“The neighbor had no other choice but to shoot and kill the bear,” Schatz told TNonline. Nierer wasn’t seriously injured in the attack, and told WBRE he’s actually sorry for the bear, which witnesses say had been trying to get into a market in town before leaving and encountering Nierer.

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it won’t hear civil rights groups’ appeal seeking to invalidate Pennsylvania’s dating requirement for mail ballots, which has invalidated thousands of votes

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by civil and voting rights groups to end Pennsylvania's mandate that mail-in ballots bear a handwritten date on the outer envelope, a requirement they contend is unnecessary and has resulted in needless disqualification of legitimate ballots.