Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after female bear killed in attack ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Let the chunk-off begin. Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a ... 10/2/2024 - 11:36 am | View Link
Fat Bear Week’s kickoff postponed after one bear kills another live on webcam stream Fat Bear Week is off to a violent start this year. The scheduled reveal of the bracket and all the chunky contestants was pushed back by a day after one bear, No. 469, attacked and killed another bear ... 10/2/2024 - 11:12 am | View Link
Fat Bear Week Underway After Contestant's Death Delayed Contest Alaska's Fat Bear Week is underway after one bear's death delayed the contest. The contestants in the 10th Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Preserve were introduced on Tuesday, a day later ... 10/2/2024 - 9:43 am | View Link
Fat Bear Week postponed due to bear vs. bear violence Fat Bear Week is off to a violent start this year. The bracket and all the chunky contestants were scheduled to be revealed on Monday morning, but the reveal was pushed back by a day after one bear, ... 10/2/2024 - 9:24 am | View Link
The Dark Side Of Nature: PNW’s Fat Bear Week’s Brutal Encounter Discover the shocking event at Fat Bear Week as male bear 469's aggression disrupts the peaceful scenes at Katmai National Park. 10/2/2024 - 8:46 am | View Link
By HALELUYA HADERO
Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.
E-commerce giant Amazon said Thursday it will hire 250,000 full, part-time and seasonal workers for the crucial shopping period, rounding out a series of announcements made in recent weeks by the country’s top retailers.
Amazon is hiring the same number of employees it did last year, similar to Bath & Body Works and Target, which said in September it planned to bring in roughly 100,000 seasonal employees and offer current employees the option to work extra hours during the holiday shopping period.
Meanwhile, the department store Kohl’s encouraged people to apply for positions but stayed mum on its plans, mirroring Walmart, which said it’s been hiring store associates throughout the year and will tap into its own staff when needed during the busy season.
Others have indicated they will scale back their holiday hiring.
Anyone who wants to vote — for president, for or against the proposed abortion-rights amendment to the Florida Constitution, on whether to legalize recreational marijuana for adults — faces a Monday deadline.
Monday, Oct. 7, is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 election.
“In the state of Florida, you do have to be registered to vote 29 days before the election or you won’t be able to participate,” said Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott.
How to register
People registering online have until 11:59 p.m.
By HANNAH FINGERHUT
As Hurricane Helene roared outside, the wind howling and branches snapping, John Savage went to his grandparents’ bedroom to make sure they were OK.
“We heard one snap and I remember going back there and checking on them,” the 22-year-old said of his grandparents, Marcia, 74, and Jerry, 78, who were lying in bed.
By KATE PAYNE and DAVID R. MARTIN
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived since Hurricane Idalia slammed into her Gulf Coast fishing village of Horseshoe Beach in August 2023.
Hiers and her husband Clint were still finishing the electrical work in the home they painstakingly rebuilt themselves, wiping out Clint’s savings to do so.
By Zoe Tillman, Chris Strohm and David Voreacos, Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump should stand trial for his “private crimes” in trying to overturn the 2020 election, U. S. prosecutors argued in a newly unsealed court filing that sheds fresh light on his interactions with former Vice President Mike Pence.
The government said Trump’s communications with his running mate should stay in the case because the former president acted as a private citizen and candidate when he allegedly pressured Pence to intervene to stop or delay Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s win on Jan.
By ADRIAN SAINZ
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong federal trial.
Jurors began their deliberations Thursday, a day after prosecutors and defense attorneys presented closing arguments in the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith.