Officials reported Thursday that a bear that attacked a man in Pennsylvania this week has been diagnosed with rabies. The bear "aggressively approached" and started biting and scratching a guy in the picturesque Pocono Mountains town of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, on Sunday, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Facebook page. According to the commission, this is unusual behavior for bears. Andrew Neirer, the man who survived the attack, is anticipated to fully recover.Wilkes-Barre's NBC affiliate, WBRE, was able to collect surveillance tape from a nearby residence that captures the attack's exact time. A neighboring homeowner shot and killed the bear, then removed its body for analysis. According to the test results, the bear tested positive for rabies today, January 23, 2025. Th...

DUBLIN Storm Eowyn's record-breaking winds pounded Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, knocking out electricity to 560,000 homes and businesses, canceling hundreds of flights, and closing schools and public transportation. Officials advised residents to stay indoors and warned that the storm was expected to be among the most dangerous they have ever encountered. An 80-year record was provisionally broken overnight at Mace Head in County Galway by a gust of 182 kilometers per hour (113 mph), according to the Irish weather service Met Eireann. Ireland's electricity supplier, ESB Networks, reported that 560,000 homes, farms, and businesses were without power due to unprecedented damage to its network. As the storm moves north, major outages are anticipated. Prior to the storm, the power...

Bryan, Ohio A pastor who opened his church 24/7 to provide homeless people with shelter and hope has been at conflict with an Ohio city over the building where his ministry is located for more than a year. In a criminal proceeding, a local judge found Pastor Chris Avell guilty on Tuesday of breaking fire and zoning rules. However, his fight is far from over. The conviction will be appealed, according to his lawyers, who filed a federal complaint last year accusing the city of harassing and degrading the church and its members. While it challenges a different legal ruling that permits the city of Bryan to enforce its zoning and fire laws on the structure, the church, known as Dad's Place, continues to be open to provide temporary shelter for individuals. Why did the city take on the chu...

South Korea's SEOULThe South Korean military stated on Friday that it believes North Korea is planning to send more troops to Russia after suffering significant losses among its soldiers in the conflict in Ukraine. In a report sent to reporters, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff also concluded that North Korea is still working on testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that would be aimed at the United States. The PresidentGiven that Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times during his first term, Pyongyang's chances of engaging in high-level diplomacy with Washington may improve with his return to the White House. Numerous observers believe that Kim believes he may have more clout than he did during his 2018–19 summits with Trump because of his developing nuclea...

The handgun used by a 17-year-old student from Nashville, Tennessee, in a school shooting on Wednesday that claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl was not detected by a weapon detection system driven by artificial intelligence, according to officials. At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Metro Nashville Public Schools spokesperson Sean Braisted stated that the program, known as Omnilert, was unable to identify the pistol due to the location of cameras at Antioch High School. However, Braisted claimed that when police displayed their firearms in the wake of the shooting, the system was triggered. He claimed that although Omnilert employs AI technology to detect guns by connecting to the school's existing video network, "in this instance, based on the shooter's location in proximity to t...

Despite their reputation for wild antics, Buffalo Bills supporters have united to support an opposing player when he received a barrage of hate mail online this week rather than climbing on tables. Mark Andrews, a tight end for the Baltimore Ravens, stumbled and missed a two-point conversion that would have knotted the game in the fourth quarter of Sunday's pivotal playoff game between the Ravens and the Bills. The Bills ultimately prevailed 27–25 and will now play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game on Sunday. Following the defeat, Andrews looked devastated, and footage showed Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson comforting him. "We're a team," stated Jackson. "It's all of us, bruh, it ain't just you." In interviews after the defeat, Jackson and head coach John Harbaugh both b...

Due to worries about battery failure, Ford recalled hundreds of thousands of cars, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Some 2021–2023 Bronco Sport SUVs and 2022–2023 Maverick pickup vehicles are impacted by the recall. There are about 272,817 cars involved in the recall. As stated the NHTSA, the 12-volt battery can undergo "degradation and suddenly fail." "Battery failure can result in a loss of electrical accessories, including the hazard lights, or cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash," the notice added. According to Ford, there was a production flaw with the supplier. Letters informing owners will be mailed out on or around February 3. After inspecting the recalled cars, a dealer should replace the 12-volt battery for free if needed....

THE HAGUE Accusing two Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, of persecuting women and girls, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that he had requested arrest warrants for them. According to a statement from the office of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, investigators discovered solid evidence linking Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the chief justice since 2021, to the crime against humanity of gender-based persecution. According to the statements, they are criminally accountable for the persecution of Afghan women and girls as well as those the Taliban believed to be their friends. According to the prosecutor, persecution has been occurring throughout Afghanistan since at least August 15, 2021, whe...

Fueled by strong winds and dry weather, a series of fierce wildfires broke out on January 7 and raged across the Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of properties and killing at least 28 people, some of whom perished attempting to stop the fires from engulfing their homes. Two of the fires were linked to an undetermined number of serious injuries, according to a Los Angeles County fire official, while a city official in Los Angeles called the night of January 7 one of the most terrible and catastrophic she had ever witnessed in her area of the city. What we know about the flames is as follows. Where are the fires? On the morning of January 7, a brush fire broke out in Pacific Palisades, a suburb in Los Angeles east of Malibu. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protecti...

Elon Musk and Sam Altman, two of the most influential men in technology, intensified their verbal battle on social media Thursday over their competing artificial intelligence projects. The most recent discussion started when it was disclosed that Altman's company, OpenAI, was a major participant in Stargate, the AI infrastructure initiative that President Donald Trump unveiled this week and that will receive a significant investment push. In a lengthy post announcing the new business on his social media platform, X, Musk stated that they don't really have the funds. At first, it was unclear to whom Musk was talking, but he quickly clarified by citing SoftBank, Stargate's primary financial backer. SoftBank has secured well under $10 billion. Without further explanation, he stated, "I have t...