'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner
"Backpack" defeated a bear known only as "910" in the final round of the annual competition.
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CNN founder Ted Turner bought 113,000 acres in Montana in 1989; decades later, wolves, bears and bison roam the former cattle ranch
South of Bozeman, Montana, a vast stretch of land runs from forested slopes and open meadows to high benches overlooking the surrounding country.
Watchdog criticises Norfolk Police's handling before man's death
A force should have flagged mental health services after a family called about their son, IOPC says.
Israel’s Lapid accuses Netanyahu of ‘fear-mongering’ over attack warning
Opposition leader dismisses Netanyahu’s warning of possible attacks during next month’s general election.
Morocco’s king appoints the country’s first female prime minister
Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri, of the centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party, is expected to build a coalition in the coming days to form a government.
Parents of hospitalized Arizona State hockey player call for coaches to be placed on leave
A lawyer for the family says 21-year-old Matthew Mayich suffered from external heatstroke during a team workout in August and is unlikely to recover.
One of Xi’s top security officials has been identified – with the help of a White House guest list
One of China’s most important - and mysterious - security officials has stepped out of the shadows and been identified, thanks in part to a guest list published by the White House.
Nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine held by Fiji court replaced with flour
Nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine stored as evidence for a major drug trial in Fiji were stolen from a courthouse, with most swapped out for flour, local media reported, in a case that highlights the South Pacific tourism hotspot’s struggle against an influx of narcotics.
Britain’s prisons are full. The solution has sparked outrage
For weeks, British media has thrummed with warnings from almost every group connected with the country’s criminal justice system.
Public workers in France strike over pay as student protests turn violent
Tens of thousands of workers march nationwide, as police arrest 440 students in clashes at schools.
‘Wake up’: Iran releases 25-page letter urging US voters to reject Trump ahead of midterms
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has made a direct appeal to American voters, urging them to reject President Donald Trump’s policies and
Inside Silicon Valley’s ‘whisper network’ warning women about 100+ alleged predators
A private spreadsheet containing the names of more than 100 people accused of sexual misconduct is circulating among women in Silicon Valley, according to
Somali pirates killed five crew members on hijacked tanker, officials say
The deaths appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in more than a decade.
US Senate blocks resolution seeking report on Americans killed in West Bank
The resolution cites a ‘lack of accountability’ by Israel’s government and an ‘inability to secure justice’ by the US.
‘Conspiratorial farce’: North Korea denies planting land mines that injured 3 South Korean soldiers
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday rejected South Korean findings that North Korea likely planted the land mines that
A Russian long-range bomber crashes during training, killing 6 crewmembers
The Tu-95 bomber went down in an unpopulated area in the Amur region, the Defense Ministry said, adding that one crewmember survived and was hospitalized.
Florida mom left infant, toddler and 2 other kids home alone while she went on 3-day cruise, officials say
Nathalie Belizaire is accused of four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm.
US forces are set to exit Iraq after 2 decades, leaving opening for Iran
US forces are set to leave their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, ending a military presence rooted in the 2003 invasion and welcomed by Iran and its