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A female brown bear named 909, known for her blond ears and fishing skills, is seen last fall in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park. As the park’s bears pack on pounds to prepare for hibernation, online voters choose a winner in the annual Fat Bear Week bracket tournament. T. Carmack/National Park Service hide caption toggle caption T. Carmack/National Park Service Fat Bear Week, when people get to pick their favorite Alaskan brown bear bulking up for hibernation, is coming early this year. The annual online competition that normally starts in early October will instead start on Sept. 23.…

A door knocker carries a U.S. Census Bureau messenger bag outside a home in Winter Park, Fla., in 2020. John Raoux/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raoux/AP The Trump administration has put in place a new acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, NPR has learned. George Cook, a Trump official at the Commerce Department, was named the bureau’s leader as of Wednesday, according to three bureau employees who received a staff announcement Friday and asked NPR not to name them because they are not authorized to speak to the press. The press offices for the bureau and the White…

Trea Turner of the Philadelphia Phillies hits an RBI single against the Milwaukee Brewers on September 03, 2025. Turner appears poised to win the National League batting title with an average of just .305. Patrick McDermott/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick McDermott/Getty Images PHILADELPHIA — With hitters struggling, pitchers dominating, and officials wondering how to juice offensive production back to fan-pleasing levels, Major League Baseball was in crisis. It was 1968, the so-called “year of the pitcher.” Across both the National and American Leagues, offense was at or near a record low in all sorts of measures: runs, hits,…

A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. The most valuable information Google is being forced to share under Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling is users’ click-and-query data. That refers to the information Google collects from users about what they search for (the queries) and what links they select (the clicks). Don Ryan/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Don Ryan/AP/AP Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones — like forcing the breakup of the company. Instead,…

The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Dwyer/AP President Trump said a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday yielded progress on a range of thorny bilateral issues, including the fate of the short video platform TikTok. He also said he will meet Xi this fall and travel to China early next year. “I just completed a very productive call with President Xi of China. We made progress on many very important issues…

Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off the air by ABC this week following threats from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr. Kimmel is shown above in Hollywood, Calif., in 2018. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner hide caption toggle caption Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner Late night talk show hosts warned about the future of free speech in the U.S. on Thursday, a day after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air under pressure from the Trump administration. Kimmel’s comments on Monday night about the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing angered the administration. The late night host, who had…

Vala Movie Review & Rating: There are a few moments where director Muhashin’s Vala appears intriguing and fun. There are a few scenes in it that stand out, as the makers have successfully elicited the exact emotions they intended in the audience. Unfortunately, these moments are few and far between, and they aren’t compelling enough to overshadow the mediocrity and drabness in the remaining portions. In a way, it can be said that, although Vala had the potential to be an engaging comedy, its execution has faltered completely, leaving the movie almost unimpressive.So, Sarala P Nair (Raveena Ravi) has a…

Crises in Africa rarely begin with politics alone. They often start with water — too little, too dirty, or unfairly shared. Droughts push pastoralists off their land, floods wash away markets and schools, and in both cases, families are left more vulnerable to displacement, hunger and conflict. The Sahel has seen farmers and herders clash as rainfall patterns shift; in Southern Africa, dry taps in cities have fuelled unrest and forced rationing. Each example underscores a simple truth: when water fails, economies and social contracts fail, too.This fragility is structural. Nearly 95 percent of Africa’s agricultural land is still rain-fed,…

Chief Commissioner of the Greater Bangalore Authority (GBA), M. Maheshwar Rao, on Friday chaired a review meeting with civic officials, tech park representatives, and mobility experts to chalk out short- and medium-term measures to ease traffic congestion along the Outer Ring Road (ORR)–Sarjapur Road corridor.During the meeting, the World Resources Institute (WRI) India and Astram teams presented geo-spatial and traffic analysis reports. The proposals covered road network improvements, pedestrian infrastructure, and strengthening of public transport in the city’s busiest tech corridor.Key measures discussed include clearing potholes, relocating bus stops, and removing encroachments to improve accessibility, extending BMTC’s MF-1C feeder service…

Royal Enfield’s 350cc motorcycles available on Flipkart starting Sep 22 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Royal Enfield’s entire 350cc portfolio will be available on e-commerce platform Flipkart starting September 22, 2025, in five cities including Bengaluru, Gurugram, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai.Royal Enfield and Flipkart announced this major partnership on Friday (September 19, 2025). The Royal Enfield’s 350cc range includes Bullet 350, Classic 350, Hunter 350, Goan Classic 350 and the new Meteor 350. The partnership claims to offer customers with flexible payment options as well. The delivery and after-sales support will be fulfilled by their preferred Royal Enfield authorised dealer in these…