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US & Canada · AnchorageA polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. “Initial reports indicate that a polar bear had entered the community and had chased multiple residents,” troopers wrote. “The bear fatally attacked an adult female and juvenile male.”
Polar bear kills woman, boy in Alaska
56% Center coverage: 198 sources
Polar BearChildren's choir travels three hours by boat to mark holiday with 40 children in Barentsburg. For 18 months, none has come to celebrate services in chapel filled with icons. During Cold War, tensions flared between the two countries in Svalbard. Church members approved the choir's Christmas visit to help the children not see one another as enemies.
In polar night, Norway-Russia kids event lights up Christmas
67% Center coverage: 6 sources
US & Canada · NewfoundlandPolar bears have been spotted near Port Hope Simpson, St. Lewis and Black Tickle in Labrador and near St. Anthony on the island of Newfoundland. Residents are being told to properly store and dispose of garbage, keep their pets inside or under close supervision, travel in groups and never approach a fresh kill or carcass.
Polar bear warnings for Newfoundland and Labrador
80% Left coverage: 5 sources
US & CanadaPolar bear attacks are extremely rare, but as climate change reduces the amount of Arctic ice, the number of encounters between people and bears is on the rise. A polar bear attack killed a mother and her 1-year-old son in Wales, a tiny, remote Alaska whaling village whose bear patrol had lapsed. The incident underscored the risks of living alongside the creatures, which can weigh over 1,700 pounds.
Rare attack on mother, child in Alaska renews interest in polar bear patrols
89% Center coverage: 43 sources
Animals · AnchorageSummer Myomick, 24, and her son Clyde Ongtowasruk, 1, were mauled by a polar bear. It was the first fatal polar bear attack in 30 years in Alaska. The mother and toddler had no idea what was coming because of low visibility.
Polar bear that killed mother and son in Alaska was camouflaged by snowstorm, officials say
65% Center coverage: 40 sources
US & Canada · AlaskaFEMA fired the California company hired to translate the documents once the errors became known. The incident was an ugly reminder for Alaska Natives of the suppression of their culture and languages from decades past. FEMA immediately took responsibility for the translation errors and corrected them. No one was denied aid because of the errors.
FEMA fires group for nonsensical Alaska Native translations
37% Center coverage: 11 sources
US & Canada · AlaskaSummer Myomick and her 1-year-old son, Clyde Ongtowasruk, were mauled to death Jan. 17. Tests on available tissues for pathogens were negative for rabies, toxoplasmosis, distemper and avian influenza. It was the first fatal polar bear attack in Alaska in three decades.
Polar bear in fatal Alaska attack was in poor health
75% Center coverage: 20 sources
