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Man from Connecticut has a rampage and ends up killing 20 chickens via ripping their heads off.

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A Connecticut man is facing animal cruelty charges after he allegedly ripped the heads off of 20 chickens during a "jealous rage" on Christmas Day after viewing pictures of other people hanging out with his wife, police say.

Authorities in Milford said Gregory Ulrich, 28, also smashed the windows of cars with an ax while leaning out of a car driven by John Budnovitch, 21.

"Ulrich was highly intoxicated and was in a jealous rage," Officer Michael DeVito told the Hartford Courant. "He banged [the chickens] on the ground to kill them and snapped the heads off."

Both men were arrested Wednesday. Ulrich faces numerous charges, including 20 counts of cruelty to animals. Budnovitch was charged with conspiracy to commit cruelty to animals, among other charges. The pair posted bail and were set to appear in Milford Superior Court on Jan. 30.

DeVito said Ulrich had Budnovitch drive to the homes of people that sparked his anger and swung an ax at their car windows. The two allegedly engaged in the behavior after Ulrich left a bar early Christmas morning.

The pair then traveled to a home with chickens and Ulrich killed them and left some of their heads lying around on the owners' property. Others were placed in a bag as Ulrich claimed he would boil and eat them, DeVito told the Hartford Courant.

At another home with chickens, Ulrich tore off the doors of a coop to get to them, police added.

DeVito said Ulrich's wife was not harmed during the alleged episode. Both men have past criminal records and Ulrich recently served six months in jail stemming from firearms convictions.

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Connecticut man ripped 20 chickens' heads off during 'jealous rage', police say

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Police are investigating the death of a California State University student who was found dead at a fraternity house near campus Wednesday, the school said.Police said they got a medical call from the Cal State University-Fresno Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house about three hours southeast of San Francisco, at around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.The male student was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the university.

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It was unclear whether the student was a member of Delta Sigma Phi.

— -- Police are investigating the death of a California State University student who was found dead at a fraternity house near campus Wednesday, the school said.

Police said they got a medical call from the Cal State University-Fresno Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house about three hours southeast of San Francisco, at around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The male student was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the university.

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The student's name is not being released at this time, pending family notification, the university said in a statement.

"Our hearts are broken today as we learned that an enrolled Fresno State student has died at an off-campus location," the statement said. "President [Joseph] Castro joins the campus community in sending condolences to the student's family and friends."

The school confirmed that the Fresno Police Department is investigating the death and said it would release more information when possible.

It was unclear whether the student was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.

The frat house's parking lot was reportedly blocked off with police tape in the wake of the incident as officers interviewed several men on the scene, including some who were wearing the fraternity's sweatshirts, at around 5 p.m.

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Fresno State student found dead at frat house near campus

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It was unclear whether the student was a member of Delta Sigma Phi. - -- Police are investigating the death of a California State University student who was found dead at a fraternity house near campus Wednesday, the school said.

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An elderly couple's car got stuck on a train rail, but two bystanders helped them out of the car before they were hit by a train.

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An elderly couple is happy to be alive after two Good Samaritans pulled them out of their car just before a commuter rail train struck it.

Police in Bridgewater, Mass., said they were called to a rail crossing on Broad Street after a report an MBTA Commuter Rail train had struck a car early Thursday afternoon.

The vehicle got stuck at the rail crossing due to heavy snow. The elderly couple inside, a driver and passenger, were quickly helped out of the car by two bystanders before the train came through, police said in a press release.

The car was thrown into nearby gates and a control shed which exposed live wires.

Dramatic photos shared on the department's Twitter page showed the heavily damaged vehicle.

No injuries were reported.

Now, authorities are seeking help to identify the two Good Samaritans who helped, but appeared to have left the scene after the crash.

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Good Samaritans rescue elderly couple before train hits vehicle

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An elderly couple is happy to be alive after two Good Samaritans pulled them out of their car just before a commuter rail train struck it. Police in Bridgewater, Mass., said they were called to a rail crossing on Broad Street after a report an MBTA Commuter Rail train had struck a car early Thursday afternoon.

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Erin Cummings created mittens for Detroit to keep the people who don´t have that access to warm hands when outside and don´t have gloves.

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NFLer regains feeling in legs and is expected to play again

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Vernon Shazier, the father of injured WPXI's Lisa Sylvester that his son has regained feeling in his legs and believes Shazier will play football again in the future (h/t Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier, told Adam Bittner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

"He's making progress daily," Vernon said. "He's a long way from where he was on that Monday night."

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Ryan Shazier Has Regained Feeling in Legs, Father Expects Him to Play Again

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invasive species of iguanas are being stunned because of the cold

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It's so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.

Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.

That's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs.

Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino tweeted a photograph of an iguana lying belly-up next to his swimming pool. WPEC-TV posted images of an iguana on its back on a Palm Beach County road.

The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees, said Kristen Sommers, who oversees the nonnative fish and wildlife program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. "It's too cold for them to move," Sommers said.

They're not the only reptiles stunned by this week's cold snap: Sea turtles also stiffen up when temperatures fall. The wildlife commission's biologists have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles found floating listlessly on the water or near shore, but no such rescue is planned for iguanas.

Well-meaning residents finding stiffened iguanas are advised to leave them alone, as they may feel threatened and bite once they warm up.

"Don't assume that they're dead," Sommers said.

Green iguanas are an invasive species in Florida known for eating through landscaping and digging burrows that undermine infrastructure. They can grow over 5 feet long, and their droppings can be a potential source of salmonella bacteria, which causes food poisoning.

The wildlife commission has begun holding workshops to train homeowners and property managers to trap or manage iguanas. The reptiles may be easier to catch this week, Sommers said.

"This provides an opportunity to capture some, but I'm not sure it's going to be cold enough for long enough to make enough of a difference," she said. "In most cases, they're going to warm back up and move around again, unless they're euthanized."

A two-week cold snap with temperatures below 40 degrees in 2010 killed off many iguanas, along with Burmese pythons and other invasive pests that thrive in South Florida's subtropical climate. Those populations have since rebounded.

Elsewhere in Florida, the effects of a brutal winter storm rolling up the East Coast were less exotic. It snowed briefly Wednesday in the state's capital, Tallahassee, for the first time in 28 years.

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It's so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees. Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. That's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs.

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7 planes fly back in time

The 6 flights from the future (Year 2018) are about to arrive to their destination (Year 2017)

-- Hawaiian Airlines Flight 446 -- was due to leave Auckland, New Zealand, at 11:55 p.m. but was delayed about 10 minutes, putting it into the new year. It arrived in Honolulu at 10:16 a.m. on December 31.

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7 planes fly back in time (OK, not really but technically it's true)

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No flux capacitor needed: Seven flights that took off in 2018 landed in 2017, according to FlightRadar24, which tracks flights around the world.

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North Korea promises to meet South Korea

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North Korea has reopened communications with South Korea and the US has agreed to suspend military drills during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

There will be two and a half months of quiet on the Korean Peninsula, giving the sides time to make peace.

But North Korea may be setting a trap to divide Washington and Seoul while preparing additional tests for its missile forces.

Just days after President Donald Trump mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "nuclear button" and flaunted the size and efficacy of his own nuclear fleet, the two countries have made strides towards peace.

With little more than a month before the start of South Korea's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, North Korea has reopened communications with Seoul and expressed interest in mending relations.

In the same New Year address in which Kim touted his willingness to engage in nuclear war, he "earnestly" wished for South Korea's games to succeed and said it was a "good opportunity to show unity of the people."

Now, talks over sending a delegation of North Korean athletes to the games are scheduled to take place between Pyongyang and Seoul.

The US and South Korea have also announced they will pause their military exercises, not just through the end of the games in late February, but reportedly all the way through the Paralympics, set to end in mid-March.

As a result, the US, South Korea, and North Korea may have just scheduled an unprecedented two and a half months of markedly lowered tensions.

North Korea hates the US and South Korea's military drills, which regularly feature huge numbers of troops and advanced weapons systems. Lately, the drills and development of new weapons systems have increasingly focused on taking out Kim.

North Korea often intentionally times missile launches to coincide with the drills.

North Korea, China, and Russia all support the "freeze for freeze" path to negotiations, wherein the US and South Korea suspend the military drills in exchange for North Korea halting missile and nuclear tests.

The US has always rejected this strategy on the grounds that North Korea's missile tests are illegal and the military drills are not. But the Winter Olympics have opened a window of opportunity for diplomacy.

But is it a trap?

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North Korea has made overtures of peace to South Korea before. In fact, Andrea Berger, a senior researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, pointed out on Twitter that Pyongyang extends olive branches after periods of tension.

"2017 painted the extremely worrying security backdrop that everyone is desperate to move away from," wrote Berger. "The DPRK will test each South Korean administration, pushing to see how far doors will open."

"But, it is worth remembering that most January windows of opportunity for North-South progress get smashed fairly quickly," wrote Berger of North Korea's peace overtures that normally occur in January.

Even as North Korea prepares for it's highest level talks with South Korea in years, reports have surfaced that it's planning a missile or at least a rocket engine test.

Additionally, a lull in activity may tempt South Korea to side with China, Russia, and ultimately Pyongyang, rejecting the US's calls for total denuclearization and holding out for talks until strict preconditions have been met.

But for now, the US and South Korea will go months without provoking North Korea with military exercises. It will be up to North Korea, which has backed out of peace talks before, to demonstrate its commitment to deescalation.

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The US and South Korea just took a huge step towards peace with North Korea

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A fake cop tried to pull over a real cop. The real cop was off duty and instead of pulling over when the fake cop signaled for him to do he called the police station to stop the fake cop's car.

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Sessions' planned pot crackdown draws fire from politicians

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The Trump administration ashed the legal marijuana industry's budding flame Thursday, announcing it would end an Obama-era policy to tread lightly when enforcing federal cannabis laws.

States that have legalized marijuana for recreational use -- including Washington, Colorado and California - immediately cried foul.

California's law, creating the world's largest legal pot market, had just taken effect New Year's Day.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement allows federal prosecutors to consider bringing marijuana cases, but falls short of ordering them to do so. Justice Departmnent officials did not say whether pot shops and legal growers would be targeted.

Sessions, a long-time opponent of marijuana while serving in the U.S. Senate, and some law enforcement officials blame the legalization of marijuana for a number of problems, including the trafficking of black market weed.

Authorities also fear an uptick in stoned drivers and worry that widespread acceptance of the drug could increase its youth appeal.

Sessions' move would remove the Ogden and Cole memos set forth by the Obama administration. The Ogden memo directed U.S. attorneys to take a hands-off approach in dealing with patients in compliance with medical marijuana systems. The Cole memo allowed states to legalize marijuana sales to adults.

Advocates for the drug -- which in federal law is classified in the same category as heroin -- have argued that it has medicinal qualities and causes less harm than alcohol. They have said the government needs to instead focus on rampant opioid abuse and contend that a regulated marijuana market woudl help reduce crime by eliminating the need for a black market.

Lawmakers on the federal and state levels who back legal marijuana disavowed Sessions' announcement, with some state officials insisting their state's policies toward the cannabis business will not change.

Here is a roundup of reactions.

Washington state

Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, vowed at a news conference Thursday that state officials "will use every single power at our disposal to preserve and protect the mission statement Washington state voters gave us."

Inslee touted the state's marijuana market, which was legalized in November 2012 with first shop opening in July 2014, calling the system among the best regulated and disciplined, the Seattle Times reported.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson called Sessions' announcement "deeply disappointing," but was left puzzled by Sessions' plans regarding the Ogden and Cole memos.

"I understand he's removed the Cole memo and Ogden memo," Ferguson said. "He wasn't announcing anything broader than that. It leaves wide open, what exactly does he mean by doing this?"

Republican state Sen. Ann Rivers said Sessions' announcement was "misguided" and hoped to come up with a plan that would work for both the federal and state governments.

According to the state's treasury department, Washington collected $280 million in marijuana taxes so far in fiscal 2017 - $8 million more than projected.

Colorado

Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner did not waste any time blasting Sessions' move. He accused the attorney general of tramping on the will of Colorado's voters and said Sessions contradicted what he said during his confirmation hearing.

"I am prepared to take all steps necessary, including holding DOJ nominees, until the attorney general lives up to the commitment he made to me prior to his confirmation," Gardner said.

Colorado's U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer vowed to stay the course with the state's approach to prosecution.

Prosecutors there have always focused on marijuana crimes that "create the greatest safety threats" and will continue to be guided by that, he said.

Washington and Colorado were the first states to legalize marijuana.

Since Colorado's marijuana shops opened in 2014, tax revenue from pot sales has increased from $67 million that year to more than $225 million in 2017, according to a government website.

California

Voters in California approved marijuana legalization in 2016, but officials did not allow pot shops to open until Jan. 1, 2018, with officials projecting that tax revenue could exceed $1 billion annually.

"In California, we decided it was best to regulate, not criminalize, cannabis," state Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement, the Sacramento Bee reported. "We intend to vigorously enforce our state's laws and protect our state's interests."

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu, a frequent critic of the Trump administration, took a shot at Sessions on Twitter, advising him to have the Justice Department focus on any other topic.

However, at least one California sheriff welcomed Sessions' plan.

Yuba County Sheriff Steve Durfor said he hoped Sessions' policy signaled a new willingness of federal authorities to help the region enforce marijuana laws.

He said his department near Sacramento has struggled to combat illegal pot operations in the region. Officers destroyed a record 30,000 plants last year, surpassing the previous record of 8,800 plants in 2016, he said.

Industry on edge

Sessions' guidance caused marijuana-related stocks to plummet, reversing a weeks-long rally fueled by optimism surrounding California's entrance into the market.

"Jeff Sessions' decision to rescind the Cole memoranda puts the marijuana industry and marijuana legalization efforts in a precarious position," said Aaron Herzberg, a California lawyer and founder of the cannabis investment company CalCann Holding.

Brent Kenyon, a consultant who helps advise and establish recreational marijuana businesses in Oregon, said his phone was ringing all day with calls from worried clients.

"I'm just telling people to hold off. We need more information, we need to see what the president is going to say about this," he said.

Steve DeAngelo, owner of California's largest marijuana retailer, said that, for now, it would be "business as usual" at his Harborside dispensary in Oakland.

"I think the main impact of this is really going to be on investors, more than anything else," he said. "Some investors might get a bit nervous about putting more money into the cannabis industry until the situation resolves itself."
Fox News' Adam Shaw and Jake Gibson and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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Childhood friends of more than 60 years found out they are brothers.

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A man has died Tuesday night after being shot in the parking lot of the Independence Center, police say.

Independence Police spokesman John Syme confirmed officers were dispatched to the homicide at 18801 E. 39th St. around 8:30 p.m. Syme said the man's body was found outside a vehicle in the parking lot.

The man's identity has not yet been released, and suspect information was not immediately available, Syme said. Police do not have a suspect in custody yet and are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call police.

Syme said it's too early to determine if the shooting was a targeted incident or not.

This is a developing story. Fox 4 will update as more information is available.

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Man killed in shooting at Independence Center parking lot, officials say

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Worlds largest plane forced to land at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor.

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A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger plane, was forced to land at a small New York airport Thursday after the "bomb cyclone" storm system forced the closure of runways at John F. Kennedy International.

Singapore Airlines Flight 26, flying from Frankfurt, Germany to New York City, landed at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor - 80 miles north of its intended destination, according to CNBC.

Manoel Gerlach, one of the 325 passengers on the flight, told CNBC that passengers were able to depart the plane at 5 p.m. using the outdoor stairs. He said he was traveling with his wife and toddler son.

Stewart International Airport bills itself as an "efficient diversion airport," according to CNBC. The jumbo jet - and its 262-foot wingspan - is too big for the airport's gates so passengers were forced to walk in the frigid temperatures to reach the terminal.

A Singapore Airlines spokesman said told CNBC they were planning on providing ground transportation for its passengers. The spokesman said the plane will eventually fly to JFK and then back to Germany.

The "bomb cyclone" storm system that trampled the Northeast forced the cancelation of more than 5,000 flights on Thursday and the cancelation of more than 1,000 flights on Friday, according to FlightAware.com.

Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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'Bomb cyclone' forces world's largest passenger jet to land at small New York airport

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Former California gym teacher who had sex with male student could avoid jail time

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1 dead, 12 tourists injured in Egypt hot air balloon crash

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One tourist is dead and over a dozen more were injured in a hot air balloon crash in Egypt on Friday, the latest balloon accident in a number of tragedies in the popular tourist region of Luxor over the past few years.

All of those involved in the accident are believed to be foreign tourists. An official from Luxor's governor's office said the person killed was a 36-year-old woman from South Africa. The injured included tourists from Spain, South Africa and Argentina.

The Egyptian Aviation Authority confirmed 19 people were injured in the crash, which took place at about 7:30 a.m. local time.

The crash was caused by strong winds that led the driver to lose control over the balloon as he was landing, according to the governor's statement.

The accident occurred in Luxor, in southern Egypt, which is popular with tourists due to its number of ancient temples and ruins. The Karnak Temple Complex, which dates back to around 2000 B.C., is located within the modern-day city. The Valley of the Kings, which has dozens of ancient tombs, including that of King Tutankhamun, is located just outside the city.

Hot air balloon rides were temporarily suspended in Egypt in 2016 after a crash landing led to the injuries of 22 Chinese tourists.

The deadliest balloon crash in history occurred in February 2013 in Luxor, when 19 people were killed. Balloon flights were grounded for two months after that accident.

Sixteen people were injured in a Luxor hot air balloon flight in 2011 as well.

ABC News' Mark Osborne contributed to this report.

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ISIS offshoot declares war on Hamas in video showing execution of alleged collaborator

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An Islamic State group offshoot in Egypt has officially declared war on Gaza-based Palestinian terror group Hamas, releasing a 22-minute video purporting to show the execution of an alleged collaborator.

"Never surrender to them. Use explosives, silenced pistols, and sticky bombs. Bomb their courts and their security locations, for these are the pillars of tyranny that prop up its throne," a knife-wielding man says in the video released Wednesday, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks extremist websites.

The video shows a man on his knees wearing an orange jumpsuit, similar to the footage of the group's execution of American and British hostages in 2014. The man is accused of working with Hamas.

The jihadi group justifies its war on Hamas by blaming Hamas for cracking down on other militant Islamists and failing to prevent the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The video reportedly opens with footage of President Donald Trump announcing the Jerusalem move last month.

The conflict between the two Islamist factions has been brewing for more than a year, according to the Washington Post, in part due to Hamas' crackdown on ISIS supporters in the area and its efforts to secure its border with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as a way to improve relations with Egypt - a country taking an increasingly conditional stance toward the group in Gaza.

Hamas, although sharing ISIS's radical views and hostility toward Israel, tends to focus mostly on the fight against the Jewish State, while neglecting any calls to for a global religious war against the West.

The ISIS offshoot in Sinai, however, is taking a more extreme approach, carrying out an attack on an Egyptian mosque last year that killed more than 300 people, the Post reported.

In Wednesday's video, Hamas is criticized for "following in the footsteps of the disbelieving West."

The latest call to war, however, is nothing new. In 2015, Islamic State militants threatened to oust Hamas from power, citing their lack of enforcement of Islam in the territory, Reuters reported.

"We will uproot the state of the Jews (Israel) and you (Hamas) and Fatah, and all of the secularists are nothing and you will be over-run by our creeping multitudes," a member of the Islamic state in Syria says in a video from a few years ago.

Lukas Mikelionis is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @LukasMikelionis.

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North Korea accepts South Korea's offer to talk things out

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North Korea has accepted South Korea's proposal for official talks in what will be the first high-level contact between the two countries in more than two years.

South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told reporters Friday that North Korea informed Seoul by fax that it has accepted the offer to initiate talks.

The person-to-person talks will be held Tuesday - the day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's birthday - at the Peace House in the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, Baik said.

The two sides agreed to work on the details of the talks "through the exchange of documents," Baik said, adding that agenda items will be "issues related to improving inter-Korean relationships, including the Pyeongchang Olympic Games."

A statement from the International Olympic Committee said it welcomes talks aimed at having North Korean athletes compete in next month's Winter Games in South Korea.

The IOC said it was continuing discussions with the North Korean National Olympic Committee and keeping its invitation open for a delegation.

Two North Korean athletes, figure skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-sik, have qualified for the Games. While Pyongyang has missed a registration deadline for the two, the IOC could allow an exception to be made.

The faxed message accepting the long-standing offer of talks was from Ri Son-kwon, chairman of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland. It was addressed to South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon, Baik said.

Baik said the decision of who would attend the meetings was still being finalized.

The last such high-level talk was a deputy ministerial meeting in December 2015 at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea.

The complex, which opened in 2004 in a rare show of cooperation between the two Koreas, was shuttered last year as Pyongyang ramped up its missile and nuclear testing.

Possible thaw

The announcement of talks comes on the heels of other signs of rapprochement between the two rivals.

In what's widely regarded as a diplomatic breakthrough, a hotline between Seoul and Pyongyang rang again in recent days after going unused for two years.At least five calls have been placed through the cross-border channel since then, according to the South Korean Unification Ministry.

Contact between the countries has resumed since the North Korean leader expressed hope during his New Year's Day address that a North Korean delegation might participate in the Winter Games.

Kim also expressed a desire for a peaceful resolution to the decades-old conflict with South Korea. The Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953, meaning the two nations technically have been at war since then.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in told CNN last year that North Korean participation in the Pyeongchang Olympics would "provide a very good opportunity for inter-Korean peace and reconciliation."

Russia to US: Don't undermine talks

A top Russian official welcomed the restoration of communication and urged the United States to avoid making threatening statements that could undermine talks.

"We are pleased to note the readiness of Seoul and Pyongyang to have direct contacts," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday,according to Russian state-run news agency TASS.

Calling the new developments "a step in the right direction," Ryabkov said, "The hotline is a useful and important tool for de-escalation in unforeseen circumstances." He said Russia will work with all players to help improve the state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula.

"In this situation, other participants in this drama should be extremely cautious, balanced and restrained in statements and assessments so as not to undermine such a fragile chance for some more or less stable political process," he said. "Accordingly, statements of a threatening nature, signals, even if not from officials but from politicians, still have an impact on the situation."

Stronger hand

The advanced stage of North Korea's weapons program could afford its leadership the luxury of diplomacy, said Tong Zhao, a North Korea analyst and fellow at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

"I think Kim Jong Un is now (in) a different position after the Hwasong-15 (long-range missile) testing. At a minimum, North Korea has achieved a rudimentary strategic deterrent and can afford to not continue testing. ... North Korea apparently has plans to mass-produce missiles and nuclear warheads but could (now) consider a moratorium on ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) tests."

Zhao said he views the resumption of talks as a positive sign and considers next week's meeting to be a first step in improving bilateral relations.

"After Kim Jong Un made the overture in his New Year address, the two sides quickly resumed the hotline and agreed to meet - the pace of development is very quick," he said.

"There is an indication that North Korea wants to explore broader issues. I expect they will engage in other issues as well (at the talks). ... It's hard to tell how quickly they will settle the Olympic issue, but it's clear that both sides want to go further with these talks."

Differing reaction

A similar sense of optimism has yet to extend beyond the Korean Peninsula.

On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called North Korea's nuclearization "absolutely unacceptable " and said his country's security situation was the most severe since World War II.

US officials have so far maintained a similarly skeptical stance regarding Kim's sincerity in soothing tensions.

Speaking Tuesday, Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, issued a stern warning to North Korea, saying Washington "will never accept a nuclear North Korea."

However, the hard-line US stance may be softening in light of recent developments. In a phone call Thursday, President Donald Trump and Moon agreed not to host joint military drills during the period of the Pyeongchang Olympics, according to a South Korean government statement.

A senior US military official also confirmed to CNN there would be no joint exercises during the Games.

"(Even) if South Korea-North Korea relations improve thanks to the Olympics, the US-South Korea (military) drills will still take place after that, which could still be major reason for turbulence going forward," said Zhao, the North Korea analyst.

Kim has long criticized the US-South Korean drills, declaring them a direct threat to Pyongyang, and a possible barrier to the resumption of diplomatic talks.

The decision to hold off on military drills is a diplomatic response from the US President, who earlier this week bragged in a tweet that his nuclear button was "much bigger & more powerful" than Kim's.

Trump has since sought to take credit for the resumption of communications between Pyongyang and Seoul.

"With all of the failed 'experts' weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn't firm, strong and willing to commit our total 'might' against the North," Trump tweeted Thursday morning.

"Fools, but talks are a good thing!" he added.

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North Korea has accepted South Korea's proposal for official talks in what will be the first high-level contact between the two countries in more than two years. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told reporters Friday that North Korea informed Seoul by fax that it has accepted the offer to initiate talks.

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Apple users haven't been spared in the great computer chip debacle.

The U.S. tech giant has confirmed that all its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two recently disclosed processor flaws called Spectre and Meltdown.

For starters, make sure your iPhone, iPads, computers and all apps you use are kept up to date to help protect against hackers exploiting the flaws.

Related: What to do about the Spectre and Meltdown risks

In an announcement Thursday, Apple said it has released patches to defend against Meltdown in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2. Apple will release patches in its Safari browser to help defend against Spectre "in the coming days," the company added.

But it's still working on other fixes that users should look out for.

"We continue to develop and test further mitigations for these issues and will release them in upcoming updates of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS," Apple said.

Pointing out that the risks are likely to come from "a malicious app," Apple also advised users to download software "only from trusted sources such as the App Store."

Like other big tech companies that are scrambling to deal with the problem, Apple sought also to reassure users.

"There are no known exploits impacting customers at this time," it said.

The Apple Watch isn't impacted by the Meltdown flaw.

Researchers first announced the two flaws affecting virtually all computer processors on Wednesday.

Related: The computer chip debacle: Businesses are scrambling

Here's the issue: Modern processors are designed to perform something called "speculative execution" to enhance performance. Data is supposed to be protected and isolated, but researchers discovered that in some cases, the information can be exposed while the processor queues it up.

Researchers said almost every computing system -- desktops, laptops, smartphones, and cloud servers -- is affected by the Spectre bug. Meltdown appears to be specific to chips made by Intel.

Fixing the problems will slow a computer's performance, experts say, especially on devices more than five years old.

Intel said that "for the average user," the performance impact on products using the processors from the last five years "should not be significant and will be mitigated over time."

The bigger challenge appears to be for companies that deal with a lot of network traffic and considerable processing power -- things like cloud computing providers, retailers that process consumer transactions and medical systems that crunch data.

Related: Intel CEO's massive stock dump raises eyebrows

Some experts say that to completely get rid of the risks created by the flaws, the affected processors need to be replaced entirely. But that's not realistically going to happen anytime soon.

There aren't any processors available at the moment that can replace the vulnerable ones and still provide the same kind of functionality.

Experts say that it will take years to bring to market new chips that can perform the same tasks both safely and effectively.

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The Lee's Summit Police Department is working the scene of a shooting with multiple victims.

All three victims were rushed to area hospitals. Two were listed in serious condition, a third suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Police said the victims are all men they believe to be in their 20s.

That incident happened around 8 p.m. near the 1100 block of NE Independence Avenue at the Pheasant Run Apartments.

Police were dispatched after someone called 911 saying they heard multiple gunshots.

Once on scene, three people were found shot in an upstairs apartment.

Detectives are working to determine what led up to this shooting and are still searching for witnesses.

Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

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A man arrested in California has been charged with impersonating a police officer after pulling over a driver who turned out to be a real off-duty cop, Visalia authorities said.

The off-duty sergeant was driving in Tulare around 11:45 p.m. Monday when the suspect, identified as Brandon Freeman, 29, flashed red lights on his 2008 white Buick sedan and signaled the sergeant to pull over, the Fresno Bee reported.

Instead, the sergeant continued to drive and communicated with on-duty officers to instead stop Freeman's car, the newspaper reported.

Freeman also faces other unspecified charges, the report said.

A passenger in Freeman's car was also arrested on outstanding felony warrants.

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A man arrested in California has been charged with impersonating a police officer after pulling over a driver who turned out to be a real off-duty cop, Visalia authorities said.

The off-duty sergeant was driving in Tulare around 11:45 p.m. Monday when the suspect, identified as Brandon Freeman, 29, flashed red lights on his 2008 white Buick sedan and signaled the sergeant to pull over, the Fresno Bee reported.

Instead, the sergeant continued to drive and communicated with on-duty officers to instead stop Freeman's car, the newspaper reported.

Freeman also faces other unspecified charges, the report said.

A passenger in Freeman's car was also arrested on outstanding felony warrants.

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A man arrested in California has been charged with impersonating a police officer after pulling over a driver who turned out to be a real off-duty cop, Visalia authorities said. The off-duty sergeant was driving in Tulare around 11:45 p.m.