US military bombers, fighters fly over Korean Peninsula in show of force - Associated Press

US military bombers, fighters fly over Korean Peninsula in show of force

Perry Chiaramonte

By Perry Chiaramonte Published August 31, 2017 Fox New.

People don't understand how desperate North Korea is

The U.S. military flew two B-1B supersonic bombers and two F-35 fighter jets over South Korea on Thursday in a show of force following North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, a South Korean defense official said.

The U.S. aircraft were participating in training with South Korean F-15 fighter jets, the South Korean official said. He didn't want to be named, citing office rules.

Such flyovers are common when animosity rises on the Korean Peninsula, which is technically in a state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

North Korea on Tuesday flew a potentially nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile over northern Japan and later called it a "meaningful prelude" to containing the U.S. territory of Guam.

A day later, The U.S. Defense Agency announced it had shot down a medium-range ballistic missile off the coast of Hawaii in a new test of its missile defense system at sea.

The test came after North Korea fired the missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, an aggressive test-flight over the territory of a close U.S. ally that sent a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby.

Thursday's U.S. show of force followed a tweet from President Trump, suggesting he was growing impatient with North Korea after earlier expressions of hope for a dialogue with the communist country.

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!

10:47 PM - Aug 30, 2017

On Tuesday, Washington and its allies called for an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, but seemed to fall short on new ideas for stopping North Korea's nuclear and missile advances, which are increasingly putting the U.S. mainland within range.

"Threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the North Korean regime's isolation in the region and among all nations of the world," Trump said after the North's missile soared almost 1,700 miles (2,700 kilometers) into the Pacific Ocean, triggering alert warnings in northern Japan and shudders throughout Northeast Asia. "All options are on the table."

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Perry Chiaramonte is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @perrych

The world today is remembering Princess Diana, the humanitarian known as “the People’s Princess,” on the 20th anniversary of her death. - ABC News

The world today is remembering Princess Diana, the humanitarian known as “the People’s Princess,” on the 20th anniversary of her death.

Diana was just 36 when she died in a car crash while traveling in Paris with Dodi Fayed, with whom Diana was romantically involved and who also died in the crash.

Prince William 'sad' Princess Diana never met his family: 'They will never know her'

Diana: The life of a princess

Diana left behind two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, her children with Prince Charles, who were just 15 and 12, respectively, when their mother died.

The princes are expected to mark the anniversary of their mother's death privately today.

Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry visit Thorpe Park Amusement Park, April 13, 1993.

On Wednesday, William, now 35 and a father of two, and Harry, 32, made a special visit to the Kensington Palace memorial sunken garden that has been transformed with their mother's favorite white blooms to pay tribute to Diana.

The brothers were accompanied by William's wife, Princess Kate, and a small group of representatives from a few of the charities Diana supported in the final days of her life, including the Great Ormond Street Hospital, the English National Ballet, the Leprosy Mission, Centrepoint, the Royal Marsden Hospital and the National Aids Trust.

Britain's Prince William, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry arrive for an event at the memorial garden in Kensington Palace, London, Aug. 30, 2017. more +

William and Harry also made an impromptu visit to speak with well-wishers and view the tributes and cards left at the gates of Kensington Palace, where Princess Diana lived from 1981 until her death.

"The Duke and Prince Harry are grateful for the many flowers, letters, and messages they have received about their mother," Kensington Palace said Wednesday. "They wanted to say thank you to those who made the journey to Kensington Palace."

William and Harry opened up this year publicly for the first time about their mother and her sudden death.

“There's not a day that William and I don't wish that she was ... we don't wish that she was still around, and we wonder what kind of a mother she would be now,” Harry said in a documentary about Diana that aired in July. “And what kind of a public role she would have, and what a difference she would be making.”

William described himself as “sad” that Diana would never meet his wife, Princess Kate, and their children, 4-year-old Prince George and 2-year-old Princess Charlotte

"I would like to have had her advice. I would love her to have met Catherine and to have seen the children grow up,” he told GQ magazine in May. “It makes me sad that she won’t, that they will never know her."

During Diana's funeral at Westminster Abbey in September 1997, Elton John, a close friend of Diana's, sang the lyrics, "Your candle's burned out long before your legend ever will."

Today, 20 years after her death, Diana's style, glamour, mischievous smile and humanitarian work still capture the public's attention.

Diana's humanitarian efforts around the globe are seen by many as her most enduring legacy. She was the patron of more than 100 charities over her lifetime, according to The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

Diana was a champion for people with HIV/AIDS and leprosy, who were invisible to society during her lifetime, and spread the spotlight shone on her to their causes. She is credited with changing the perception of people with HIV/AIDS, for example, by picking up and hugging a 7-year-old boy with AIDS being treated at a hospital in Harlem.

When, just months before her death, Diana walked through an Angolan minefield wearing a helmet and flak jacket, her presence drew global attention to the injuries caused by landmines. Diana's home nation of Britain, along with 120 countries, would later sign the Ottawa Treaty that aimed to eliminate landmines targeting humans.

"One of the things our mother taught William and I was the value of doing good when no one is watching," Harry said at an awards ceremony in May. "She visited hospitals late at night to comfort patients. She spent hours writing letters to privately support the work of others. She achieved a lot by shining a spotlight, but she worked just as hard when the cameras were gone."

Diana's beloved "boys," as she called them, shared some of their mother's most personal possessions to recreate Diana's study at Kensington Palace in the music room at Buckingham Palace. The centerpiece of the public exhibit is the desk where Diana organized much of her charitable work and conducted her correspondence.

William and Harry also announced earlier this year they have commissioned a statue to honor Diana on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where Diana lived until her death and where William and Harry now live.

"Now all I want to do is try and fill the holes that my mother has left, and that's what it's about for us, is trying to make a difference and in making a difference, making her proud," Harry said in a BBC documentary that aired this month. "She was the Princess of Wales, and she stood for so many things, but deep down inside for us, she was a mother. And we will miss our mother, and I wonder every single day what it would be like having her around."

Kensington Palace has hosted a number of events to commemorate Diana's life this year, including the memorial garden that features a floral tribute of white roses, white Diana tulips, white hyacinth, forget-me-nots and other favorites of Diana’s.

An exhibition chronicling Diana's evolving style during her life opened at Kensington Palace in February. The exhibition, titled "Diana: Her Fashion Story," offers a unique look at Diana's style and features some of her most stunning outfits.

Diana, Princess of Wales wears the "Elvis dress" during a visit to the Culture Center in Hong Kong, Nov. 8, 1989.

A number of documentaries have aired in the months leading up to the anniversary of Diana's death, exploring her final days and the impact of her nearly two decades in the glaring public spotlight.

"One of the reasons I want to talk now is because I think that after 20 years someone shifts from becoming a contemporary person, to one of history," Diana's brother, Lord Charles Spencer, said in a four-hour documentary that aired on ABC this month. "And Diana deserves a place in history."

Added Spencer, who gave a memorable eulogy at Diana's funeral, "This was a special person, and not just a beautiful one."

Ken Wharfe, who served as Diana's protection officer from 1986 to 1993, said Diana was everything the public imagined her to be.

"What I liked about her was that there was always there was only the one side. What you saw in public was actually how she behaved in private," Wharfe told ABC News this month. "And I think you know what the public got was the real Diana. This wasn't, you know, a person that dressed up for the occasion and spoke for that occasion."

One of William and Harry's biggest challenges now is keeping Diana's memory alive for William's children, George and Charlotte.

On July 3, what would have been Diana's 56th birthday, William and Harry held a service of re-dedication at Diana's grave on the island in Round Lake at Althorp, the Spencer family home. George and Charlotte attended the service with William, Kate and Harry.

An aerial view of the burial site of Diana, Princess of Wales in this Sept. 9, 2006 file photo. The Round Oval lake is located in the Althorp Estate, home to Spencer family.more +

William also spoke in an ITV documentary about how he keeps Diana's memory alive in their home, saying, "I think constantly talking about Granny Diana, so we've got more photos up around the house now of her and we talk about her a bit and stuff. And it's hard because obviously Catherine didn't know her, so she cannot really provide that, that level of detail."

"So I do regularly, putting George or Charlotte to bed, talk about her and just try and remind them that there are two grandmothers, there were two grandmothers in in their lives," he continued. "So it's important that they know who she was and that she existed."

Hurricane Harvey Has Damaged at Least $23 Billion of Property in Just Two Texas Counties - Reuters

Hurricane Harvey Has Damaged at Least $23 Billion of Property in Just Two Texas Counties

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At least $23 billion worth of property has been affected by flooding from Hurricane Harvey just in parts of Texas' Harris and Galveston counties, a Reuters analysis of satellite imagery and property data shows.

The number represents market value, not storm damage, and is but a small fraction of the storm's reach, as satellite images of the flooding are incomplete. Satellite imagery compiled by researchers at the University of Colorado shows flooding across 234 square miles (600 sq km)of Harris County and 51 square miles (132 sq km) of Galveston County, about one-eighth of each county's land area.

It is impossible to discern damage amounts from the data, as the satellite imagery does not reveal the depth of the floodwaters; nor does it reveal the impact of wind. But even this partial tally signals that the storm will rank among the most damaging in U.S. history.

Reuters overlaid the flood imagery on property parcel maps and found floodwaters had encroached on at least 30,000 properties in the two counties, with a total market value of $23.4 billion.

Of that, 26% is land value; the rest is buildings and other improvements. In Harris County, where Reuters was able to determine the property’s use, about 18% of the affected property is residential.

The tally omits much of Houston’s dense urban center because a satellite specializing in urban imagery has not yet taken enough images there. Floodwaters have inundated the area, like surrounding regions, and thousands of homes are damaged. Many roads, including vital highways and parkways, were submerged and businesses flooded and shuttered.

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Ultimately, storm damage totals will come from estimates of insured and uninsured losses and disaster assistance payments, not from tallying property assessment values. And real estate is only part of the equation in the rapidly rising toll as Harvey moves from Texas to Louisiana. Federal damage estimates will also include the vast cost of business interruptions, ruined vehicles and other personal possessions, repairs to roadways and other public infrastructure, and disaster aid like the money used to feed and house tens of thousands of displaced people.

Adam Smith, a lead scientist for the federal agency that compiles storm damage costs, said it is "very possible" Harvey's costs may surpass the record $160 billion from Hurricane Katrina. “But it will take some time to understand the magnitude of Harvey's devastation, which is still unfolding,” Smith said in an email Wednesday to Reuters. “It is very unclear if Harvey's costs will ultimately surpass Katrina. However, since this is an unprecedented extreme precipitation event over a major city, in addition to the damage to other cities (and) regions from wind, storm surge and flooding, it's very possible.”

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Rescuers are working together to shuttle stranded animals hit by the storm.

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused about $160 billion in damage, Hurricane Sandy in 2012 caused $70 billion, and Hurricane Ike in 2008 caused $34 billion, according to research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The damage figures are adjusted for inflation to 2017 dollars. Harvey, a category 4 storm with 130 mph winds, came ashore Friday in Rockport, Texas. It churned slowly over the next five days, dropping about 50 inches of rain on Harris County, more than any tropical storm recorded in the continental U.S. since 1950.

Rob Moore, a senior policy analyst for water issues at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, said it's "anybody's guess" how much damage Harvey has wreaked. "Because of the extent of flooding, a lot of insurance companies are expecting to see very high numbers of complete losses of residential properties," said Moore, who monitors government and insurance industry reports. "And large proportions of those properties are going to be uninsured. A lot of people have dropped flood insurance policies the last few years."

Homeowners who live outside the 100-year-flood hazard zone or don’t have mortgages are not required to buy flood insurance. Because there hasn’t been major flooding in Houston in 16 years, many homeowners have dropped coverage to save money. Asked what would happen to them, Moore said, "They're left in a situation nobody wants to be in. They're not going to have very many options for repairing their homes. And a lot of forms of federal disaster assistance aren't available if you don't have flood insurance."

Many of the neighbors who returned Wednesday to Oak Knoll Lane in Northeast Houston find themselves in that predicament. One of them, Valerie Stephens, 32, abandoned her house on Saturday, when about nine inches of water rushed into the house over half an hour. She has no flood insurance, and she said her house, valued at $79,000 on Zillow just before the storm, is worth "much less than that" now.

Up and down the street, water had topped mailboxes and left behind puddles of dirty water, a festering stink and a faint line of grime inside each house where the water had stagnated, usually a couple of feet off the floor. That's much less water than some areas have reported, but it was enough that residents began piling furniture on the curb and ripping open walls and floors to stop mold from creeping in and making the situation even worse.Many did the same thing in 2001 after Tropical Storm Allison swamped the street. "We've already pulled out the doors, the door frames. Then we'll start with the sheetrock and the floors," Stephens said. She expects to live with concrete floors and bare sheetrock while she finds the money to pay for all the damage.

Manafort Probe Heats Up: Mueller Joins Forces With New York Attorney General Natasha Bach - Fortune

Manafort Probe Heats Up: Mueller Joins Forces With New York Attorney General

Natasha Bach

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Special counsel Robert Mueller is working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on its investigation into former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Citing unnamed sources, Politico reported that Mueller’s team has shared evidence and discussed a potential case with Schneiderman, indicating that the federal probe is “intensifying.” Both teams have reportedly collected evidence on financial crimes committed by Manafort, including potential money laundering.

Mueller is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, to which Trump has reportedly replied that he has “complete power to pardon” anyone from relatives and aides to himself. As Trump does not have the power to pardon state crimes, however, the collaboration between the federal and state bodies is particularly significant, as it could provide “additional leverage” to get Manafort to cooperate with the wider investigation.

While no decision reportedly has been made as to whether to file charges, pressure is ramping up on Manafort. FBI agents served a search warrant at one of Manafort’s homes last month. Mueller’s team has been investigating his “lobbying works and financial transactions, including real estate deals in New York” according to the Politico report. And Schneiderman’s office has reportedly been looking into Trump’s business transactions, which it may share with Mueller’s team.Manafort has not been accused of any wrongdoing and reportedly cooperated with the FBI raid. Both Trump and the Kremlin have denied collusion during the 2016 election.