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A happy couple was reciting their wedding vows to one another in Glacier National Park in Montana when they were interrupted by a grizzly bear attacking and eating a moose calf nearby.

Wedding videographer Stanton Giles captured the savage attack and then posted it on Youtube where it was seen about 10,000 times.

“A wedding ceremony was taking place on the shores of Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park, when, through the groom’s vow, a grizzly charged from brush on the north shore and attacked a moose calf posing as the mother.” The video is captioned.

According to the National Park Service (NPS), grizzly bears are omnivores and at least 90 percent of their diet consists of grass, berries, and insects. What they eat may change with the seasons.

“They will also eat large and small mammals, fruits, bark, roots, and mushrooms, if available,” NPS officials said.

In the video, the camera is focused on the groom when a blood-curdling cry can be heard in the distance.

“And that’s why we didn’t go to the North Shore, ladies, and gentlemen,” one of the guests can be heard saying.

The bear continued to devour the moose as the wedding party and guests commented on what they were seeing.

Giles said in the video description that he had seen the moose and the calf moving quickly through the woods about 10 minutes prior.

“The bear must have been chasing them at least for a while,” he said.

The viewers were surprised by what was captured during the wedding.

One viewer wrote, “Crazy you captured this mid-ceremony.”

“Now the question is how do you include a moose being eaten by a bear in a wedding video,” commented another.

“What an omen,” wrote one viewer.

After the fall of the Afghanistan government, the Taliban sent an ambassador to represent them in the United Nations. Their mission is to request that world leaders officially recognize their authority.

Afghanistan’s current U.N. ambassador is Ghulam Isaczai, previously assigned by the former government supported by the U.S. military. The Taliban nominated Suhail Shaheen as their representative and requested that he would be allowed to address the assembly.

Biden is in hot water for the way he coordinated the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He persuaded everyone to go along with the exit he claimed would be “safe and orderly,” but it was instead chaos and disorder. During the confusion, 13 U.S. service members and nearly 100 Afghans lost their lives in a planned bombing. When the dust cleared on August 31, approximately 100 Americans and tens and thousands of Afghan refugees were left abandoned in Afghanistan.

Biden and his team declared that the U.S. was prepared for the Taliban to take over as violently as it did but many wonder if the White House was underestimated the Taliban’s power.

“I don’t think anyone assessed that they would collapse as quickly as they did. Anyone – anyone in this room, anyone anywhere in the world,” Psaki responded. “If you have anyone who did I would be surprised.”

It’s been reported that U.S. intelligence officials cautioned President Biden that the Afghan government could fall in a matter of days, but the administration ignored all warnings.

The Biden administration attempted to pass the blame for the catastrophe to former President Donald Trump’s administration as well as to the Afghan government itself. Biden maintains that Trump failed to enforce the conditions of his peace agreement with the Taliban and argues that the Afghan military did not take appropriate actions to assure the survival of their government.

A woman called her husband just moments before tragedy struck to say she saw a sinkhole where the pool should have been. Then the line went dead.

“It was 1:30 a.m., I’ll never, never forget that,” said Mike Stratton, husband of Cassie Stratton who is still considered missing.

The  40-year-old model, actress, and Pilates instructor woke her husband in Washington, D.C., with a phone call and frantically told him that the entire building was shaking and told him about the sinkhole.

According to The Washington Post, Stratton was on the balcony of her 4th-floor residence when she felt a trembling and witnessed the pool deck cave in.

Structural engineer, Jason Borden said that if the pool deck or structural plate closest to the building failed or was jeopardized, “it could have contributed to the end result.”

“I saw cracks and deterioration of the garage and plaza level but those are all things that we are accustomed to seeing and that’s why our job exists – to maintain and repair the buildings,” said Borden.

“They had done the full investigation that we were proposing to do,” he added.”They went through and detailed very thoroughly exactly what was wrong with the building, again, is very typical of what we see in buildings of this age in this condition.”

Borden is confident in the structural integrity of Champlain Towers North and East.

“You know they are maintaining their buildings. Personally, I am confident in the stability of those buildings because I’ve been closely involved with Champlain Towers East,” Borden said.

Mike Stratton remembers the last time he saw his wife on June 21 before leaving on a business trip to DC.

“She was the most fun, vivacious person you could ever imagine,” he said, his voice breaking with emotion. “She was full of life, we were always doing something. There are so many interesting places to go in Miami and we took it all in.”

A California man is facing federal charges after peeing in the aisle while aboard a Southwest flight. Samson Hardridge, 33 from Lancaster, California, was flying from Dallas to Burbank. When he got up from his seat after takeoff to use the restroom, the flight attendant asked him to wait in the aisle of the plane instead of the galley because it was too small.

Hardridge had his hand in his pants and asked the flight attendant if she wanted to see his penis. When she said no and asked that he remain in the aisle, Hardridge peed on the floor in the corner of the plane.

Hardridge also became hostile, yelled, at, and threatened the flight attendants. The plane was diverted to Albuquerque because the flight crew “feared for their safety as well as that of the flight.”

Hardridge was charged with interfering with flight crew members and attendants and is facing up to 20 years if convicted.

There are many recent examples of unruly passengers aboard flights. Southwest recently banned a passenger who attacked a flight attendant, which resulted in serious injuries, including the loss of two teeth.

As of February 22 of this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported 607 cases of unruly passengers aboard flights.

“On February 18, Southwest Flight 474 diverted to Albuquerque due to an unruly customer,” a representative for Southwest Airlines said. “Local police met the aircraft once it was at the gate, removed the Customer and the flight continued to Burbank a short time later.”

When a police officer in Mississippi responded to a fatal shooting Sunday morning, the victim turned out to be her 20-year-old son.

“We initially responded to the call, not knowing when I made it over there, the person was going to be my son that was laying there,” Officer Laquandia Cooley of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, said.

When Cooley arrived at the scene she found her son, Charles Stewart Jr., was lying in the street, having been fatally shot in the head.

“As we get out, I look and I was like, ‘This is my son, this is my son,’” Cooley said. “So, I literally just go into a break down you know? Like, why? Who would do this to my son?”

Hazlehurst Police Chief Darion Murray said there are no suspects in the case at this time. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation because the case involves an officer’s family member.

Stewart’s father Charles Stewart Sr. said that he couldn’t imagine who could have shot his son.

“It’s traumatizing for the whole family,” Stewart said. “We’re just trying to cope day to day. Just trying to figure out why this happened and who could have did this.”

The events surrounding the shooting are not known at this time.

A mother in Houston, Texas, forced her 13-year-old COVID-positive son into the trunk of her car to take him to a coronavirus drive-thru testing site Monday.

Police filed charges against Sarah Beam for child endangerment on Wednesday. Court documents were not made public until Friday.

Beam said she had put her son in the trunk after he had tested positive for COVID-19 because she wanted to limit her own exposure.

Cypress-Fairbanks Director of Health Services Bevin Gordon was going to each car to get individuals’ information when she learned that the child was in the trunk of the vehicle.

“(The mother) stated that she put (her son) inside the trunk to prevent her from getting exposed to possible COVID while driving (him) to the stadium for additional testing,” according to a court document.

Beam is a teacher in the Cypress-Fairbanks school district which was the location of the testing site she had taken her son to. The school district has since placed her on administrative leave.

“CFPD was alerted that a child was in the trunk of a car at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site earlier this week. Law enforcement conducted a full investigation, resulting in a warrant for arrest. Thankfully, the child was not harmed,” the Cypress-Fairbanks school district said in a statement, reported KPRC.

At this time Beam had not been arrested by police or turned herself in since the charges were filed.

Hayden Panettiere recently opened up about her relationship with her 7-year-old daughter Kaya.

Panettiere, 32, said her relationship with Kaya is much better following her decision to have her live with Wladimir Klitschko, the actress’ ex and daughter’s father.

The decision came as the “Nashville” actress battled an addiction to alcohol and pills.

“It was the hardest thing I could do,” Panettiere said. “But the best thing for my daughter was to make sure she was OK, take care of myself and make sure I could be a good mom to her. And sometimes that means letting go.”

Panettiere is now sober and enjoys a great relationship with her daughter, who still lives abroad.

“She has a beautiful life,” Panettiere said. “I was just with her. She’s just an amazing child. She’s smart and she’s funny and for whatever reason, she still loves me.”

Panettiere admits that she’s struggled with addiction from a young age and developed a dependence on alcohol and pills throughout her career.

“I was on top of the world and I ruined it,” she said. “I’d think I hit rock bottom, but then there’s that trap door that opens.”

Panettiere became a star at age 11, appearing in soap operas and the 2000 sports drama “Remember the Titans” opposite Denzel Washington.

At age 15, the actress claimed someone from her team began offering her “happy pills” before she would walk the red carpets.

“They were to make me peppy during interviews,” Panettiere recalled. “I had no idea that this was not an appropriate thing, or what door that would open for me when it came to my addiction.”

Panettiere entered rehab for eight months and over the last year, she also underwent both trauma therapy and inpatient treatment.

The future is looking much brighter for the star. She is now sober, returned to work, and reprising her character, Kirby Reed, in the next “Scream” film.

Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center police officer responsible for the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright after she fatally shot him during a traffic stop, has just resigned from the force, effective immediately.

In a letter to Mayor Elliott, Acting City Manager Reggie Edwards, and Police Chief Tim Gannon, Potter wrote, “I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately.”

Mayor Elliot also made the announcement that Chief Gannon will be stepping down.

These sudden resignations come after unrest in Minnesota led to looting, clashes with police, and several arrests for a second night. Citizens began gathering in the streets Monday night outside of the police station demanding that justice be served.

These protests began after released bodycam footage shows Potter yelling “taser” as she holds up her handgun. Potter fired one shot that struck Wright ultimately killing him. In the footage, you can then hear Potter say, “Sh*t, I just shot him.”

Gannon later claimed the officer meant to reach for her taser, but instead mistakenly fired her gun.

The streets remained overrun with protesters despite the 7 p.m. curfew that had been put in place and the cops had to disperse the violent crowd with flash bombs and other crowd control tactics.

The Biden Administration has crossed yet another red line and it needs to be held accountable for its reckless actions.

Just yesterday, the United States military carried out airstrikes against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Syria. This attack was in response to an earlier drone strike that killed one U.S. contractor and wounded five service members and a second contractor.

This action was taken at the direction of President Joe Biden, who ordered U.S Central Command forces to conduct precision strikes against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin released a statement shortly after the incident stating that these airstrikes were conducted in response to today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by groups affiliated with the IRGC.

“At the direction of President Biden, I authorized U.S. Central Command forces to conduct precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC),” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. “The airstrikes were conducted in response to today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by groups affiliated with the IRGC.”

Now here’s where things get tricky: The IRGC has been designated as a terrorist group since 2019, but when did this authorization take place? Was there any forethought given to how this would play out on the world stage? And why is President Biden so eager to go up against Iran despite his pledge of “no more endless wars”?

What do you think about President Biden’s actions toward Iran? Do you think we should continue engaging militarily or should we be focusing solely on diplomatic solutions? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

The debate about gender and language has always been a hot-button issue, but Ana Kasparian’s recent tweets on the topic have stirred up a fresh round of discussion. As a prominent liberal voice and co-host of the Young Turks show, Kasparian’s words carry weight among progressives.

Her assertion that she is a “woman” and not a “birthing person” has sparked controversy among leftists who advocate for inclusive language that recognizes the full spectrum of gender identities.

In the Tweet she states, “I’m a woman. Please don’t ever refer to me as a person with a uterus, birthing person, or person who menstruates. How do people not realize how degrading this is? You can support the transgender community without doing this sh*t.”

I'm a woman. Please don't ever refer to me as a person with a uterus, birthing person, or person who menstruates. How do people not realize how degrading this is? You can support the transgender community without doing this shit.

— Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) March 22, 2023

Kasparian’s tweet, which came in response to a story about a proposed amendment to the federal budget that used the term “birthing people,” was seen by some as a rejection of the trans-inclusive language that has become increasingly common in progressive circles. Supporters of so-called inclusive language argue that it is important to use words that reflect the diversity of human experience, including those who may not identify with normal definitions of gender.

On the other hand, critics of inclusive language argue that it can be confusing and alienating to those who do not identify with the terms being used. Real women, for example, may feel that their identity as a woman is being erased if they are referred to as a “birthing person” instead. They argue that it is possible to recognize and support the non-binary community without abandoning traditional concepts of gender altogether.

Ultimately, the debate over language and gender is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. As our understanding of gender continues to evolve, so too will our language and our concepts of identity. What is clear is that the discussion itself is an important one, and that both sides have important perspectives to contribute.