Photo: Sam Geesaman/Omni Mount Washington Resort/AP An adventurous black bear enjoyed the sunrise and scenic views of New Hampshire’s White Mountains (as if the animal were any other guest visiting the bucolic scenery) after finding its way on to a hotel veranda last month, Sam Geesaman, an employee at the Omni Mount Washington Resort, took a picture of the bear on June 29. The lucky employee spotted the wild animal — standing upright and holding onto the veranda railing — soaking in the beautiful views of the White Mountains as dawn broke....

Forget hibernation — a Florida black bear decided to hit the high seas instead!The curious bear was seen meandering around on a catamaran boat that was docked at the Naples Sailing and Yacht Club in Naples on Wednesday, perNBC2 News.Todd Dillman, the owner of TowBoat U.S. Naples-Marco Island, was towing a barge back into the bay when he spotted the animal wandering around the area.“We were kind of blown away that there was a bear in Royal Harbor,” he told NBC2 News....

Finn the black bear knows how to cool off and have fun in the summer heat! On a steamy August afternoon, visitors to Zoo Knoxville got a special treat when they visited the bear just in time to see him enjoy a foamy bubble bath — his first-ever, according to the zoo’s media manager Jonathan Jones. The bath, the product of bear-safe dish soap, was “an unplanned event,” Jones says....

Photo: Getty Images Catherine Sweatt-Mueller, 62, was staying with her parents on Red Pine Island in Rainy Lake for a family reunion, Ontario Provincial Police told theStar Tribune. On Sunday, at around 6 p.m. local time, Sweatt-Mueller reportedly left the cabin when she heard her two dogs barking outside. When one of the dogs returned injured and without Sweatt-Mueller, her parents — both in their 80s — called the police, who then searched the surrounding area....

Residents of Arlington, Massachusetts, looking out the window on Friday morning may have spotted an unexpected visitor to their quiet neighborhood — a black bear. After calls about bear sightings came to officials on Friday morning, the local police quickly joined the Massachusetts Environmental Police in a search for the wild animal, which lasted until about 9 a.m. NBC Boston “I thought it was cool,” one girl, who watched the incident from afar, toldNBC Boston....

Photo: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources/Facebook The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources rescued a bear stuck in a culvert alongside a road near Wannaska after the animal got stuck there during hibernation. “He tried to push himself out and kind ofgot wedged on some frozen waterthat had frozen and thawed, frozen and thawed and got stuck in place and tired,” Andy Tri, a bear biologist, told Inforum. “… It took about five guys to haul him up and out of the hole once we dug him out,” Tri told Inforum, adding that the bear showed no signs of frostbite....

Florida beachgoers soaking up a bit of sun got a shock on Sunday. On Sunday, according to footage of the surprising moment, a blackbear cubwas spotted casually swimming in the ocean before striding onto the shore at a crowded beach in Destin. “A bear just swam from way out in the ocean to shore in Destin. Insane,“tweetedChris Barron, the eyewitness who filmed the now-viral video, which has since been viewed more than 3....

A relaxing moment outside after a work day brought a North Carolina man face-to-face with a black bear. “I was a little frightened because it was right there, and I didn’t know what it would do,” he toldUSA Today. In the video, Oppenheimer is shocked to spot the bear near his lounge chair. He flinches before grabbing the pillow in his lap as if preparing to defend himself. “It was almost in front of me,” he told the outlet....

A curious bear in Connecticut has become one of the internet’s most adorable porch pirates.Kristin Levine posted a surveillance video Monday to Facebook of a black bear moseying across her driveway with her Amazon package in his mouth. “This guy just took my package! You think @amazon gives replacements for bear thieves?!?” Levinewrotewith the clip.“Amazon had dropped off the packages maybe five minutes before, and I got the alert on my security camera, and then I got a second alert five minutes later, and I was like taken aback because I wasn’t expecting anyone else in my driveway,” Levinerecountedto NBC Connecticut of catching the bear mid-theft....

Photo: L. Cohen/WireImage Many have longarguedthat the United States should compensate Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved, and the issue just received support from one prominent billionaire. Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), spoke out in support of the payments — commonly referred to as “reparations” — while speaking toVice News. Two decades ago, Johnson became a billionaire after hesold BET to Viacom. He said he and other wealthy Black Americans are owed reparations....

Photo: NY Giants/TwitterThe NFL experienced a bit of acat-astrophe during Monday Night Football!Towards the end of the game’s second quarter on Monday evening,a black cat ran onto MetLife Stadium’s fieldas the New York Giants were playing the Dallas Cowboys, putting a halt to the action.The furry feline was seen casually trotting down the field towards one of the endzones before temporarily pausing near the two-yard line. The cat’s pace quickly picked up to a sprint when several state troopers came running on the field in an attempt to catch the unexpected visitor....

Photo: Emilee Chinn/Getty The Dallas Cowboys have a new member. A black cat became an internet celebrity last week after the animalran out onto the field of MetLife Stadium, interrupting the game between the Cowboys and the New York Giants. Now, the Cowboys are proud to add the feline football fan to its ranks. “Tonight’s #DallasCowboys starters…wait for it,” a tweet on Sunday from the team’s account read, which featured the cat in the lineup for this week’s game against the Minnesota Vikings....

01of 11 Tyler Perry Getty Images Perry has supported civil rights through large-scale and individual donations, making history in 2009 with thelargest-ever individual contribution— $1 million — to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in celebration of the organization’s 100 year anniversary. He also has a history of covering the expenses for rent, funerals and college education for those in need, particularly in his Atlanta community....