Tag: polar
Adult Polar Bears in Svalbard Are Gaining Fat Even as Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks
Polar bears have come to symbolize the cost of a warming Arctic. As sea ice retreats, the platform they rely on to hunt prey disappears, and bears are expected to burn through fat reserves and grow thinner. But in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Barents Sea, that pattern has not held. A new study
Polar bear in fatal Alaska attack was in poor health
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby last month in western Alaska was likely an older animal in poor physical condition, but tests came back negative for pathogens that affect the brain and cause aggressive behaviour, officials said Monday...
Newsletter
Don't miss
hundred
SunRisers into Hundred women’s final with tense win over Brave
SunRisers Leeds booked a meeting with Trent Rockets in The Hundred women's final after a tense five-wicket win over Southern Brave in the eliminator at The Kia Oval. Set a modest 115 to win, SunRisers had looked in trouble at 54-3 after 47 balls - their dynamic Australian duo of Phoebe Litchfield (4) and Annabel
Luigi
Luigi Mangione admits killing Brian Thompson: Says ‘severe’ back pain drove him to pose as investor with $58 billion before shooting CEO dead, as...
Luigi Mangione confessed to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel as he pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges. The 28-year-old admitted to gunning down Thompson, 50, in Midtown Manhattan as he walked to a conference on December 4, 2024. 'I shot Mr Thompson and he died,' Mangione told Judge Margaret Garnett
cyberstalking
Bomb threats and cyberstalking: Wife and children of healthcare CEO killed by Luigi Mangione threatened and forced to keep a low profile after shooting
The widow of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson made a rare public appearance Friday to watch Luigi Mangione tell a courtroom that he'd shot her husband. Paulette Thompson was photographed walking into Manhattan Federal Court in a navy dress and sunglasses, after she and her two sons suffered horrific stalking and abuse in the wake of
bully
Warning XL Bully cats riddled with health issues are booming in popularity
Animal shelters say they are taking growing numbers of struggling XL Bully cats after a 'boom' in popularity left owners unable to keep up with expensive vet bills...
BREAKING
BREAKING: Luigi Mangione Admits Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO, Pleads Guilty
NEW YORK, United States — Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to two federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. He also admitted publicly for the first time that he shot Thompson. “I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione told a federal court on Friday, August 14, 2026.