A man has been charged with a rare felony after he was caught on a hidden video camera viciously beating a puppy in order to force his partner of eight years to give him what he wanted, according to the Genesee County sheriff.

Genesee County officials charged a man with beating a dog in order to get his family member to do what he wanted, they said.

This week on Space Curious, a listener wanted to know, "How big is the solar system?"

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)NEW DELHI – India reported another 86,052 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a declining trend with recoveries exceeding new cases this week. India's newly reported infections have remained below 90,000 for five straight days after hitting a record 97,894 on Sept. 16. The total number of tests have crossed 67 million so far in the country with nearly 1.4 billion people. Antigen tests look for virus proteins while RT-PCR tests look for genetic material from the virus. Hong Kong reported seven new cases on Friday for a total of 5,056, including 104 deaths, according to China’s National Health Commission.

NEW YORK The Magic School Bus has traveled everywhere from Pluto to inside the human body. Scholastic Entertainment said Thursday that it will make a feature-length, live-action hybrid film based on the animated TV show that ran from 1994 to 1997. Elizabeth Banks will play the manic science teacher Ms. Frizzle. The Magic School Bus, adapted from a series of books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen, centers on a group of school children who board a yellow school bus for field trips to such unlikely places as outer space or the human digestive system. Lilly Tomlin supplied the voice for Ms. Frizzle in the original cartoon series and Kate McKinnon voiced her sister in a recent Netflix reboot, The Magic School Bus Rides Again.The film version will be led by Scholastic Entertainment, Brownstone Productions, Marc Platt Productions and Universal Pictures.

You may know him when you hear him, as he has been the voice of two great Disney characters, Goofy and Pluto. However, now Bill Farmer is stepping in front of the cameras, after 33 years, to host a new show about one of our favorite pets, dogs. Its a Dogs Life with Bill Farmer on Disney+ will show Farmer highlighting real working dogs that have incredible jobs. He also talks to the dogs owners to learn more about their relationships and their interactions with people. From dogs finding diseases in people to helping track the humpback whale population, Farmer said he was shocked and amazed at the wonderful things dogs can do and how they help humans and fellow animals.

The dwarf planet was also famous for being the only planet to be discovered in the United States. Now Brown is dubbed "The Man Who Killed Pluto" because rather than give planet status to Eris and every celestial body larger than Pluto, the IAU decided to knock Pluto down a peg. In 2015, NASA's New Horizons Program flew past Pluto to take close-up photos and measurements of the dwarf planet, ultimately revealing that Pluto is bigger than scientists originally thought. Following an expert panel discussion on the definition of a planet, they let the audience vote and, of course, the crowd backed planet Pluto. Too cool for schoolWhen Pluto was demoted, it prompted a wave of science textbook reprints to ensure that students of the new millennium would be taught Pluto is a dwarf planet.