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Voting begins in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest after one grizzly killed another on video

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Voting opened Wednesday for the super-sized grizzlies in the running to win the 2024 Fat Bear Week contest, after one animal’s graphic on-camera death delayed the event. 

Now in its 10th year, Fat Bear Week is an annual competition of sorts that allows viewers around the world to tune into a series of livestreams starring several brown bears that roam Katmai National Park and Preserve in southern Alaska. Stretched across the wilderness on the Alaskan peninsula, Katmai is home to some of the region’s largest grizzly bears, which come each year to the Brooks River for its seasonal salmon run. 

With the feeding season nearing its end, and months of hibernation on the horizon, the bulkiest creatures in the national park are celebrated during Fat Bear Week for their hunting successes. Fans can cast votes online for the grizzlies in contention to join the competition’s Hall of Champions this year, with the most favored bears progressing through multiple rounds until just one is crowned the victor.

Fat Bear Week kicked off Wednesday and will continue through Oct. 8, known as Fat Bear Tuesday, as organizers of the contest host digital chats about Katmai and the bears themselves. The National Park Service partners with the nonprofit Explore.org to put on the weeklong event, as the organization streams intimate footage of the contenders on its website. 

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Bears are technically “pitted against each other” as Katmai park rangers place them in brackets typical of traditional sports tournaments, the park service writes in a description of Fat Bear Week on its site.

“People may vote using any criteria they see fit,” the description reads. “In the end, one bear with reign supreme.”

Organizers of the 2024 Fat Bear Week contest postponed their bracket reveal earlier this week after an on-camera fight between two bears at the mouth of the Brooks River led to the death of one of the animals. Known as Bear 402, a former Fat Bear Week contestant, the older female grizzly was killed by a male, known as Bear 469, Monday morning. Mike Fritz, the resident naturalist at Explore.org, and Sarah Bruce, a Katmai park ranger, suggested in an online discussion held instead of the reveal that the male appeared to drown the “beloved” female, although they were not sure why the brawl began.

“National parks like Katmai protect not only the wonders of nature, but also the harsh realities,” the National Park Service’s Matt Johnson said in a statement to CBS News after Bear 402 was killed. “Each bear seen on the webcams is competing with others to survive.”

This year’s bracket consists of 11 massive grizzly bears. The lineup was eventually unveiled Tuesday evening.





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Record producer and singer Jack Antonoff sits down with Tracy Smith to discuss his band Bleachers, working with Taylor Swift, and producing the music for Broadway’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Then, Luke Burbank learns about the Aluminaire House, which can now be viewed at the Palm Springs Art Museum. “Here Comes the Sun” is a closer look at some of the people, places and things we bring you every week on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

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A promising young athlete is murdered. Her suspected killer disappears and an international manhunt by U.S. Marshals begins. “48 Hours” contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

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How to watch the Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears NFL game today: Livestream options, more

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Sam Darnold #14 of the Minnesota Vikings scrambles in the second quarter of a game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on November 17, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The Minnesota Vikings will take on the Chicago Bears today. The Vikings are currently 8-2, an impressive run so far this season, and will be looking to add a fourth win to their current streak after last Sunday’s 23-13 win against the Tennessee Titans. The Bears, on the other hand, are entering this game on the heels of a four-game losing streak after a tough 20-19 loss against the Green Bay Packers last Sunday. 

Here’s how and when you can watch the Vikings vs. Bears game today, whether or not you have cable.


How and when to watch the Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears

The Vikings vs. Bears game will be played on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. PT). The game will air on Fox and stream on Fubo and the platforms featured below.


How and when to watch the Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears game without cable

You can watch this week’s NFL game on Fox via several streaming services. All you need is an internet connection and one of the top options outlined below.

Fubo offers you an easy, user-friendly way to watch NFL games on CBS, Fox, NBC, ABC, ESPN, and NFL Network, plus NCAA football channels. The Pro tier includes 200+ channels and unlimited DVR, while the Elite with Sports Plus tier adds NFL RedZone and 4K resolution. New subscribers get a seven-day free trial and all plans allow streaming on up to 10 screens simultaneously.


You can watch today’s game with a subscription to Sling’s Orange + Blue tier, which includes ESPN, ABC, NBC, and Fox. The plan offers 46 channels with local NFL games, nationally broadcast games and 50 hours of DVR storage. For complete NFL coverage, add Paramount+ to get CBS games, or upgrade with the Sports Extra add-on for additional sports channels like Golf Channel, NBA TV and NFL RedZone.


Watching NFL games, including Fox broadcasts, is simple with Hulu + Live TV, which includes 90 channels, unlimited DVR storage, and access to NFL preseason games, live regular season games and studio shows. The service includes ESPN+ and Disney+ in the subscription.


Want to watch today’s game live on your smartphone? If so, NFL+ streaming service is the solution you’re looking for. It lets you watch NFL Network and out-of-market games on mobile devices, with an upgrade option to NFL+ Premium that includes NFL RedZone for watching up to eight games simultaneously. Note that NFL+ only works on phones and tablets, not TVs.



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