This viral video shows a terrier getting into a standoff with a huge bear. The dog's owner captured the incident on a ring camera. The video shows the terrier barking at the bear before being chased onto the porch of its Farmington, Connecticut home. The woman said the terrier, called Dixie, is about 20 pounds but often barks at anyone or anything that comes into the yard. The woman didn't know Dixie had been chased by the bear until watching the footage later.
SURFING GATOR
Meanwhile, an Alabama man captured an alligator "surfing" at an Alabama beach recently. The gator looks calm and serene riding the waves at Dauphin Island while attracting attention from beach-goers. The man posted the video of the gator on his Facebook page.
Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
Six migrant workers were rammed by a vehicle outside a Walmart in North Carolina on Sunday in what appears to have been an intentional assault, but Maj. Brian Greene, interim chief of the Lincolnton Police Department, said the driver's motives are still under investigation.
The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized item for fishing bait and medical research.
The Biden administration is launching a trial for a new payment program for people and organizations providing caregiving coordination services to dementia patients on Medicare.
