Ice Bear would not maul anyone. Ice Bear prefers to use martial arts.

Yesterday in Alaska, north Texas man was mauled by a bear while hunting moose – which is, apparently, still something people feel the need to do. The man, sustained several lacerations, but is expected to make a full recovery. If he’d been hunting moose anywhere near Barnard, our local bears likely would not have been nearly as kind. (CBS Local)

On a slightly grander scale, in Washington, D.C., Pope Francis canonized the eighteenth-century Spanish missionary Junípero Serra for recognition of his work spreading Christianity in California.  This canonization is the first to occur on U.S. soil. (And tonight, Pope Francis comes to New York!  MoHi might be seeing some missionary work of its own soon.) (Washington Post)

In Cairo, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardoned dozens of political protestors, including two journalists from the Al Jazeera English news network. The releases appear to be part of a traditional pardon on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday (which is today), but the ease with which they occurred raises questions of why these Egyptians were imprisoned in the first place.  (NY Times)

Meanwhile, in Brazil, archaeologists have discovered remains of the earliest known human decapitation, dating back to nine thousand years ago.  According to the scientists, this decapitation was most likely not the result of a violent murder, but instead of a mysterious burial practice of hunter-gatherers in the region. (CBS News)

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