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The competition takes place at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, specifically centered around the Brooks River and Brooks Falls. The public votes on brown bears as they pack on weight from eating salmon in preparation for hibernation.

The online tournament at Katmai National Park and Preserve drew more than 2.3 million votes from around the world as fans voted for the chonkiest brown bears fattening up on salmon before winter.

Backpack's path to the title included a blowout in round two where he crushed Bear 620 with more than 95 percent of the vote. In the semifinal, he won a tighter match against Bear 164 (known as Bucky) with a score of 79,945 to 75,805.

Backpack received his nickname because, as a cub, he climbed onto his mother Holly's back while she was crossing the Brooks River. Additionally, as a yearling in 2007, he suffered a serious leg injury that left him unable to put weight on it for much of the summer, though the leg eventually healed and he continued to frequent Brooks Falls for salmon runs.

Many performers used their sets to denounce U.S. government actions and urge the crowd to vote. Killer Mike told the crowd to vote locally in thirty days and to hold those they vote for accountable on school boards and county commissions. Grandson performed the refrain "My president’s a felon" and covered Bob Dylan’s "Masters of War." The festival was intentionally designed as a counterweight to any Trump-linked national celebrations, focusing on pressure to pressure voters and attacking the administration's immigration enforcement.

The festival featured a wide variety of acts, including Tom Morello, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Nathaniel Rateliff, Dave Matthews, and Rap-rock act Grandson. Other notable performances included System of a Down's Serj Tankian, Chuck D, Run-DMC, Flavor Flav, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Stephen Stills, and comedian Jack Black (performing as "Jack Sabbath"). Grandson also performed a segment featuring actors portraying Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump connected by a leash.

Bruce Springsteen opened his set with "Streets of Minneapolis," which he framed as a response to the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, stating that the strength of people in Minnesota was an inspiration to the country. During his performance, he urged the crowd to let Washington hear them and performed with Joan Baez, Nathaniel Rateliff, and Dave Matthews. The night concluded with the full bill singing "This Land Is Your Land" and John Lennon’s "Power to the People."

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith was photographed in the crowd wearing a black Bruce Springsteen T-shirt that read "No Kings." This shirt was from Springsteen’s Land of Hope and Dreams tour. Smith's appearance was his first public sighting since a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where he defended the two prosecutions he brought against Donald Trump regarding the retention of classified records and efforts to undo the presidential election.

All four winners chose to remain anonymous and kept their names off the public record. Texas Lottery officials released only their home cities, the prize amounts, the games played, and the store locations.

Each of the four retailers—Nick’s Corner Mart in Arlington, Revolution in Baytown, Time Saver Food Mart in Spring, and Palo Alto Express in San Antonio—may be eligible for a $10,000 bonus, which could total $40,000 across all four locations.

The three other $1 million wins were: a Mega Millionaire ticket purchased at Revolution on East Wallisville Road in Baytown; a Premier Play ticket purchased at Time Saver Food Mart on Spring Stuebner Road in Spring; and a Million Dollar Loteria ticket purchased at Palo Alto Express on Palo Alto Road in San Antonio.

The winning Millionaire’s Club ticket was purchased at Nick’s Corner Mart on South Collins Street in Arlington. The winner of the $2 million prize is a resident of Haltom City.

Munchy Su has been in the food business since he was a child and opened his own family-owned spot, Munchy’s Pizza, in 1991 after high school. The restaurant is known for its creative, over-the-top pizza and wing creations. Su describes the business as a "dream come true" and has operated it for over three decades, maintaining a commitment to human-led service.

The article cites two different perspectives on AI's impact on jobs: The World Economic Forum stated that AI integration has already created 1.3 million jobs globally. Conversely, McKinsey & Company estimated that 11 million people will need to switch occupations by 2035 due to the influence of AI.

While Munchy Su focuses on the immediate risk of AI replacing human workers and the personal frustration of dealing with automated systems, Dean Paul Pavlou offered a macro view. Pavlou predicted that AI will likely create more jobs than it destroys at a macro level and noted that the hospitality industry is less likely to see heavy displacement in the near term because the work is hands-on and requires human beings to provide manual services.

The shop's posts reached tens of thousands of people and drew significant attention, including a TikTok video that garnered nearly 110,000 views and more than 25,000 likes. Online commenters largely sided with Munchy Su, supporting his message that real people should be responsible for making the food, taking orders, and answering the phones rather than using algorithms or chatbots.

Dr. Ted Baehr explains that the books have grown significantly in reach and that most readers understand Aslan as a Christ figure. He notes that in the context of the Revelation, Christ is depicted as a male figure who is "fully God and Holy man." Baehr warns that by changing the character's gender, the production risks losing a large portion of the Christian audience who view the character as an uncompromised symbol of Jesus.

Gerwig stated that she wanted a performer who was "profound but not pretentious," possessed "gravitas but not morose self-seriousness," and could show both "depth and pathos as well as joy and delight." She specifically sought an actor older than 70 who had a "wisdom of experience" but also the "capacity of fresh wonder, like a child." While Meryl Streep meets the age and prestige requirements, she does not meet the gender of the character as written by Lewis.

The film "Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew," based on C.S. Lewis’s 1955 novel, is scheduled to have an IMAX theatrical window starting on February 12, 2027, followed by a release on Netflix on April 2, 2027.

In response to the casting choice, a Change.org petition was started on a Friday demanding that Netflix replace Greta Gerwig as the director of future Narnia films. Fans and industry veterans have pushed back against what they describe as rewriting a Christ figure for modern Hollywood fashion, with some arguing there is "no conceivable reason" to cast a female as Aslan unless the goal is to deliberately subvert the original work.

The review acknowledges that the film features "stunning visuals" provided by Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and a "whimsical score" by Cosmo Sheldrake. However, the critic concludes that these high-quality "craft" elements are unable to save the script, which he describes as a "climate lecture" packaged as prestige satire.

The critic identifies Riz Ahmed as the only cast member who delivers a remotely compelling performance as the soft-spoken scientist Ganesh. In contrast, Sandra Hüller's character, Emma, is criticized for having screen time dedicated primarily to complaining about how the global disaster will hurt her environmental nonprofit, despite the fact that Digger funds that nonprofit anyway.

Tom Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, an eccentric oil tycoon who is nearly unrecognizable due to heavy prosthetics. The critic describes the performance as a "mishmash of past Cruise roles delivered in one-note yelling," noting that while Cruise took a radical departure with the role, the performance remains stuck on one note throughout the film.

The film was directed and co-written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (director of "Birdman") and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in partnership with Legendary Pictures. The cast includes Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, John Goodman as President Compson, Riz Ahmed as the scientist Ganesh, Sandra Hüller as Digger’s half-sister Emma, Jesse Plemons, and Ross Hatt as Dr. Berg. The film also features cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki and a score by Cosmo Sheldrake.

The character of President Compson, played by John Goodman, is noted to borrow elements from Donald Trump. However, the reviewer points out that the real-life figure is at least nuanced, whereas the film's portrayal is described as a caricature.

The film has a runtime of 2 hours and 9 minutes and carries an R rating for pervasive language.

Tom Cruise plays the role of Digger Rockwell, an eccentric oil tycoon, using layers of prosthetics to transform his appearance. His performance is described as a "one-note" display of hysterical yelling, drawing comparisons to his past roles in "Tropic Thunder" and "Magnolia." The review suggests that while the prosthetics are prominent, the character lacks depth.

The film has been criticized for being a "preachy awards-season misfire" that lacks humor and fails to function as a successful satire. Fox News Digital media reporter Joseph A. Wulfsohn gave the movie a two-star rating, describing it as a "mess" that sacrifices wit for a "sermon." Critics noted that while it attempts to be a grand political satire, it feels more like a "preachy climate lecture" similar to the 2021 film "Don't Look Up," rather than a witty satire like "Dr. Strangelove."

Pearadin plans to divide the proceeds with Michael Schumacher, who assisted in filling the bucket that contained the stone. Additionally, Pearadin intends to use his share of the profit to open his own crystal mine.

The United States has only two known primary diamond deposits: Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas and Kelsey Lake in Colorado, which was reclaimed after commercial mining ended. Nathan Renfro, a senior manager at the Gemological Institute of America, noted that the public access at Crater of Diamonds is unusual as most diamond mines are high security.

The park's record holder is the 40.23-carat "Uncle Sam" diamond found in 1924, which was later cut to 12.42 carats and is now held by the Smithsonian. Other notable finds include a 9-carat diamond found by an Arkansas bank manager in 2020 and a 7-carat stone recovered by a French visitor in 2024.

Located in southwest Arkansas near Murfreesboro, Crater of Diamonds State Park was once an open-pit mine and became a state park in 1972 that allows visitors to keep what they find. The entry fee is $15 for a five-gallon bucket of dirt and gravel. Since the park opened, more than 37,000 diamonds have been found there, with 400 to 800 surfacing annually.

Officers found a witness holding a door closed to several music practice rooms, with the witness stating the attacker was still inside. The officer found the victim bleeding from the arm; the victim was later taken to a hospital with two or three cuts on the head and stab injuries on the arm. A knife was recovered from one of the rooms.

The suspect purchased the knife on Monday, one day before the attack occurred on Tuesday. He admitted to investigators that he had the knife in his pocket and had planned the act before following through with it.

The suspect told medical staff he was "trying to kill" his percussion instructor and aimed for the victim's neck and heart. He also told investigators that he had a "monster inside of him" that he kept buried until Tuesday, and he claimed he attacked the victim because he hated him for being a "goodie two shoes."

The attack took place inside the Humanities Fine Arts building. University public safety officers responded to the building at approximately 4:02 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Tennessee Department of Correction stated that it followed every step of the state’s lawful, established execution protocol approved by the Attorney General’s Office. Commissioner Frank Strada also maintained that the department carried out its responsibilities in accordance with established protocol, even as he agreed that stepping aside was necessary.

Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 torture murder of her former classmate, Colleen Slemmer. At the time of the crime, Pike was 18 and Slemmer was 19; both were students at the Job Corps Center in Knoxville. The killing was allegedly tied to comments Slemmer had made about Pike’s relationship.

Ed Stanton is a former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee who served from 2010 to 2017. He was appointed by Governor Bill Lee to lead an independent probe into the failed execution of Christa Pike. Notably, Stanton had reviewed the state’s lethal-injection protocol in 2022, which helped drive a halt in executions and a rewrite to a single-dose pentobarbital method—the same method used in Pike's case.

Governor Bill Lee announced the resignation of Commissioner Frank Strada, ordered an independent review into the incident, and halted all remaining executions scheduled in Tennessee for the rest of the year. Additionally, Lee appointed former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton to lead the independent probe into whether the department followed established protocols.