Quick Glance: 128 'Grazer' is the 2023 Fat Bear Week Queen
- After a week of enormous upsets and shocking twists, online voters have crowned 128 'Grazer' as the Fat Bear Week champion.
- It’s the first title for the fierce mother and expert angler, who defeated 32 'Chunk' in the Fat Bear Tuesday final by more than 85,000 votes.
- Despite being smaller than Chunk, she’s a gutsy bear and her story won out.
- The bears have no idea what’s going on with Fat Bear Week.
Quick Glance: Voting Starts for Fat Bear Week
- 32 Chunk, known for his size and a scar on his muzzle, has become one of the dominant males on the Brooks River.
- Officially open: Voting for the 2023 Fat Bear Week competition, celebrating the ability of brown bears to gain weight for their hibernation cycle in Alaska.
- Female brown bears also gain massive weight, and they do it while raising their cubs.
- Simply choose the roundest bear, right? However, many voters often give extra recognition to bears that dramatically transform from a skinny, emaciated creature in the spring to a majestic ruler of the river in October.
Dementia Active held a Grand Opening and Fundraising Auction event at their new centre in Manor Park Banbury.
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The 2022 edition of Fat Bear Week was unlike any other, and even with a voting scandal that rocked southwest Alaska ... Show more https://bit.ly/3g3vnut
Ursa Major: Voting starts in Fat Bear Week.
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Life expectancy in the U.S. fell precipitously in 2020 and 2021, the sharpest two-year decline in nearly 100 years, largely because of Covid.
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Life expectancy in the U.S. fell precipitously in 2020 and 2021, the sharpest two-year decline in nearly 100 years, largely because of Covid ... Show more https://nyti.ms/3wNviAn
Quick Glance: Sen. Manchin has been isolated after testing positive for coronavirus.
- Joe Manchin, 74, has disclosed that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is undergoing treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms.
- Manchin's illness, combined with Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) recent absence from voting due to two hip operations, highlights the frailty of Democrats' Senate dominance.
- During this campaign season, Democrats expect to push many legislative initiatives through the 50-50 chamber, including votes next week on a top-tier proposal limiting pharmaceutical pricing and extending federal subsidies for health insurance.
- Democrats have gained control of the chamber thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote. Lawmakers are set to hold a final vote on a bipartisan bill to enhance semiconductor output.