The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found in Los Padres National Forest -- weak, underweight and alone.

Welch dons a fur coat, leather gloves and a bear mask for work these days, then enters an enclosure to feed and fawn over a 12-pound black bear cub who she hopes will consider her family.

READING (AP) -- Police say a dispute over a mask like one featured in the "Purge" horror movies contributed to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy. Reading police say high school ...