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How to survive a bear attack – or better yet, avoid one altogether

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

By Forrest Brown | CNNYou’re out for a hike on a glorious fall day. Suddenly, you spot a bear. And the bear has spotted you, too. Would you know what to do next?Beth Pratt sure would.She was once on the Old Gardiner Road Trail in Yellowstone National Park, enjoying her run in wild nature. Her reverie came to an end when she came upon a grizzly bear eating flowers.“I stopped. It stood on its hind legs and looked at me. I knew that wasn’t a threatening gesture,” she told CNN Travel. “I’m not kidding, it waved its paw at me as if to say, ‘just go on your way,’ and went back to eating.”“And I walked slowly away and put some distance between us, and the encounter ended fine.”When it comes to dealing with bears, Pratt does have a thing or two on almost all the rest of us, though.She is the California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, a job she’s had for more than 10 years. She also worked in Yellowstone for several years – and once saw nine grizzlies in one...

Hiker missing at same California swimming hole where woman died

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

A hiker went missing at the same San Diego County swimming hole where a woman died a week earlier.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Map: People drowned or swept away in California rivers, spring 2023 The disappearance of the 27-year-old man was reported just before 5 p.m. on Friday, June 16, the San Diego County sheriff’s department said. The man had been swimming in the middle pool at Three Sisters Falls when he went under the water and did not resurface, his companion told deputies.The search continued until nightfall and resumed around 8 a.m. on Saturday, the sheriff’s department said.On Friday night, the Helix Water District decreased a dam’s water flow into Boulder Creek upstream of the tiered waterfall.The U.S. Forest Service has closed the trail to the falls until further notice. The popular hiking destination is reached by a 2-mile trail in the mountains southwest of Julian.In the previous week’s death, on June 8, a 48-year-old O...

Man suffers life-threatening injuries in San Jose stabbing

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

(BCN) -- A man in San Jose suffered life-threatening injuries in a stabbing Sunday night. Six people injured in shooting near Pier 39 Police remained at the scene in the 200 block of Bassett Street as of 2:42 a.m. Monday, police said on Twitter. The public was asked to avoid the area following the stabbing, which was reported to police at 10:43 p.m. Sunday. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Moose dies after jumping from 2nd-story deck

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A moose in Steamboat Springs has died after it jumped from a second-story deck, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. On Sunday, rangers with CPW responded to a call about a moose at the Steamboat Ski Resort. When they arrived, rangers discovered that a moose had jumped off the second-story deck, broken its neck and died from the injuries. CPW said they could not confirm if the moose was agitated or how close it was to people when the incident happen. Bear gets inside home and ‘hangs out’ Rangers removed the moose from the resort and donated its body. What to do if you come near a mooseLiving among wildlife is very common in Colorado and it's important to respect their space when you come in contact. Moose are Colorado's largest big game animal, and the adults can weigh between 800 to 1,200 pounds.CPW said moose are very protective of their territory and young, and the presence of dogs is often the biggest cause of conflict. Hot weather expected to increase...

Scholz bags €30 billion Intel deal in exchange for more subsidies

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

BERLIN — Germany should become a leading semiconductor producer, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday, while also stressing the need to reduce dependencies on China and urging Beijing to refrain from aggression against its neighbors.Scholz’s remarks came shortly before the chancellor reached a deal Monday on a more than €30 billion investment by U.S. chipmaker Intel in Magdeburg, following a meeting with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger.Speaking earlier at the German Industry Day conference in Berlin, Scholz lauded efforts to boost the EU’s share in global semiconductor production and said that “every third chip produced in Europe comes from Saxony” in eastern Germany. Other big chip producers are also planning further investments in the country, he said, a potential nod to Taiwan’s TSMC.“If these are implemented in this way — and we are working on this — then Germany will become one of the world’s major semiconductor production locations,” Schol...

Mass shootings and violence leave dead and injured across the US this weekend

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

By MATTHEW BROWN (Associated Press)Mass shootings and violence killed and wounded people across the United States this weekend, including four people found dead of gunshots in a small Idaho town, a Pennsylvania state trooper killed in an ambush, multiple people firing guns into an Illinois holiday crowd and bullets flying among teenagers partying in Missouri. The shootings happened in cities and rural areas alike, following a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. This weekend also brought mass shootings in Washington state, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Southern California and Baltimore.“There’s no question there’s been a spike in violence,” said Daniel Nagin, a professor of public policy and statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. “Some of these cases seem to be just disputes, often among adolescents, and those disputes are played out with firearms, not with fists.”Res...

UN calls on Mideast and European nations to raise money for humanitarian crisis in Sudan

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations called on countries in the Middle East and Europe on Monday to ramp up aid efforts in Sudan to address the deepening humanitarian crisis.Sudan has been rocked by fighting for over two months as the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces battle for control of the country. Sudan’s Health Ministry said Saturday that more than 3,000 have been killed in the conflict, which has decimated the country’s fragile infrastructure and sparked ethnic violence in the western Darfur region.“The scale and speed of Sudan’s descent into death and destruction is unprecedented,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the opening of a U.N.-sponsored meeting in Geneva.Representatives from Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the European Union met to discuss how to help the northeastern African nation. The U.N. says its emergency aid program launched after the war broke out on April 15 has received less than 16% of the requir...

American woman who was pushed and fell 165 feet near German castle is released from hospital

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Police in southern Germany said Monday that an American tourist who was pushed into a ravine during an attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which her 21-year-old friend was killed has been released from the hospital.The 22-year-old woman had tried to stop a 30-year-old Michigan man from allegedly assaulting her friend after luring them onto a trail leading to a viewpoint overlooking the famous castle, which draws more than a million tourists every year. The older woman fell nearly 50 meters (165 feet) down a steep slope but was able to leave the hospital Friday, police spokesperson Holger Stabik said.Both women were recovered by mountain rescuers shortly after the attack Wednesday, but the younger victim later died of her injuries in the hospital.The suspect, whose name like those of the victims wasn’t released due to German privacy rules, was arrested shortly after the incident. He is being held on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and attempted sexual assau...

Woman wanted in suspected hate crime at Lawrence Station

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

Toronto police are investigating a suspected hate crime assault involving a woman at Lawrence Station last month.Authorities were called to the TTC subway station around 2:30 a.m. on May 16 for reports of an assault.It’s alleged a woman was repeatedly asked to leave the property but refused. TTC staff were then called and attended the station.The woman allegedly yelled racial slurs at a victim and assaulted them.Toronto police said the assault was deemed a suspected hate-motivated offence following consultation with its hate crime unit.The female suspect is described as approximately 30 years old with brown hair and a medium build. She was last seen wearing a black coat, red shirt, light-coloured pants and dark shoes.Suspect images have been released.Photo: Toronto police.

Spain registers record asylum claims, approves far fewer than European average

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:59 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Spain received a record number of claims for refugee status and international protection last year, but the government rejects far more applications than the European average, a nongovernmental organization said Monday.The Spanish Commission for Refugees, also known by its Spanish acronym CEAR, released its annual report analyzing Spain’s response to increased demand for sanctuary in 2022 because of the forced displacement of millions by Russia’s war in Ukraine, multiple conflicts in Africa and political crises in Latin America.Spain received 118,842 asylum requests last year, its highest ever and the third-highest number in the European Union. However, only 16.5% of applicants whose cases were decided were awarded protection, compared with an EU average of 38.5%. Separately, 161,037 Ukrainians were awarded temporary protection under an EU-wide program.“Once again we demand the law be respected to offer protection,” said Elena Muñoz, legal coordinator...