The enormous black bear, known as “Hank the Tank,” has been earmarked for capture and possible euthanasia by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) after breaking into dozens of homes in South Lake Tahoe Keys recently. On multiple occasions he has smashed through residential fences and windows to gain access to people’s houses and take food. The CDFW said Hank poses a potential danger to humans and has become habituated to human food....

The petition calls for supporters to, “Help protect wolves and end the United States War on Wolves.” The Idaho State Senate approved a bill to allow the killing of 90 percent of Idaho’s 1,500 wolves on April 21, and it passed the State House of Representatives on April 27. Ranchers say that the wolves attack cattle, sheep, and wildlife, costing them thousands of dollars a year. Senator Mark Harris, a rancher who sponsored the bill, said during debates at the Senate in April: “These wolves, there’s too many in the state of Idaho now....

The point of the trip was to showcase the “Amiriyah Volunteers.” These aren’t the kind of volunteers that run neighborhood charity drives; they’re Sunni ex-insurgents that have now teamed up with U.S. soldiers to battle Al Qaeda militants in their area. During the trip, Petraeus also hinted that a drawdown of U.S. troops would be likely some time next year. The group of “volunteers” looked more or less like the ragtag militia they are: many were dressed in slacks or jeans with khaki vests and Oakley-style wraparound sunglasses....

title: “Pets Call It Puppy Love” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-03” author: “Mark Ward” CORRECTION We listed the web site for the United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club incorrectly (“Call It Puppy Love, Tip Sheet, Feb. 24). It is uskbtc.com. NEWSWEEK regrets the errors.

Although Pfizer did agree to distribute at least 100 million doses of its vaccine, if proven safe and effective, to the U.S. government for nearly $2 billion under Operation Warp Speed, company personnel have made a point to note that it financed research and development independently. “Pfizer is proud to be one of various vaccine manufacturers participating in Operation Warp Speed as a supplier of a potential COVID-19 vaccine,” a Pfizer spokesperson said in a statement sent to Newsweek Monday afternoon....

The four-time major champion finished the weekend with back-to-back rounds of 1-under 69 to jump up the leaderboard and sit just outside the top 10 when he entered the clubhouse. His success at Bethpage Black came after a rough week that almost saw McIlroy not make the cut. At one point Friday, he was tied for 125th place. “Today, it’s so tough out there, I’ve moved up the leaderboard quite a lot, and my goal at the start of the day was to get into the top-10,” McIlroy said after his round....

Day lost his father at age 12 and really took a turn for the worse as a teenager. He started drinking and hanging around the wrong kids, which forced his mother to send him to a boarding school. MORE: PGA Championship winners of the 21st century | Day reduced to tears after win While at school, Day refocused his efforts toward his studies and golf. He looked up to Woods, and began thinking about his own potential while watching the former world No....

Having made a 91-foot putt, the longest in the PGA Tour in five years, Tiger Woods at least had reason to feel good about his second round at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. Other golfers began Saturday's third round in Doral, Fla., still grumbling about Friday's miserable performances. Four golfers reached the PGA Tour event's midpoint under par. Four. MORE: Doral scores via Golf.com | Images from the Blue Monster Woods followed his highest score ever at Doral by hitting three balls in the water, and yet remained six shots out of the lead....

The hole at the famed par-3 stadium hole at TPC Scottsdale will be cut 24 paces on and eight paces from the left edge of the green, a nod to the uniform numbers Bryant made famous during his 20-year NBA career. The flag will be yellow with a purple 24 on one side and 8 on the other. “I think that’s awesome,” said Rickie Fowler, who is tied for 40th heading into the final round....

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) inspector Dror Sitron was called to Palmachim Beach National Park in Yavneh-Yam, where during routine work by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, a mechanical digger had accidentally penetrated the roof of an ancient burial cave. Sitron climbed down a ladder into a square cave with a central supporting pillar that appeared frozen in time. He encountered several dozen intact pottery vessels and bronze spear arrowheads, exactly as they had been placed in a burial ceremony some 3,300 years ago—in the belief that they would serve the dead in the afterlife....

The fact that Kessel thinks poker should come to no surprise. It is well known that Phil Kessel and GPI Poker Player of the Decade Daniel Negreanu are good friends. Kessel has actually played preliminary event at the World Series of Poker, cashing in back-to-back years in 2013 and earlier this summer. Kessel has also played in the PokerStars NHL Charity Shootout, pitting PokerStars pros Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel and Vanessa Rousso with Kessel and NHL Alumni members all for charily....

Mickelson, a three-time Masters champion, was chasing a sixth major championship heading into the tournament but failed to make it past the second round. MORE: Leaderboard | Augusta images | Masters showdown “I don’t know how to explain it,” Mickelson said. “I just threw away a lot of shots. “I just made a lot of poor shots in the wrong spot. This is worst I’ve managed myself around this golf course....

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PARTING SHOT WITH H. ALAN SCOTT ON APPLE PODCASTS OR SPOTIFY Did you ever think you’d be doing a food show, let alone a book and a podcast [Naked Lunch] about food? No, you know what’s funny? I was in an airport. And a guy comes up to me. And he goes, “Hey, you’re the food guy.” I didn’t think I was gonna be a food guy....

In an email to Verywell, city spokespeople called the change a “relatively low barrier intervention” that they “hope will blunt the impact” of what’s to come. “We believe that things aren’t at a crisis level right now, but that if we take action now, we can head off the worst of this wave,” wrote James Kyle, news media coordinator for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. “We don’t yet know if BA....

I see him in an altogether different light. Although Pullman identifies himself as an atheist, I prefer to think of him as a sort of “reluctant theologian.” When the British author paid a recent visit to New York City, I had the opportunity put the question to him directly. “Well,” he answered, chuckling a bit, “I admit I am not accustomed to being called a theologian.” But the possibility intrigued him, and we spent a good deal of time exploring how it might even be true....

China claims almost all of the South China Sea and its various islands within its so-called “nine-dash line,” a claim that is disputed by several countries, including the Philippines. A growing number of Chinese naval and coast guard vessels have helped Beijing assertively challenge the claims of its neighbors in recent years. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who was elected president of the Philippines in May and assumed office in June, has already signed off on 52 formal diplomatic protests against China in 72 days, Bloomberg said....

Videos and images shared on social media show damaged structures, trees swayed by powerful winds and heavy rain. A thunderstorm advisory was issued Thursday in parts of Luzon (the country’s largest and most populous island, home to the capital Manila), including in the Metropolitan Manila area, which is comprised of 16 cities, as well as the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Bataan, Zambales, Bulacan and Pampanga, PAGASA noted in a post on its official Twitter account....

This year has been very, very different. The Nationals have spent more days in fourth place in the division than in first place, and they’ve been mired in third since late June. The two teams ahead of them in the standings have spent the past three years in the 90-loss club. “I don’t think anybody expected us and the Braves to be at the top,” Phillies ace Aaron Nola told Sporting News with a grin....

Girardi was livid over second base umpire Jose Navas calling Andrew McCutchen out for leaving the baseline on a double-play attempt by the Mets’ Francisco Lindor in the seventh inning. In both live-action and on replay, McCutchen appeared to keep running, and then sliding, in a straight line. Philadelphia was denied an opportunity at having the go-ahead run in scoring position. Philadelphia went on to lose 5-4 on a ninth-inning home run by New York’s Michael Conforto....

It feels like just yesterday that the Philadelphia Phillies were world champions. Facts, however, are more important than feelings, and the fact is that 2008 was not yesterday. It was six years ago, and the time since then is forever growing longer. The Phillies are in trouble because in order to be successful, they need the stars of 2008 to perform like it’s 2008—well, it’s 2014. Ryan Howard is a 240-pound 34-year-old who has played in only 151 games over the past two years because his body has been failing him....