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.

Gene Hackman's dogs made a beeline for the mudroom where the actor's body lay, eventually leading paramedics to the right location after they spent half-an-hour searching for him ...

Gene Hackman's two surviving dogs, Bear and Nikita, were found in a 'limbo' state after both the actor and his wife Betsy ...

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 ...