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American flag destroyed, replaced with 'ISIS flag' at Utah high school

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An American flag at a high school in Southwest Utah was found destroyed and replaced with an ISIS flag Thursday, Fox 13 reported.

An unknown perpetrator had taken down the flag at Hurricane High School, which is in the Washington County School District, and replaced it with "what looked like a flag used by ISIS," police said.

The American flag was left shredded at the scene. The words "ISIS is COMI" had been spray-painted on a wall on the school's east side, KUTV reported.

Ken Thompson, a spokesman for Hurricane Police department, said authorities don't know if the perpetrator was a student or someone from outside the community.

"Officers have received tips this morning and they're following those leads and so far they haven't generated a credible lead but tips can help us out a lot," he said.

Hurricane Police sent additional officers to the school Thursday to reassure students and faculty of their safety. Classes resumed normally on Thursday and will reportedly continue through Friday.

Authorities released a statement saying school employees have replaced the "ISIS flag" with a new American flag, and removed the graffiti. Images of the ISIS flag were then sent to the FBI for analysis.

"[B]ased on information we received from the FBI we do not believe this act was perpetrated by someone linked to the Islamic State," Hurricane PD said in a statement. "This investigation is ongoing and investigators will continue to follow-up on leads."

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An American flag at a high school in Southwest Utah was found destroyed and replaced with an ISIS flag Thursday, Fox 13 reported. An unknown perpetrator had taken down the flag at Hurricane High School, which is in the Washington County School District, and replaced it with "what looked like a flag used by ISIS," police said.

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Killer whale learns how to mimic human speech

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A team of international researchers have taught a female orca whale to imitate human speech, documenting what is considered to be a world first in a paper published Wednesday.

Using Wikie the whale, who lives at the Marineland Aquarium in southern France as their test subject, scientists discovered a whale could learn new vocalizations by imitating its trainer.

Wikie was able to repeat a handful of words including "hello," "bye bye," "one, two" and "Amy."

"We found that the subject made recognizable copies of all familiar and novel conspecific and human sounds tested and did so relatively quickly (most during the first 10 trials and three in the first attempt)," the experts revealed in their paper.

Most mammals use the larynx to produce sound and as humans we are able to speak in part because of the motor ability we possess. The same can not be said for toothed cetaceans (think whales and dolphins) as they produce sounds in their nasal passages, thus making Wikie's audible performance even more remarkable.

To determine whether an orca whale really could learn new vocalizations, Josep Call, professor in evolutionary origins of mind at the University of St Andrews and a co-author of the study, explained how the team chose human sounds, which are not already in the whale's repertoire.

"Human sounds are easily recognizable by us and if they could produce a human sound that is not in their normal repertoire, that would mean that the only way they could learn it is by listening to it and reproducing it. And that's what we did," Call told CNN.

In the wild, killer whales live in pods and are known to have different dialects, but there has been intense debate in the scientific community around how this came to be.

Call said one of the explanations postulated is that it is a learned ability, but nobody had been able to demonstrate that until now.

"Our study shows that our vocal learnings, even of sounds that are not in the killer whale repertoire, is plausible," he said.

"After one has done it, one of the next questions is, can all killer whales do it? How widespread is this ability? Maybe Wikie is special, an exception, but maybe not," he continued.

In the paper, researchers explained that vocal imitation is a hallmark of human spoken language but in other animals it occurs less often. Call explained that dolphins and beluga whales have been known to copy sounds from other species while some birds, like parrots for example, are known to mimic sounds.

But don't get too excited about the prospect of speaking to whales just yet. The scientists were also quick to pour water on any suggestions that their research indicated Wikie was able to comprehend the sounds she was making as communication.

"It was not about establishing a two way communication between killer whales and humans... I doubt it sincerely," he said. "We have no evidence that (Wikie) thinks she is greeting someone in the morning and saying 'hello.'"

But he remains hopeful, saying that future research could be developed to explore if it was possible for whales to comprehend the sounds they are making.

"Whether they could use this vocalization, these sounds they produce, whether they could use them to interact with humans or with other killer whales is a an open question, it's a fascinating question," he added.

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A team of international researchers have taught a female orca whale to imitate human speech, documenting what is considered to be a world first in a paper published Wednesday. Using Wikie the whale, who lives at the Marineland Aquarium in southern France as their test subject, scientists discovered a whale could learn new vocalizations by imitating its trainer.

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Crooks use stolen SUV to smash into store and steal ATM

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This accident wasn't one.

A gang of thieves in England used a stolen Land Rover Defender to smash through the glass doors of an Aldi grocery store and make off with an ATM machine.

Security camera footage captured the Monday incident, where the crooks can be seen be seen backing the 4x4 into the Chatteris store, attaching a strap to the ATM, pulling it out and leaving a path of destruction in their wake.

At the curb, they transferred the machine into the back of a VW Golf hatchback and took off.

It's not an uncommon crime. Earlier in January, the same thing happened at an Aldi in the town of St Neots, just 25 miles away.

Police are asking the public for help finding the Chatteris suspects, who had their faces covered during the heist. The Cambridge News reports that patrols have been increased, especially near vulnerable locations.
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Theresa May in talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

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Theresa May has met President Xi Jinping for talks on the second day of her visit to China.

At a joint press conference with Mr Xi, Mrs May said Britain and China were enjoying a "golden era" in their relationship.

And she wanted to "take further forward the global strategic partnership that we have established".

The UK prime minister is in China at the head of a 50-strong business delegation.

With Mrs May's discussions with Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday largely given over to trade and Brexit, the talks with Mr Xi were due to focus on global issues, including North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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After shaking hands for the cameras, Mrs May and Mr Xi were seated with their delegations on opposite sides of a large conference table at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

Mrs May hailed improved trading links between the two nations since Mr Xi's state visit to Britain in 2015.

She added: "I'm very pleased with the people-to-people links we have been able to build on in education and in culture too.

"Also as you say we are both significant players on the world stage of outward looking countries.

"And as we both sit together as permanent members of the security council of the united nations, there are global challenges which we both face, as do others in the world."

Mrs May is understood to have raised environmental issues with Mr Xi - and she presented him with a box-set of the BBC's Blue Planet II series, with a personal message from presenter Sir David Attenborough.

The show examined the effect of human behaviour on the environment and was referenced by Mrs May last month when she pledged to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042 as part of a 25-year green strategy.

Warm words

On the first day of her trip the prime minister announced a UK-China effort to strengthen international action against the illegal trade in ivory.

After meeting Mrs May in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China would further open up its markets to the UK, including to agricultural products and financial services.

UK-China trade is currently worth a £59bn a year and Mrs May has said she expects deals worth a further £9bn to be signed during the course of her visit.

One of the UK companies travelling with the PM, health-tech firm Medopad, has said it signed more than £100m of commercial projects and partnerships with organisations including China Resources, GSK China, Peking University and Lenovo.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the prime minister would want to build on the warm words from China when she meets Mr Xi, amid pressure on her from her own party and Brussels in recent days.

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By Laura Kuenssberg, political editor
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox is in China and wants his restive colleagues at home to focus on the big picture.

Listing the number of deals that have been done already this week during the prime minister's visit he told me that building levels of trade with China is a real "success story".

No 10 is confident that by the end of this marathon trip well over £9bn of new contracts will have been secured - such a high profile political investment edging deals over the line.

Dr Fox accepts it will take some to get trade deals done in the longer term. The UK will be limited not just before Brexit, but also during the transition period, in how much can get done.
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‘American Idol’ Finalist Leah LaBelle & Ex-NBA Player Husband Killed In Car Crash

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Rep. Maxine Waters calls for a parental advisory when Trump appears on TV

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who appeared on BET Wednesday to lambast President Trump's State of the Union Address, callled for a parental advisory each time the president appears on television.

"Whenever he appears on TV there should be a disclaimer that says 'This may be may not be acceptable for children,'" she said.

Waters recorded a pre-taped response to Trump's address, which was broadcast on attorney and political commentator Angela Rye's BET special.

"One speech cannot and does not make Donald Trump presidential. He's not presidential and he never will be presidential. He claims that's bringing people together but make no mistake, he is a dangerous, unprincipled, divisive, and shameful racist," Waters said.

Waters further accused Trump of using divisive rhetoric during his first year in office. She said, "After Trump defended white supremacists, targeted Muslims with his travel ban, described Mexicans as rapists, and mocked people with disabilities, it's impossible to believe him when he tries to declare he wants to bring the country together."

At the end of her speech, Waters described Trump as a "terrible role model for our children," because of "his hatred for women and people of color..."

Waters has been a vocal critic of Trump since he took office, having repeatedly called for his impeachment. She was one of several lawmakers who didn't attend the State of the Union address.

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who appeared on BET Wednesday to lambast President Trump's State of the Union Address, callled for a parental advisory each time the president appears on television. "Whenever he appears on TV there should be a disclaimer that says 'This may be may not be acceptable for children,'" she said.

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FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he's reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance after a host at the station called his daughter "an annoying little pissant."

Brady cut short an appearance on Monday morning and said, "I'll obviously evaluate whether I want to come on this show again."

WEEI host Alex Reimer made the remarks about Brady's 5-year-old daughter after watching the first episode of a Brady documentary called "Tom vs. Time" that is airing on Facebook. Reimer's show aired Thursday, four days before Brady's weekly morning radio segment with different hosts.

Brady says, "It's very disappointing when you hear that certainly with my daughter or any child. They certainly don't deserve that."

The station says Reimer has been suspended indefinitely.

The Patriots and the station recently announced an extension of their agreement, which involves weekly calls from Brady and coach Bill Belichick. The five-time Super Bowl champions will play for their sixth ring against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he's reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance after a host at the station called his daughter "an annoying little pissant." Brady cut short an appearance on Monday morning and said, "I'll obviously evaluate whether I want to come on this show again."

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A 10,000 year old crayon was found near a lake in the UK.

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It looks just like a worn-out crayon you'd find at the bottom of a kid's art box, but this one has an important difference: it's 10,000 years old.

Archaeologists unearthed the ancient ochre crayon, used to draw on animal skins or for artwork, near an ancient lake that is now part of Scarborough, North Yorkshire in the U.K. The crayon, along with an ochre pebble that was found at another site, gives historians further insight into Mesolithic life.
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"Color was a very significant part of hunter-gatherer life and ochre gives you a very vibrant red color," University of York Department of Archaeology's Dr. Andy Needham said in a press release. "It is very important in the Mesolithic period and seems to be used in a number of ways."

The Mesolithic Period (otherwise known as the Middle Stone Age) is a time period ranging from approximately 20,000 BCE to 5,000 BCE. It existed between the Paleolithic Period (or Old Stone Age), known for its chipped stone tools and the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age), which had polished stone tools.

Dr. Needham, the study's lead author, noted the similarities between the object found and modern-day crayons. "One of the latest objects we have found looks exactly like a crayon; the tip is faceted and has gone from a rounded end to a really sharpened end, suggesting it has been used," he continued. "For me it is a very significant object and helps us build a bigger picture of what life was like in the area; it suggests it would have been a very colorful place."

The crayon is just 22 millimeters (0.86 inches) long and just 7 millimeters (0.27 inches) wide. It was found at Seamer Carr and Flixton School House, which is near one of the most renowned places in Mesolithic history. in Europe, Star Carr.

Made of ochre, a pigment made from clay and sand to produce a red pigment, the crayon and pebble were found in an area "already rich in art," Dr. Needham noted. In 2015, a pendant was found at Star Carr and more than 30 red deer antler headdresses were also found. It's likely the headdresses were used for disguise while hunting or ritualistic performances by shamans.

The study has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
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It looks just like a worn-out crayon you'd find at the bottom of a kid's art box, but this one has an important difference: it's 10,000 years old. Archaeologists unearthed the ancient ochre crayon, used to draw on animal skins or for artwork, near an ancient lake that is now part of Scarborough, North Yorkshire in the U.K.

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FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he's reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance after a host at the station called his daughter "an annoying little pissant."

Brady cut short an appearance on Monday morning and said, "I'll obviously evaluate whether I want to come on this show again."

WEEI host Alex Reimer made the remarks about Brady's 5-year-old daughter after watching the first episode of a Brady documentary called "Tom vs. Time" that is airing on Facebook. Reimer's show aired Thursday, four days before Brady's weekly morning radio segment with different hosts.

Brady says, "It's very disappointing when you hear that certainly with my daughter or any child. They certainly don't deserve that."

The station says Reimer has been suspended indefinitely.

The Patriots and the station recently announced an extension of their agreement, which involves weekly calls from Brady and coach Bill Belichick. The five-time Super Bowl champions will play for their sixth ring against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.

Trademark and Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he's reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance after a host at the station called his daughter "an annoying little pissant." Brady cut short an appearance on Monday morning and said, "I'll obviously evaluate whether I want to come on this show again."

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China is working on a laser that could tear apart space.

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China is building a mega-laser that's so powerful it could literally tear space apart.

Physicists in Shanghai are constructing what they call a 'Station of Extreme Light', which could be operational as soon as 2023.

The end goal is to create a laser so powerful it can produce 100-petawatt laser pulses -that's 100 million billion watts.

For context, that's 10,000 times the power of all the world's electrical grids combined.

These ludicrously powerful pulses could be targeted at incredible precise spots measuring just three micrometers across - that's 2000 times less than the thickness of a standard pencil.

This means the researchers could achieve a laser intensity 10 trillion trillion times greater than the sunlight striking earth.

According to the Science journal, this laser would be so powerful it "could rip apart empty space".

The idea is to achieve a phenomenon known as "breaking the vacuum", whereby electrons are torn away from positrons (their antimatter counterparts) in the empty vacuum of space.

Right now, it's possible to convert matter into huge amounts of heat and light, as proved by nuclear weapons. But reversing the process is more difficult - although Chinese physicist Ruxin Li believes his laser could manage it.

"That would be very exciting. It would mean you could generate something from nothing," he explained.

The team has already created a less powerful version called the Shanghai Superintense Ultrafast Laser, which is capable of a 5.3-petawatt pulse.

If the new laser eventually becomes operational, it could give scientists a new way to accelerate particles for advanced physics research.

This story originally appeared in The Sun.

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China is building a mega-laser that's so powerful it could literally tear space apart. Physicists in Shanghai are constructing what they call a 'Station of Extreme Light', which could be operational as soon as 2023. The end goal is to create a laser so powerful it can produce 100-petawatt laser pulses -that's 100 million billion watts.

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Olympic doping ban overturned for 28 Russian athletes

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Doping bans on 28 Russian athletes were overturned on Thursday, throwing the International Olympic Committee's policy on Russia doping into chaos.

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Mysterious pool and fountain discovered at ancient Christian site in Israel

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Archaeologists in Israel have announced the discovery of a large 1,500-year-old pool and elaborate fountain at the site of an ancient church near Jerusalem.

The pool is part of a system of pools unearthed at Ein Hanniya Park between 2012 and 2016, officials said Wednesday. Built during the Byzantine era, the pools date back to between the 4 th and 6 th centuries A.D., according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. Other artifacts found at the site include a rare silver coin from the 4 th century B.C. and an ancient capital, or part of a pillar. Experts say that the capital is typical of royal structures found the First Temple period between 960 B.C. and 586 B.C.

The site's large pool, in particular, is generating plenty of buzz. "The most significant finding in the excavation is a large and impressive pool from the Byzantine period," explained Irina Zilberbod, the excavation director for the Israel Antiquities Authority. "This pool was built in the center of a spacious complex at the foot of a church that once stood here. Roofed colonnades were built around the pool that gave access to residential wings."
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There are still, however, plenty of unanswered questions about the mysterious pool. "It's difficult to know what the pool was used for - whether for irrigation, washing, landscaping or perhaps as part of baptismal ceremonies at the site," said Zilberbod. The pool's water, she noted, drained through a network of channels to a fountain.

The fountain, a monument adorned with depictions of nymphs, is the first of its kind in Israel, according to archaeologists.

Experts worked to restore the ancient water systems, which are now functioning again.
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Coins, pottery and glass found at Ein Hanniya indicate that the location was a hive of activity between the 4 th and 6 th centuries B.C. The site has also been linked to the New Testament account of an Ethiopian Eunuch's conversion to Christianity by St. Philip the Evangelist. "We believe that some early Christian commentators identified Ein Hanniya as the site where the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized, as described in Acts 8:26-40," said Jerusalem District Archaeologist Dr. Yuval Baruch, in a statement. "The baptism of the eunuch by St. Philip was one of the key events in the spread of Christianity. Therefore, identifying the place where it occurred occupied scholars for many generations and became a common motif in Christian art."

Part of the site, Baruch, noted, is still owned by Christians and is a focus of religious ceremonies by the Armenian Church (which owns the site) and the Ethiopian Church.

Archaeologists also think that, prior to the Byzantine era, Ein Hanniya may have been a royal estate at the time of the First Temple, as evidenced by the capital discovery.
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The site is one of a number of amazing archaeological locations in Israel, many of which shed light on early Christianity. Last year, for example, archaeologists uncovered a stunning 1,500-year-old Christian mosaic that was once the floor of a church or monastery in the ancient coastal city of Ashdod-Yam.

Also in 2017 an ancient Greek inscription was found on a 1,500-year-old mosaic floor near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. The inscription mentions the Byzantine emperor Justinian, who ruled in the 6 th century A.D., and commemorates the building's founding by a priest called Constantine.

In 2015 a 1,500-year-old church was discovered at a Byzantine-era rest stop between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In 2014 the remains of another church from the same period were uncovered in southern Israel.
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Experts also believe they have found the lost Roman city of Julias, formerly the village of Bethsaida, which was the home of Jesus' apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip.
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U-Turn on Russian Olympian ban brings back 28 Russian atheletes

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Two sisters finally had the chance to meet each other after 47 years. They reunited at a Florida airport after using ancestry.com to track each other. It took them years to figure out that the other one existed.

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Two sister met for the first time in South Florida -- after 47 years.

When Jennifer Braica, 47, was born, she was adopted before she and her sister, who was two years older, ever met.

April Kreppel, 49, said she was never told as a child about her sister. And Braica did not know about her sister, either.

They both lived on Long Island in New York for some time.

When Kreppel was 19, her mother explained that she had given birth to her sister and given her up for adoption. Though Braica was told she was adopted at 10.

"I always wanted to find my biological parents," Braica said, "not to replace my adoptive family but out of curiosity, to see where my roots were."

She did not learn about her sister until she was 27 when she said some of the adoption details were released to her from the state.

After they learned about each other, Braica and Kreppel kept searching. After at least 20 years, neither was successful.

But then when Jennifer tried the website ancestry.com, she finally got a break. Distant relatives gave her some key information that eventually helped her track down April.

When Jennifer and April finally met at a Florida airport, both women had tears in their eyes as the hugged. They said they spent a week together and promised each other to speak every day and one day live near each other.

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Two sister met for the first time in South Florida -- after 47 years. When Jennifer Braica, 47, was born, she was adopted before she and her sister, who was two years older, ever met. April Kreppel, 49, said she was never told as a child about her sister.

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North Korea will display missiles before Olympics.

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North Korea will reportedly showcase many long-range missiles before the start of the Olympics in South Korea as a tactic to scare the United States.

Per CNN's Will Ripley and Joshua Berlinger, North Korea's display of "'hundreds' of missiles and rockets" will take place during a parade Feb. 8.

The 2018 Winter Olympics will begin with the opening ceremony Feb. 9 at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.

Ripley and Berlinger noted North Korea's plan comes after United States President Donald Trump was critical of the country's human rights abuses under Kim Jong Un and "'reckless pursuit' of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that could soon threaten the U.S. homeland" during Tuesday's State of the Union address.

CNN's Will Ripley, Tim Schwarz and James Griffiths reported on Jan. 19 that North Korea was planning some sort of military parade one day before the start of the Olympics.

"A copy of what appears to be a letter sent from North Korean authorities to defense attaches, seen by CNN, invites them and their spouses 'to attend festival functions held in Pyongyang' to mark the 70th anniversary of the formal creation of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on February 8," per Ripley, Schwarz and Griffiths.

Per Hyung-Jin Kim of the Associated Press, North Korea announced Monday it wouldn't take part in a joint cultural event prior to the Olympics on Feb. 4, blaming South Korean media for "picking a fight over an unspecified domestic festival in North Korea."

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Report: North Korea Will Display Missiles Before Winter Olympics to 'Scare' USA

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Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a 1500 year old pool and fountain in Christian site

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Couple finds 30 year old note in Florida after picking up after hurricane Irma. The note was written at an elementary school in Scotland. The note read, “We are learning all about Pirates. We would like to see how far this message goes Please write and tell us where you found the bottle. We are

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Amateur astronomer discovers NASA satellite that's been lost for 12 years

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NASA scientists hadn't heard from the satellite since 2005, after it abruptly stopped responding.

But earlier this month, an amateur astronomer happened to be searching for traces of the secretive Zuma mission launched by SpaceX when he stumbled onto something entirely different: signals from a satellite that was not accounted for.

Scott Tilley, who is based in Canada, then matched the signal to a NASA spacecraft and theorizedthat it was the long-lost satellite IMAGE. He blogged and tweeted about his findings. He also reached out to the principal investigator who had been responsible for the satellite's mission, according to Tilley's blog.

NASA set off to investigate and trained its Deep Space Network, a constellation of radio telescopes used to communicate with space missions, to search for the satellite. Five separate antennas then confirmed the signal and matched the satellite's identity.

And the space agency also had some unexpected news.

"The NASA team has been able to read some basic housekeeping data from the spacecraft, suggesting that at least the main control system is operational," according to NASA's statement.

IMAGE launched in March 25, 2000. It was designed to study the Earth's magnetosphere -- the magnetic field that shields the Earth. It was hailed as a success, helping map out the Earth's magnetic field in detail and resulted in 37 unique scientific discoveries, according its final report. It successfully completed its initial scheduled mission -- originally slated for two years -- and had been in its extended phase when the satellite stopped routine contact on December 18, 2005.

NASA tried to regain control of the satellite, but it ultimately concluded that the spacecraft likely suffered an event that disabled its power supply and wasn't able to recover. The mission had been declared over in 2007.

After IMAGE was lost, its original software and databases needed to operate the satellite had been decommissioned. NASA said that it will now attempt to adapt the software to its more modern systems.

"Scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will continue to try to analyze the data from the spacecraft to learn more about the state of the spacecraft," NASA said.

After the confirmation, Tilley wrote on his blog: "Welcome back IMAGE! Serve us well again..."

He told the CBC: "As somebody who's loved space since being a kid, I'm happy to have contributed something positive."

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Amateur astronomer discovers NASA satellite that's been lost for 12 years

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NASA scientists hadn't heard from the satellite since 2005, after it abruptly stopped responding. But earlier this month, an amateur astronomer happened to be searching for traces of the secretive Zuma mission launched by SpaceX when he stumbled onto something entirely different: signals from a satellite that was not accounted for.

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Virginia Tech student arrested for possessing assault rifle, attempting to buy 5,000 rounds of ammo

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An international student at Virginia Tech was arrested on Monday for illegally possessing an assault rifle, according to the Virginia Tech Police Department.

Freshman Yunsong Zhao, 19, is not a U.S. citizen, which makes it illegal for him to possess a firearm.

"The arrest followed an investigation that spanned several weeks, and the suspect is now in custody," the VTPD said on Tuesday.

According to the arrest warrant, Zhao, who is from China, attempted to purchase 5,000 rounds of ammo. He had also been researching bulletproof vests and had purchased a former law-enforcement vehicle that still bears some police markings.

Zhao was arrested amid rumors on social media that an individual at Virginia Tech was stockpiling weapons on or near campus, but, police said, Zhao's arrest was not related to the rumor.

"VTPD received information about a rumor that 'someone on campus' had been 'stockpiling weapons' and the students 'should avoid large lecture classes,'" VTPD Chief Kevin Foust said. "Understandably, others hearing this were deeply concerned, too. VTPD immediately investigated but have found no evidence this rumor is accurate. However, we will continue to be vigilant for our community."

ABC News Virginia affiliate WSET reported that Zhao has no known criminal history. He had been a student at Virginia Tech for six months.

Zhao has an attorney and has not yet entered a plea, according to a court spokesperson.

In 2007, a Virginia Tech student went on a shooting rampage that killed 32 people, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

ABC News' Lucien Bruggeman and Matt German contributed to this report.

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An international student at Virginia Tech was arrested on Monday for illegally possessing an assault rifle, according to the Virginia Tech Police Department. Freshman Yunsong Zhao, 19, is not a U.S. citizen, which makes it illegal for him to possess a firearm. "The arrest followed an...

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Standing in a Wisconsin police station lobby, Angie Geyser said she was in disbelief when detectives, who had just interrogated her daughter, told her that her 12-year-old had admitted to a stabbing a classmate and leaving her for dead as part of a plot she and her friend had planned for months.

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"I couldn't believe what I was hearing," Angie Geyser told ABC News' "20/20." "I never would have imagined that my daughter was capable of hurting another person."

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It was the case that rocked the town of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and stunned the nation: Two then 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, arrested on May 31, 2014, for stabbing then 12-year-old Payton Leutner, with the intent to kill her to appease the online fictional character, " Slender Man." Prosecutors have said that both Weier and Geyser were obsessed with the character, who is often depicted in fan fiction stories online as a horror figure who stalks children.

Payton, now 15, crawled to a nearby road and was helped by a passing bicyclist before she was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. She survived the attack.

Both girls' mothers told "20/20" that they never saw any warning signs from their daughters that they would harm someone else.

"They [Morgan and Payton] would sit up in Morgan's room and they would do each other's nails, and they would laugh, and make a mess," Angie Geyser said. "They were just typical girls."

Morgan's mother said she knew about her daughter's fascination with Slender Man and talked about it with her.

"She would show us some of the pictures, and she would read us some of the stories, and while some of the subject matter was a little dark, I wasn't concerned," Angie Geyser said. "When I was Morgan's age, I was reading Stephen King novels. I remember being 11 years old and riding home from the library with [the book] 'IT' under my arm. And that's a very scary and dark story, so I just thought it was normal for a child of middle school age to be interested in scary stories."

But Anissa's mother, Kristi Weier, said her daughter "never mentioned anything to me about her belief in Slender Man."

Anissa Weier pleaded guilty last year to attempted second-degree intentional homicide, as a party to a crime, with the use of a dangerous weapon as part of a plea deal. A jury then found Weier not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. In December a Wisconsin judge ordered Weier, now 16, to be placed under a mental health commitment for a period of 25 years, with credit for her three-and-a-half years already spent in jail. She has agreed to remain in a state mental institution for at least three years before seeking release on community supervision. If released, Weier will remain under state supervision until the year 2039, when she will be 37 years old.

Earlier this year, the court also accepted a plea deal for Morgan, now 15, who pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide. In accordance with the plea deal, the court also found Geyser not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect despite her earlier guilty plea. Geyser's sentencing is set for Thursday.

On the morning of May 31, 2014, Anissa, Morgan and Payton had been over at Morgan's house for a sleepover to celebrate her birthday. That morning, Angie Geyser said the girls had asked if they could go to the park. The first sign that something was wrong, she said, was when the police were at her front door.

"I was vacuuming in the basement and my son, who was 6 at the time, came downstairs and he told me that the police are here, and they're looking for Morgan," Angie Geyser said. "Of course, my heart dropped down into my stomach and I went upstairs. Not only were there police in my living room, but they were wearing riot gear."

"They asked me, 'Where's Morgan?' I said, 'She's at the park with her friends,'" she said.

Angie Geyser said the police didn't believe her and started searching the house, thinking she was hiding Morgan.

"I just kept asking 'what happened, what's going on,' and they wouldn't tell me other than to say there had been an incident in the park and one of the girls was hurt," said Geyser.

When the police first reached Kristi Weier, she said they told her Anissa was missing and she feared her daughter had been abducted. As neighbors and law enforcement began looking for the girls, Kristi Weier found her daughter's cellphone which she had left behind at Morgan's house.

"I checked all of her text messages, trying to figure out the people that she called and contacted last," she said. "And I went into [the] Notepad [app]... and I found, basically, her goodbye notes."

The note from Anissa, which Kristi Weier showed to police, said, "This is my final wish to those who care, do not grieve my absence, but remember me for who I was. I love and cherish you all and wouldn't do you harm."

At the time, Kristi Weier still had no idea that the victim had been stabbed 19 times.

After Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were located, police questioned the girls separately. During their interrogation, the girls revealed they had been planning the attack on Payton for more than five months, with Morgan saying "it was necessary" to please "Slender Man." The girls told police they had originally planned to stab Payton in Morgan's room at the sleepover, but changed the plan to stab her in the park the next day instead.

"I get up and then Morgan hands me the knife and says, 'I can't do it, you know where all the soft spots are,'" Anissa told police during the interrogation. "And then I give it back to her and say, 'You do it... Go ballistic. Go crazy. Make sure she's down' ... Morgan said, 'I'm not doing it until you tell me to.' I started walking away and then, like, when I was five feet away I said, 'Now.'"

Morgan told police that is when she stabbed Payton repeatedly. Then the officer asked Morgan what she did with the knife she used.

"I put it back in the bag and walked," Geyser told police. "I sort of wiped it off on my jacket. It was weird. I felt no remorse."

Afterwards, police told the girls' parents, who had been waiting in the police station lobby, what Anissa and Morgan had said.

"The interrogation is very difficult to watch because that's not my daughter saying those things," she said. "That's not the way she speaks. That's not the way she acts."

"She appears to have no remorse for what's happened, and she just talks about it in such a flat manner," Angie Geyser continued. "That's odd for a 12-year-old child sitting in a police station with a detective, not to be frightened about what's going on."

Weier said she had no idea her daughter had fallen so completely under the influence of Slender Man, a character many adults have never heard of. Listening to her daughter's interrogation, she was shocked to hear Anissa speak about Slender Man and that Anissa believed in such things.

"[Anissa's father] and I, although we were divorced, we were still very active parents. I did search her iPad. I did watch over her shoulder," Weier said. "Anissa never talked about Slender Man to me."

Payton had also talked to her parents about Slender Man before the attack.

"Morgan had been talking with her about Slender Man, and Payton was terrified," Payton's mother, Stacie Leutner, told "20/20" in 2014.

Anthony Cotton, Morgan's attorney, said it was clear to him the moment he met Morgan that she was struggling with mental illness.

"It was apparent right out of the gate. She'd be looking around the room. She'd be looking in the corner. She seemed to be responding to things that weren't in the room," Cotton told "20/20." "It was odd."

Both the Geysers and the Weiers were allowed to see their daughters briefly before they were arrested and taken to jail.

"I remember her saying she was 'very, very scared.' That day plays out almost every night in my nightmares," Kristi Weier told "20/20." "We hugged and kissed our daughter and told her that it would be all right. We're still here for you. We'll figure this out."

Two days after their interrogations, Morgan and Anissa were charged as adults, facing the possibility of up to 65 years in prison.

"I mean it was shocking," Angie Geyser said.

"Seeing her in the courtroom with the jumpsuit with the shackles and the handcuffs and the belly-chain really hit me hard that my daughter did something so terrible. That was a really, really low day," Kristi Weier said.

In the aftermath of the stabbing, investigators searched Morgan's room and found disturbing evidence of a deteriorating young mind, which included drawings of Slender Man with children and the words, "I want to die," and "help me escape my mind" scrawled across a page.

"Just knowing how long she was sick and suffering inside her own head before we had any idea... makes me sad," Angie Geyser said.

As prosecutors built their case against Morgan and Anissa, the girls adjusted to life locked up and surrounded by other teenage criminals.

"In the beginning, they would make fun of her or bully her to a point of, 'You're a psycho. You're a monster. Why did you do such a stupid, psychotic thing?' The children just wouldn't let it go," Kristi Weier said of her daughter Anissa's experience.

Both girls' mothers were making the hours-long drive to see their daughters in jail. Kristi Weier said in the last 35 months that her daughter was in jail, Anissa maybe had "40 hours of fresh air."

"The visiting area ... there's a cement table and a piece of glass," she said. "We can see each other, but we can't touch her. I can't wipe away a tear, I can't give her a hug. I can't kiss her."

Kristi Weier said because all of her interactions with her daughter were recorded, she and Anissa never talked about what happened on the day of the stabbing. She said they didn't want their conversations to be used against Anissa in court.

"We've actually, in a sad sort of way, had more of a mother-daughter bonding time than we've ever had before without the distractions of cellphones or video games or phone calls or TV. It's just her and I divided by glass talking, and she's able to open up to me and tell me what's troubling her, what's on her mind," Kristi Weier said. "There are moments where I can't think of a happy thing when I come up here, where my heart is so full of sadness that I don't even know what to say when I get in there. That's when I put on a mask and I pretend that life is really, really good even though I'm breaking inside. I try not to show that emotion to Anissa because she needs to see me as being strong."

"I don't allow myself to break down in front of her and see how much this is hurting me to see her behind bars," she added.

Angie Geyser said it has been painful to see her daughter behind glass and not being able to touch her.

"Initially, I mean, she really behaved like a caged animal. Her hair was wild," she said of her daughter Morgan.

Angie Geyser said there were times she thought Morgan didn't want to see her.

"The first time I went to visit her, she looked at me and she had sort of this flat expression on her face and she said, 'Why are you here?' It's heartbreaking," Angie Geyser said.

While behind bars, both girls received mental health evaluations. Angie Geyer says that during an extensive psychological evaluation several months after the stabbing, Morgan received an extraordinarily rare diagnosis for such a young girl: early onset schizophrenia.

Angie Geyser said she wasn't surprised by the diagnosis because Morgan's father has schizophrenia. In fact, according to testimony, Morgan's father had been hospitalized at least four times as a teenager to treat his own schizophrenia.

"When they told us what had happened and that she had done it because she believes Slender Man is real ... that's where my mind went, is that she must be sick," Angie Geyser said.

Angie Geyser later learned from Morgan that her daughter had been experiencing visual hallucinations since she was 3 years old.

"One of her hallucinations was a tall, slender, shadowy figure," Geyser said. "And I think that's probably what ultimately solidified her belief in Slender Man."

When her daughter was growing up, Geyser said she did notice something when she and her husband let Morgan watch the movie, "Bambi."

"We had been concerned to show Morgan the movie because she was a sensitive and empathetic child, at least towards other people, so we were afraid that when she saw the movie, that when Bambi's mother died, she would be devastated," Geyser said. "She, in fact, had quite the opposite reaction. After Bambi's mother was shot, Morgan just said, 'run, Bambi, run!' and had no reaction whatsoever to the mother dying, so it was just kind of the opposite reaction that we'd been expecting."

For more than a year at jail, Morgan remained untreated and continued to believe she could communicate with Slender Man and Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter book series. It wasn't until her family successfully petitioned a judge to civilly commit her that she was moved to a mental health institution where she received medication for schizophrenia.

Angie Geyser said she saw a dramatic change in her daughter after she was able to get mental health help.

"The best way to describe it is that it was like the light came back on behind her eyes," said Angie Geyser.

She said as hard as it may be for some to believe, she did not know how mentally ill her daughter was before the day of the stabbing.

"If I had had any idea that she believed Slender Man was real, we would have done something about it. We had no idea," said Angie Geyser. "I think on some level, I'll always feel responsible for not knowing that my daughter wasn't well. As a mother, you're supposed to be there to protect your child, and you know, I think on some level, I'll always feel that I failed in that regard."

She said she believes Morgan actively hid her delusions from those around her.

"I think that, as she got older, and she realized that, hey, maybe this isn't normal, that she did make a conscious effort to hide it," Angie Geyser said. "A lot of her hallucinations were friends to her, and I don't think that she wanted to lose those friends."

"It can go unnoticed. You know, especially with delusions. Delusions can remain compartmentalized for people. So unless you're talking about the delusion, you may not know that it exists," Dr. Melissa Westendorf, who was one of the court-appointed forensic psychologists who evaluated Anissa and testified at the trial, told "20/20."

Westendorf diagnosed Anissa with a "shared psychotic disorder," saying that Morgan's schizophrenia coupled with both girls' delusions about Slender Man created a perfect storm.

"Once you find this character on the internet, you can read all these stories that look real. They look like newspaper articles. It's hard for a lot of people to differentiate ... let alone a 12 year old," Westendorf said.

Both mothers said their daughters are remorseful for what they did to Payton.

Kristi Weier worries what Anissa's life will be like after years of being cut off from society.

"My fear is that she'll be institutionalized and she will not really know how to interact with normal people at Walmart, at the gas station, at Pick 'n Save," she said. "After spending 25 years in a mental institution with other adults, I don't know if she's going to be any better. That's my worry."

Angie Geyser believes her daughter is not dangerous.

"Morgan's untreated mental illness is what made her a danger. We will know what to look for in the future," she said. "She does not [still believe Slender Man is real]. ... Morgan lives in reality now."

"I might be naïve, but in my heart I believe she doesn't believe in Slender Man anymore. But I can't ignore the obvious that she does need therapy and she does need mental help," Kristi Weier said of Anissa.

Angie Geyser said she hopes Morgan will be able to return home to her family, but wants the family to move away from Waukesha, Wisconsin.

"It's difficult living in the community where you experienced the worst thing that's ever happened to you," she said. "I frequently drive by these places that hold horrible memories. And I just want to get us all away from that."

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Standing in a Wisconsin police station lobby, Angie Geyser said she was in disbelief when detectives, who had just interrogated her daughter, told her that her 12-year-old had admitted to a stabbing a classmate and leaving her for dead as part of a plot she and her friend had planned for months.

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Hayley Atwell will not work with Woody Allen because of Sexual Asualt

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Actress Hayley Atwell is joining the ever-growing chorus of people in Hollywood to publicly lament working with director Woody Allen.

Atwell, 35, may be best remembered for her role in the "Captain America" movies that landed her a spinoff TV series, "Agent Carter." However, prior to joining the star-spangled hero, she got her big film break in Allen's 2007 movie "Cassandra's Dream" alongside Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Atwell was asked about her time working on the film and said she was thrilled to finally be able to discuss it without fear of being blacklisted in show business.

"I haven't spoken about this before," she said. "It was my first film and I didn't feel directed by him at all. I didn't have any kind of relationship with him. And that was fine but bizarre. It was a great opportunity, so I did the best I could and left."

As for the recently-resurfaced allegations against Allen by his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, Atwell admitted she was unfamiliar with Allen's past when she agreed to be in the film. However, now that she's aware, she would do things differently.

"Would I work with him now? No. And I stand in solidarity with his daughter and offer an apology to her if my contribution to his work has caused her suffering or made her feel dismissed in any way. It's exciting that I can say this now and I'm not going to be blacklisted."

Atwell is now in the company of stars such as Greta Gerwig, Mira Sorvino, Kate Winslet and Timothee Chalamet who have all said they regret working with Allen following claims he molested Farrow when she was a child. Chalamet even went as far as to donate his salary from the film to the Time's Up movement.

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Actress Hayley Atwell is joining the ever-growing chorus of people in Hollywood to publicly lament working with director Woody Allen. Atwell, 35, may be best remembered for her role in the "Captain America" movies that landed her a spinoff TV series, "Agent Carter."