeca Rocks off the coast of Islamorada, Fla., on July 23, 2023. Scientists have seen devastating effects from prolonged hot water surrounding Florida — coral bleaching and some death. (Andrew Ibarra/NOAA via AP)

The water temperature on the tip of Florida hit hot tub levels, exceeding 100 degrees two days in a row, which meteorologists say could potentially be the hottest seawater ever measured. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says weather records for sea water temperature are unofficial and there are certain conditions in this reading that could disqualify it for a top mark, but the initial reading on a buoy at Manatee Bay hit 101.1 degrees Monday evening. And just 26 miles away, scientists saw devastating effects from prolonged hot water surrounding Florida — coral bleaching and some death.

FILE – Cars for sale line the road at a used auto dealership in Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Federal Reserve’s expected move Wednesday, July 26, 2023, to raise interest rates for the 11th time could once again send ripple effects across the economy. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, FILE)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s expected move Wednesday to raise interest rates for the 11th time could once again send ripple effects across the economy. Perhaps no one has felt the pain more than car buyers. It’s not just that sticker prices are way up. Or that lenders have tightened credit standards. On top of all that, steadily higher auto loan rates have elbowed many would-be buyers out of the market. A study by the New York Federal Reserve has found that 14% of applicants for auto loans were rejected over the past year — the highest such proportion since the New York Fed began tracking the figure in 2013 — up from 9% in February.

FILE – Students walk through Harvard Yard, April 27, 2022, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. On Monday, July 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni. Top colleges’ preferential treatment of children of alumni has been facing new scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down the use of affirmative action as a tool to diversify college campuses. The department notified Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, on Monday that it was investigating the group’s claim that the university “discriminates on the basis of race by using donor and legacy preferences in its undergraduate admissions process.”

PITTSBURGH, PA (July 26, 2023)…International Big Mac Day is Wednesday, August 2. The annual celebration is held on the birthdate of Jim Delligatii, the world-famous sandwich’s inventor.

Delligatti began test-marketing the seven-ingredient sandwich at his restaurant in Uniontown on April 22, 1967.  Customer response was so good, he soon introduced the sandwich at three more of his restaurants in Pittsburgh.  It debuted nationally in 1968.

Approximately 550 million Big Mac sandwiches are now sold each year in America alone. The sandwich is currently sold in more than 100 countries around the world.

Perhaps Delligatti’s most tasteful addition to the Big Mac was the famous secret sauce.  Having worked in the restaurant business for many years, he was familiar with the typical Russian dressing used for many sandwiches.  However, he knew the sauce for the Big Mac had to be something special.

“I would make the sauce in the restaurant by hand, mixing all the ingredients together myself.  It was hard work, but the customers loved it,” Delligatti once explained.

Many Americans today can still recite (in under four seconds) the seven-ingredient, tongue-twisting jingle featured in a 1974 Big Mac television ad campaign: Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun.

The sandwich also inspired The Economist Magazine’s “Big Mac Index,” an annual comparison of foreign currency values against the U.S. Dollar.

A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Thursday, July 13, 2023, the day a federal jury announced they had found Robert Bowers, who in 2018 killed 11 people at the synagogue, eligible for the death penalty. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Lawyers for the gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue have requested a court order to exhume the body of his long-dead father. Robert Bowers’ lawyers said Tuesday that they want the body exhumed for a DNA test after federal prosecutors raised questions about paternity. Bowers has already been convicted in the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue. A federal jury now has to decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without parole. The defense is trying to show that Bowers has a family history of mental illness and has introduced evidence that his father, Randall Bowers, was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Story by Beaver County Radio News Staff. Published July 26, 2023 7:17 A.M.

(Greene Township, PA) State Police in Beaver responded to State Route 168 and US 30 for a report of a hit and run crash just before 3am on June 18. Troopers determined that the crash was a result of an ongoing road rage incident between two parties who were known to eachother.  Troopers located and identified the alleged hit and runner as 31 year old Ridge Tomaselli of Hookstown. Tomaselli denied being in an accident to troopers, stating that the damage on his car was old. Troopers also learned that Tomaselli had called PSP Beaver to report he was the victim of a hit and run. He is being charged with false reports to law enforcement in addition to other violations in relation to the crash.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published July 26, 2023 6:41 A.M.

(Aliquippa, PA) Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 5 p.m. parishioners will gather at the site of Bishop Stefan Lastavica’s grave at Serbian Cemetery on Brodhead Road honoring the 60th Anniversary of His Consecration and a service will follow in the cemetery chapel.  Refreshments will be served in the church hall. Bishop Stefan was consecrated in Aliquippa in 1963, and died in 1966. St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church will also have Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. with Right Reverend Irinej , Father Branislav Golic, parish priest, , Father Rodney Torbic and , Deacon Dan August. Divine Liturgy is also Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The slava banquet is in the Serbian Center.

(Photo of Chasadee Yeager provided with release)

UPDATE 6:39 pm: According to New Sewickley Police she has been safely located.

(New Sewickley Twp., Pa.) The New Sewickley Township Police Department is attempting to locate 12-year-old Chasadee Yeager.  Chasadee is missing from New Sewickley Township and was last seen by her mother at approximately midnight on Tuesday July 25, 2023.  Chasadee is a white female approximately 5’6” tall with blonde hair and blue eyes.  Chasadee is possibly in the Beaver Falls area.  The New Sewickley Township Police Department is requested that anyone with information on where Chasadee is to call the New Sewickley Township Police Department at 724-774-2473 or the Beaver County 911 Center at 724-775-0881.  

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published July 25, 2023 2:36 P.M.

(Aliquippa, PA) Vendors are needed for this year’s event that will be held  on Saturday, September 30, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m..