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Nasittuq Corporation, which operates air-defense stations in the Canadian Arctic region, said one of its employees was killed by two polar bears on Thursday last week

Horror as two polar bears maul worker to death at Canadian Arctic site in rare attack

CBS News

A pair of polar bears attacked and killed a worker at a remote government radar site in the Canadian Arctic, the facility's operator said, marking at least the second fatal attack since last year.The attack took place Thursday at the outpost on Brevoort Island, in Canada's far northeastern Nunavut territory, said Nasittuq Corporation, the logistics company contracted to operate the site."An attack by two polar bears has resulted in the loss of one of our valued employees," the company said Friday. "Nasittuq employees responded to the scene and one of the animals was put down."The site is one of dozens...

Polar bears kill worker at remote radar site in Canadian Arctic

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

An uncontacted Indigenous tribe from the Peruvian Amazon, known as the Mashco Piro, has reportedly attacked loggers with bows and arrows. The tribe, which emerged from the rainforest weeks ago, has never had contact with the outside world and came out amid fears of encroachment on their territory. According to...

Watch: Uncontacted Mashco Piro tribe attacks loggers with bows and arrows in Peruvian Amazon

ABC News

Dozens of uncontacted people deep in the Peruvian Amazon have been captured on camera just several miles from a number of logging areas, a human rights group said.

Images released of uncontacted Amazon rainforest tribe in Peru seen near logging site

Two Austrian mountaineers have died while attempting to summit a 2,500-meter (8,200-foot) peak in Italy's Julian Alps, the mountain rescue service of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region bordering Austria said Thursday.Missing since Wednesday, the two men were both Alpine rescuers from the southern Austrian city of Villach close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, the rescue service said on Facebook. Family members awaiting their return tried to reach them by phone but their calls went unanswered.They were scaling the "Cima di Riofreddo," whose peak culminates at more than 2,500 meters, when they fell either because of a mistake or a possible...

Bodies of mountaineers found dangling from climbing ropes near peak

Arkansas State

Jonesboro, AR

The Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas police officer has been fired after he was caught on video beating a handcuffed inmate in the back of his patrol car, and the police chief says he will refer the case to prosecutors. Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott fired Officer Joseph...

Arkansas officer fired after being caught on video beating inmate in back of patrol car

A hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park threatened visitors and showed the awesome power of Mother Nature. The New York Times shared a terrifying video via Storyful of the scene on Instagram, which included tourists running after the eruption "shot a towering column of boiling water, mud, and rock into the air," the outlet reported.

Tourists flee in video of massive hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park: 'A towering column of boiling water'

Kassondra O'Hara

Ozero Baykal, the deepest freshwater lake on Earth. This week, we take our Where in the World series to the largest country in the world. Here, we will explore the depths of our planet’s largest freshwater lake, which is larger than all of the five Great Lakes of the United States combined.

Where in the World is the Pearl of Siberia?

Georgia State

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Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Los Angeles, CA

San Diego, CA

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but no major damage or injuries were immediately reported. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but no major damage or injuries were immediately reported. The temblor caused a pipe to burst at the ornate 1927 Pasadena City Hall building, where TV news helicopters showed water spilling from an upper floor. Elsewhere in the Los Angeles area, an ESPN interview was interrupted, and the ground swayed in Anaheim, where Disneyland is located in Orange County.  Dishes rattled in the storied Los Angeles neighborhood of Laurel Canyon, home to many celebrities, and photos on social media showed shampoo bottles and other items littering the floor of a Target store in LA.

Quake felt from LA to San Diego, swaying buildings and knocking items off shelves but no big damage

Mount Horeb, WI

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three Wisconsin police officers who killed a student as he tried to break into his middle school with an air rifle this past spring won’t face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Monday. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said in a statement exonerating Mount Horeb police officers Tyler Stephens, Carson Stoddard and Steve Rosemeyer that 14-year-old Damian Haglund’s air rifle looked like a real firearm and he refused repeated commands to drop the weapon. Moments after the announcement, the state Justice Department released hundreds of pages of investigative notes connected with the May 1 shooting at Mount Horeb Middle School that show Haglund had planned to “get the popular kids” for months.  Investigators found writings in Haglund’s journal entitled “Battle Plan,” dated Jan. 26, three months before the attack. He planned to tell his mother that he was sick, steal a car, sneak into the school at lunch time, burn down the library and go after the popular kids, according to the documents. He then planned to escape and die, the documents said.

Prosecutors won't charge officers who killed student outside Wisconsin school

Hayward, CA

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2024-- Homes Built For America (HBFA) has recently introduced four new communities in Northern California as part of its ongoing strategy to provide housing opportunities in the supply-constrained Bay Area. The neighborhoods, which span both Hayward and Sunnyvale, include the Haypark Townhomes at SoMi, HayView Condominiums at SoMi, the Fusion townhomes in Hayward and Vida Townhomes in Sunnyvale. With these new communities, Homes Built For America will bring a total of nearly 300 new homes to the East Bay Area, with 244 of those homes in the city of Hayward. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240813230872/en/ The HayPark townhome collection at SoMi features 3- and 4-bedroom well-appointed homes with an open concept main living area, balcony, and two-car garages. Convenient central Hayward location just steps from the South Hayward BART station. Community amenities include 1.2 acres of recreation space and a dog park. (Photo: Business Wire)

Homes Built for America Tackles Bay Area Housing Shortage With Four New Communities and Nearly 300 New Homes

BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s phone rang in his Icelandic highlands cabin back in January 2022. Katharina Wagner, the Bayreuth festival director and great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner, wanted to get in touch. She invited Arnarsson to create a new production of “Tristan und Isolde”...

Self-loathing blends with love at Bayreuth ‘Tristan und Isolde’ by director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson

Alaska State

Juneau, AK

(Reuters) - More than 100 homes in Alaska's capital Juneau have been damaged by a glacial dam outburst north of the city, an increasingly frequent phenomenon exacerbated by climate change. The flooding began on Monday night after water spilled out from the glacial lake at Suicide Basin, which annually fills...

Glacial Dam Outburst Floods Alaska's Capital, Damages Homes

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Rose Matthews says she can hear the ever-present hum of big generators running behind the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront hotel, whether she is inside or outside her home at the Berkman Plaza on East Bay Street.

Neighbors tire of humming generators at Downtown Hyatt

Boca Raton, FL

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2024-- The Seed Oil Free Alliance announced today that professional chefs and home cooks shopping for Seed Oil Free Certified™ cooking oils now have an exciting new alternative as two US-based companies are harnessing technology to produce cooking oil from microalgae. Spotlight Foods is the first company producing oil through fermentation to complete certification by the Seed Oil Free Alliance alongside retailer Algae Cooking Club. Seed Oil Free Certification of both companies’ products followed independent lab testing by the Seed Oil Free Alliance. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240813168827/en/ Seed Oil Free Alliance Certifies Sustainable Algae Oil with New Seed Oil Free Certified Seal. (Photo: Business Wire)

The Seed Oil Free Alliance Certifies Promising New Cooking Oil Made from Algae

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Tropical storm warnings were in effect...

Puerto Rico cancels classes, activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Denver, CO

Commerce City, CO

DENVER (AP) — Four men were fatally shot and a woman was hospitalized with gunshot wounds during a spate of weekend violence in the Denver suburb of Commerce City. A person of interest in one of the cases was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, police said Sunday. Also in the Denver area over the weekend, a person was fatally shot and three others were injured during two separate altercations Sunday in the city of Aurora. In Denver itself one person was killed and six people injured in a string of weekend shootings and stabbings, police said. Commerce City Police Department spokesperson Joanna Small described it as “an incredibly violent weekend” for the fast-expanding community of about 70,000 people, which is located just northeast of Denver near the city’s airport.

Fatal weekend shootings jolt growing Denver-area suburb

A large forest fire continued to burn on Tuesday on top of mount Zelengora in Bosnia’s Sutjeska National Park. The fire, that broke out two days ago, has destroyed trees and forest that had been untouched for hundreds of years.

Large fire burning at Sutjeska National Park in Bosnia

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