Between 9 and 9:30 that morning, police received calls about bear attacks around Akita’s Araya-Minamihamamachi and Araya-Kotobukimachi districts, near the mouth of the Omonogawa river.

AKITA—A bizarre standoff between police and a marauding bear holed up in a supermarket here finally ended with the animal’s capture on Dec. 2, two days after it broke in and mauled an employee.

Employees at a supermarket in Akita, Japan, were forced to evacuate when an Asian bear entered the store. The animal attacked a 47-year-old deli worker, injuring him on the head and face.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife responded to a report that a momma bear had apparently been hit by a car and was found with its cub lying in an apartment parking lot in Truckee.

Actor Gene Hackman’s dogs were loyal to the end as they led emergency responders to the tragic scene it’s been revealed. Two of the surviving pets, Bear, a German Shepherd, and Nikita, an ...