Rediscover the '80s has learned of the passing of Harris Yulin at the age of 87.  Acclaimed Broadway and film actor best known for portraying the volatile judge in Ghostbusters II as well as notable roles in Clear and Present Danger, Looking for Richard, Multiplicity, Scarface, and Training Day.  His most recent appearance was opposite of Jason Bateman and Laura Linney in the Netflix series Ozark and was preparing himself for a role in a new television series titled American Classic.

"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV," Chris Robinson passed away on June 9, 2025 at the age of 86.  He's best remembered for delivering the aforementioned line in a Vicks formula 44 cough syrup commercial as well as his roll in the soap opera General Hospital as Dr. Rick Webber.  His film and acting career began in the 1960s in television as a guest in 77 Sunset Strip, Death Valley Days, and others before securing a regular role as Sgt. Alexander "Sandy" Komansky in 12 O'Clock High.  His final role was in 2022 wherein he appeared in an independent film Just for a Week.

The anti-ICE demonstrations and riots that broke out in Los Angeles County nearly a week ago calmed down on Wednesday night after L.A. Democratic Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew and local law enforcement officers moved in to arrest any demonstrators who defied the order. Bass issued a curfew on Tuesday and Wednesday night from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for most of downtown L.A. to prevent any further violence or vandalism, The Los Angeles Times reported. An unlawful assembly was declared at 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, and LAPD officers moved in to disperse the crowd, firing rubber bullets at 7:00 p.m. and causing many of the demonstrators to flee the scene. Thirty minutes later, the LAPD began arresting anyone who remained in the curfew zone downtown, which was around a few dozen protesters, according to the Times. In a Thursday morning social media post, President Donald Trump took credit for the calmer nights of protests, praising the National Guard and the Marines, whom he deployed to L.A., for putting “L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job.” “Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights. Our great National Guard, with a little help from the Marines, put the L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job,” Trump wrote. “They all worked well together, but without the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we haven’t seen in years.” Trump then ripped California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying that he “had totally lost control of the situation.” “He should be saying THANK YOU for saving his ass, instead of trying to justify his mistakes and incompetence!!!” the president added. L.A. Police Chief Jim McDonnell told “CBS Mornings” on Wednesday that the National Guard is not assisting local authorities with street protests or riot control. “That’s not our understanding. They have a different mission,” McDonnell said. “They’re working in support of the federal agencies that are working with ICE on civil immigration enforcement and criminal immigration enforcement.” He added, “We don’t need the National Guard, and they are not here to help us right now.” Mayor Bass told PBS on Wednesday that her curfews “absolutely” helped prevent more rioting in the downtown area. “Last night was the first night of the curfew,” Bass said about the Tuesday night order. “And I will tell you, over 100 people were arrested, but they were arrested for failure to disperse and violating curfew, no violence, no vandalism. And so that is different than the night before.” Bass continued to criticize Trump over the deployment of the National Guard, calling it “completely unwarranted” and arguing that Trump’s action provoked the rioting. “No one asked for that help. You were talking about minor protests, but every time you do something like this, you provoke the population even further,” she said. “They are angry because of the raids, they are angry because of the National Guard being here, and now they are really going to be angry if the troops come in.” Trump has called out both Bass and Newsom for how they handled the rioting over the weekend, when federal, state, and local law enforcement officers were attacked by agitators and buildings were vandalized and damaged. Earlier this week, the president accused the mayor and governor of lying “to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are peaceful protests.’” As the authorities quell the violence in L.A., the Trump administration continues to conduct immigration raids throughout Southern California. The White House said on Wednesday that since last week, 330 suspected illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area have been detained, 113 of whom had past criminal convictions. Immigration agents have targeted businesses, including at least five car washes in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, arresting dozens of suspected illegal immigrants, according to the Times.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named eight people to serve on the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), a highly influential vaccine panel he gutted earlier in the week.  The new members include Dr. Robert Malone, who worked on early research for mRNA vaccine technology and is a vocal critic of the mRNA COVID vaccines, as well as other medical experts who took dissenting positions from the medical establishment during the COVID pandemic. Kennedy announced on X Wednesday evening that the eight new members are “highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America’s most accomplished physicians.” “All of these individuals are committed to evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense,” he said. “They have each committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations.” In addition to Malone, who’s the most well-known, the other members include Dr. Joseph R. Hibbeln, Martin Kulldorff, Retsef Levi, Dr. Cody Meissner, Dr. Michael A. Ross, Dr. James Pagano, and Vicky Pebsworth. On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s… — Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) June 11, 2025 Kennedy noted Malone’s work on mRNA vaccine technology, specifically his “foundational research in the late 1980s on lipid-mediated mRNA delivery, which laid the groundwork for later developments in mRNA-based therapeutics.” Thank you for the honor of serving my country in this way, @SecKennedy. I will do my best to serve with unbiased objectivity and rigor. https://t.co/mO0a3eGcjb — Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) June 11, 2025 Dr. Martin Kulldorff, another panelist, is an epidemiologist who co-authored the pandemic-era Great Barrington Declaration, which criticizes lockdown restrictions, CBS News noted. Additionally, Dr. Cody Meissner opposed COVID vaccine requirements for children and spoke out against masking them. Kennedy said the new eight members will attend a scheduled ACIP meeting on June 25, which is set to discuss the COVID vaccine. Explaining his reasoning for gutting the panel on Monday, Kennedy wrote in the Wall Street Journal that ACIP had lost the trust of the American people, effectively becoming a “rubber-stamp” for all vaccines while ignoring safety concerns and conflict of interest rules. RFK Jr. wrote that ACIP has “never recommended against a vaccine—even those which were later withdrawn for safety reasons,” adding that the panel “failed to scrutinize vaccine products given to babies and pregnant women.”  ACIP is highly influential. The panel meets a few times a year and makes recommendations to the CDC, thereby basically setting the childhood vaccine schedule and other vaccine-related recommendations, like flu shots and COVID vaccines. ACIP also heavily influences which vaccines are covered by both public and private insurance. Related: RFK Jr. Guts CDC Vaccine Panel, ‘Retiring’ All 17 Members

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