Bear Asleep In Pizza Shop? A high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was nearly put on lockdown Monday after someone spotted a bear cub roaming near the school — the but bear was far more interested the wondrous smells coming from Louie’s Pizza and invited itself inside, where the bear then decided to take a nap.

Los Angeles County received record-breaking amounts of rain Tuesday as a low-pressure system filled with moisture from tropical storm Linda swept across the area. By 8 a.m., a record 2.6 inches of rain had fallen in downtown Los Angeles, along with 2.26 inches in Culver City, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Robbie Munroe, who added that forecasters had been …

Harald Krueger, BMW CEO collapses on stage at Frankfurt Motor Show. Harald Krueger was commenting on the luxury brand’s latest models when he appeared to faint and had to be escorted off by two assistants. The 49-year-old was at the Frankfurt International Motor Show when the incident happened.

Matt Damon has tried to give a black, female film producer a lesson in diversity, and the internet is not happy about it. According to Jezebel, in the episode, Damon and actor pal Ben Affleck brought together a team of producers — mostly consisting of white men and one white woman — to find a qualified director for the new …

More than 30 fraternity members have been charged in the death of a Baruch College student during a alleged hazing incident. Five fraternity members from New York’s Baruch College will face murder charges in connection with the death two years ago of Chun Hsien Deng. In total, 37 people will be face a variety of charges, including assault.

Kim Richards was sentenced today to three years summary probation and 30 days of community labor for resisting arrest following her removal from the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. In April, Richards was arrested at the hotel. At the time, the Beverly Hills Police Department charged the reality starlet with trespassing, public intoxication, resisting …

Dianna Duran entered a not guilty plea today to charges of fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and other crimes for allegedly using campaign contributions to cover personal spending at casinos. Eighteen days ago, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed 64 charges against Duran, accusing her of withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign funds to pay off casino debts. …

Birds form relationships not unlike humans do: choosing a partner not based purely on objective aesthetic and performance standards, but on attraction and compatibility. In a study published in PLOS Biology today, Malika Ihle, Bart Kempenaers, and Wolfgang Forstmeier from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology described their speed-dating experiment with the bird most commonly found across central Australia. They …

Flash flooding in Utah left eight people dead and five others missing Monday when two vehicles carrying 16 women and children were hit by a rush of water and swept into a channel. The victims were in their vehicles when they were struck by a “big wall of water,” washing the vehicles downstream, according to Hildale Fire Dept. Assistant Chief …

Gary Richrath, REO Speedwagon’s one-time guitarist and songwriter, died Monday, the band confirmed on social media and their official website Monday morning. He was 65. The news was confirmed by the band’s current singer Kevin Cronin on the REO Speedwagon Facebook page.

The Army says a soldier who vanished during a parachute training exercise in Shelton, Washington state has been found dead after a 10-hour search. The soldier, whose Special Forces unit is based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was part of a military parachuting exercise over a wooded area of Mason County Friday morning, Army Maj. Tim Chavez at JBLM said.