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In a symbolic display of anger, North Korea on Tuesday blew up the northern sections of unused road and rail routes that once linked it with South Korea, with the rivals exchanging threats days after the North claimed that the South flew drones over its capital Pyongyang.The choreographed demolition underlines North Korea’s growing anger against South Korea’s conservative government. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to sever relations with South Korea and abandon the goal of achieving peaceful Korean unification.NORTH KOREA SENDS WARNING TO SOUTH KOREA, SAYING TROOPS READY TO STRIKE IF MORE DRONES APPEARObservers say it’s unlikely Kim will launch a preemptive, large-scale attack on South Korea because of fear that an almost certain massive retaliation by the more superior forces of the United States and South Korea would threaten Pyongyang’s survival.In response to the explosions, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said its military fired warning shots within southern sections of the border as it bolstered its readiness and surveillance posture. The statement did not give details, but the move could have been an attempt to avert cross-border fire by North Korea.South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles affairs with North Korea, separately condemned the North’s detonations as a “highly abnormal” and “regressive” measure that violates previous inter-Korean agreements.Video provided by South Korea’s military showed a cloud of white and gray smoke emerging from the explosion at a road near the western border town of Kaesong. North Korean trucks and excavators could be seen clearing out debris. Another video showed smoke emerging from a coastal road near the eastern border.During a previous era of inter-Korean detente in the 2000s, the two Koreas reconnected two pairs of road and rail links across their heavily fortified border — one pair called Gyeongui Line on the western portion and the other called Donghae Line on the eastern portion. But their operations were later suspended as the Koreas wrangled over North Korea’s nuclear program and other issues.Parts of the road route on Gyeongui Line and parts of both road and rail routes on Donghae Line were destroyed Tuesday. North Korea has already removed ties and rails from the northern side of Gyeongui Line’s rail track, according to the South Korean military.North Korea has a history of staging the choreographed destruction of facilities on its own soil as a political message.In 2020, North Korea blew up an empty, South Korean-built liaison office building just north of the border in retaliation for South Korean civilian leafleting campaigns. In 2018, North Korea demolished tunnels at its nuclear testing site at the start of nuclear diplomacy with the United States. In 2008, North Korea blew up a cooling tower at its main nuclear complex when earlier disarmament-for-aid negotiations with Washington and others were happening.Destroying the road and rail links, mainly built with South Korean money, would be in line with leader Kim Jong Un’s order in January to abandon the goal of peaceful Korean unification and formally designate South Korea as the country’s “invariable principal enemy.” That order surprised many outside North Korea watchers because it seemed to break from his predecessors’ long-cherished dreams of peacefully unifying the Korean Peninsula on the North’s terms.Experts say Kim likely aims to diminish South Korea’s voice in the regional nuclear standoff and seek direct dealings with the United States. Kim may also hope to diminish South Korean cultural influence and bolster his family’s dynastic rule at home.North Korea has accused South Korea of infiltrating drones to drop propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang three times this month and threatened to respond with force if it happened again. South Korea has refused to confirm whether it sent drones but warned that North Korea would face the end of its regime if the safety of South Korean citizens is threatened.Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of Kim Jong Un, said Tuesday that North Korea has secured unspecified clear evidence that South Korean “military gangsters” are behind the alleged drone flights. She warned that South Korea “will have to pay a dear price.”North Korea’s state media reported Tuesday that Kim Jong Un laid out unspecified tasks related to “immediate military action” and the operation of his war deterrent during a meeting Monday. North Korea’s military earlier threatened to turn South Korea into “piles of ashes,” saying its frontline army units were ready to open fire.The South Korean Unification Ministry said the cross-border roads and the rail links were built with South Korean materials and equipment worth $132.9 million provided in the form of loans, and the North is still obligated to pay back the aid.Last week, North Korea said it would permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures. South Korean officials said North Korea had been adding anti-tank barriers and laying mines along the border since earlier this year.In recent years North Korea has performed a run of provocative missile tests, and South Korea and the United States have expanded military drills and cooperation.



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Former Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade left Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a marathon four-and-a-half hour grilling by House Judiciary Committee investigators.Wade, whose legal team included former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, said little to reporters before, after, and during his closed-door deposition. No lawmakers were seen entering or leaving the room.”This is all I’m going to say — we gave our testimony, we cooperated, and we are through,” Barnes told reporters after the session.GEORGIA GOP CHAIR SHARES 2-PRONGED ELECTION STRATEGY AS TRUMP WORKS TO WIN BACK PEACH STATEBarnes said “yes” when asked if it was an effective meeting and “no” when asked by Fox News Digital if he expected to follow up with the committee.Earlier, he had testy words for a reporter who asked whether Wade would plead the Fifth Amendment, responding tersely, “What crime has been committed here?”The House Judiciary Committee has been seeking information on Wade’s relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is investigating former President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. Trump and 18 allies were indicted by a grand jury in August 2023 on charges including racketeering and conspiracy.Wade was brought into that investigation by Willis as a special prosecutor but stepped away after it was revealed he and Willis began a romantic relationship, which has since ended.TRUMP VS HARRIS ROUND 2? VOTERS IN KEY GA COUNTY REVEAL IF THEY WANT SECOND DEBATEIn a pair of letters published by the Republican majority on the committee on Monday night, Willis said Wade was instructed “not to answer any questions about his role in the election interference case or about any evidence in that case.””The disclosure of such evidence may also interfere with ongoing proceedings, this is considered legally privileged and not subject to disclosure,” Willis wrote.The committee responded on X, saying, “What is she trying to hide?”CLUB FOR GROWTH POURS $5M INTO TIGHT HOUSE RACES AS GOP BRACES FOR TOUGH ELECTIONIt’s one of several probes by House Republicans into Trump’s legal battles since he left office.Both Willis and Wade have maintained that their relationship had nothing to do with the case and have accused Republicans of trying to unjustly interfere in the Fulton County probe.Jordan, meanwhile, is probing whether U.S. tax dollars were used to help bankroll their relationship during the course of the Trump probe.One of Trump’s co-defendants had sued to have Willis and Wade disqualified from the case, arguing their relationship presented a conflict of interest and that they financially benefited from the probe — which they have denied.A Fulton County judge ruled in March that Willis could stay on the case if Wade was removed.Fox News Digital reached out to the House Judiciary Committee for comment on Wade’s deposition.



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Al Pacino felt “relief” after severely twisting his ankle while filming “The Godfather.”At the time, studio executives did not think Pacino was the right fit for the role of Michael Corleone. Pacino, who was 31 years old at the time, knew the “axe could fall” on him at any point.For one scene, Pacino had to run and jump onto a moving car.”I had no stand-in. I had no stuntman. I had to do it myself,” Pacino wrote in his memoir “Sonny Boy,” via The Guardian. “I jumped, and I missed the car. Now I was lying in a gutter on White Plains Road in the Bronx, flat on my back and looking up at the sky. I had twisted my ankle so badly that I couldn’t move.AL PACINO SAYS HE FELL UNCONSCIOUS TO THE FLOOR DURING NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE: ‘I DIDN’T HAVE A PULSE'”Everyone on the crew had crowded around me. They were trying to lift me up, asking me: Was my ankle broken? Could I walk? I didn’t know. I lay there thinking, This is a miracle. Oh God, you’re saving me. I don’t have to do this picture any more,” he continued.”I was shocked by the feeling of relief that passed over me,” Pacino explained. “Showing up for work every day, feeling unwanted, feeling like an underling, was an oppressive experience, and this injury could be my release from that prison. At least now they could fire me, recast another actor as Michael, and not lose every dime they’d already put into the picture. But that’s not what happened.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSPacino gained fame for his role in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.” He caught the eye of the Academy award-winning director after starring in “The Panic in Needle Park.”Many A-list stars wanted the role of Michael Corleone, including Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Ryan O’Neal.However, Coppola had his eye on Pacino.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER”Francis wanted me. He wanted me and I knew that,” Pacino wrote in his memoir, according to the outlet. “And there’s nothing like when a director wants you.”He also gave me a gift in the form of Diane Keaton. He had a few actors he was auditioning for the role of Kay, but the fact that he wanted to pair me up with Diane suggested she had an edge in the process. I knew she was doing well in her career and had been appearing on Broadway in shows like ‘Hair’ and ‘Play It Again, Sam’ with Woody Allen.”Diane Keaton and Pacino landed their respective roles and “hit it off” as friends.”She was easy to talk to and funny, and she thought I was funny too,” he wrote. “I felt like I had a friend and an ally right away.”



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Voters who spoke with Fox News Digital in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, emphasized the economy’s outsized role in the 2024 election next month, citing the struggles being felt by Wisconsinites across the state. “I just know I was much better off when Trump was president,” retired teacher Sharon Kaufman told Fox News Digital. She explained that she considered how her family was doing under both the Trump-Pence administration and the Biden-Harris administration, and also looked “at all our investments and life and bills” before coming to that conclusion. Tim Moss, who works for an alcohol distributor, explained, “the economy in and of itself is another big thing that the young people [and] older people are all stressing about.”‘THE LEFT HAS PERFECTED THIS’: CONSERVATIVES TAKE PAGE FROM OBAMA’S PLAYBOOK IN BATTLEGROUND WISCONSIN”I think we’ll be able to at least afford groceries” under Trump, Moss predicted. “Gas prices were a lot better. Food prices were way down,” said Diana Altwies, a forklift operator. “I went to the store the other day, I bought hardly anything, and I came home with maybe two bags of stuff, and it was over $50.”According to Sue Matuszak, who is retired, she could not imagine how families — such as those of her six grown children — manage to raise their own kids in the current economy. “I don’t know how families really do it now,” she said. Matuszak’s husband, also retired, stressed that Trump is “a businessman,” and “that’s what we need in our government.”‘DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS’: WISCONSINITES TALK HARRIS’ MIDWESTERN RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZAltwies described Trump, who she supported in 2016 and 2020, remarking, “he’s got a little bit of a loud mouth on him, but he tells it like it is.”For her, this demonstrates that Trump is fearless when it comes to speaking his mind and shows he is not afraid to stand up to anyone. “Kamala, she just seems all giggly and hasn’t really done anything they claim they have,” she said.  Some of the other issues motivating these voters to support Trump again are safety, foreign policy, immigration and abortion. FOR WISCONSIN DEMS, A 2024 WIN IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE IS YEARS IN THE MAKING”I don’t like to see the babies that are destroyed every year,” Matuszak said, explaining that abortion was an important issue for her. Kaufman, on the other hand, explained, “I truly believe it should be with the woman and letting her figure out what she needs to do. It’s a hard decision no matter what.”Despite advertising and messaging from Democrats claiming Trump would institute a federal ban on abortion, Kaufman said she does not believe such claims. Matuszak also pointed to immigration, telling Fox News Digital, “I am so disappointed about the open borders that we have.””I think if that doesn’t get stopped, I think our country is really going to go down,” she added. Nobody who spoke with Fox News Digital in Waukesha County said they supported the Harris-Walz ticket.SEE IT: WISCONSIN DAIRY FARMER SAYS ‘NO QUESTION’ TRUMP ADMIN WAS ‘MUCH BETTER’ THAN BIDEN-HARRISThe voters described seeing Trump and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, signs frequently throughout Waukesha County, which they said was on par with both 2016 and 2020. They also said they have seen very few signs promoting Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. Fox News Digital observed a plethora of signs in general in the county, with the majority appearing to be in support of Trump-Vance and other Republicans. However, in the downtown area of the city of Waukesha, a college town, there were clusters of Harris-Walz signs. Waukesha County was ranked as one of the top 15 battleground counties to watch across the country, per U.S. News and World Report. The Milwaukee suburban county has developed this reputation given its shift over the last decade. While Republicans have an edge throughout the area, their lead has shrunk in the county during the Trump-era. Waukesha County’s movement politically has followed a trend away from Republicans that other affluent suburbs have also experienced. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.



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One “Jeopardy!” answer sparked a heated debate between game show fans. During a recent episode of the beloved game show, a ruling had viewers riled up over the mispronunciation of an answer. Mark Fitzpatrick, a five-day “Jeopardy!” champion, chose the $800 clue from the category, “Just Doin’ My Job.”‘JEOPARDY!’ REFERENCES MAYIM BIALIK IN CLUE 1 YEAR AFTER SHE WAS FIREDThe prompt read, “Knows the proper use of propofol; can count to 16 (letters in the job); can tell people to count backward from 100.”While “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings was looking for the correct answer to, “anesthesiologist,” contestant Eamonn Campbell appeared to flub the pronunciation of the word. “Anateesiologist?” Campbell answered. Although Jennings gave the contestant another chance, he continued to stumble on the correct pronunciation of the word. “Anathesiologist?” he mispronounced again. Another “Jeopardy!” contestant, Dot White, buzzed in with the correct pronunciation of the word and answered, “”What is an anesthesiologist?”. Jennings then accepted the correct answer. Fans were quick to react to the questionable ruling of the challenging prompt. “Jeopardy and ken Jennings blows it again … screwing Eamonn out of his answer ‘anesthesiologist’ ….unbelievable!!” one comment read.Another fan wrote, “Are you frikin kidding me?!!! Eamonn Campbell doesn’t have a lisp… He just can’t seem to pronounce ‘anesthesiologist.’ Or maybe he just doesn’t know the word…”Other viewers disagreed with the outraged fans and argued pronunciation is very important.”Not really. You could definitely discern his lack of the 1st ‘s’ in his pronunciation. He said ‘ana-theeze-iologist’ as opposed to ‘ana-steeze-iologist.’ Twice! @KenJennings def made the right call.”A “Jeopardy!” fan simply reacted and wrote, “Pronunciation matters.”This was not the first time viewers slammed a controversial ruling on the game show. Earlier this year, a ruling on an episode of “Jeopardy!” had fans up in arms.LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSDuring an episode of the game show, contestant Kelly Proulx buzzed in to answer a clue in the “Waterfalls” category. She added an extra “s” at the end of her response, which was enough for host Jennings to deny her the points — something fans called “brutal.”The clue read: “A Yosemite fall with a wispy ribbon of water that flutters in the air like a diaphanous cloth bears the name of this marital wear.”Proulx answered, “What is Bridalveil Falls?”CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER”No, I’m sorry,” Jennings responded. “It’s actually Bridalveil Fall, so we couldn’t take that. It is, ‘What is a bridal veil?’”Fans were upset at Jennings’ ruling and complained that it was a “brutal call.””Kelly should hold a grudge on this one,” one person wrote on the “Jeopardy!” Reddit page, while someone else called the decision against her answer “extremely pedantic.”Fox News Digital’s Emily Trainham contributed to this report.



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