White House officials have reviewed the ISIS execution video released earlier today and say it confirms the death of captured American aid worker Peter Kassig, the Associated Press reports.
Algerian Fighters Linked to ISIS Behead French Hostage in Video

Algerian militants linked to ISIS beheaded a 55-year-old French hiker they abducted on Sunday to protest France's military campaign against ISIS in Iraq. In a gruesome video posted online, militants called the beheading a "blood message to the French government."
This British Rapper Is the Prime Suspect in the James Foley Execution
British intelligence agencies trying to identify James Foley's executioner are reportedly zeroing in on a former British rapper named Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary who used to perform under the name L Jinney and appeared on BBC Radio in 2012.
James Foley's Mother Speaks Out: "We Have Never Been Prouder of Our Son"
The mother of American photojournalist James Foley—reportedly the subject of a brutal beheading video released today by the militant group ISIS—spoke out Tuesday night to praise her son and request mercy for the remaining hostages.
ISIS Beheads American Journalist James Foley in Video Message to U.S.
ISIS militants released gruesome video footage this afternoon of the beheading of American photojournalist James Wright Foley as a message to the U.S. to stop intervening in Iraq. Foley, a freelancer who contributed to the Global Post, was first captured in Libya in 2012, released, and then kidnapped again around…
Here's the Entire Hideous Aftermath Video of the Woolwich Butchers
Two monsters crashed a car into a soldier named Lee Rigby on Tuesday in southeast London, and then they hopped out and murdered him with meat cleavers and a machete. In the interminable lull before police arrived to shoot the men, they danced over Rigby's body and demanded passers-by take pictures and video. Here it…
Lee Rigby, Soldier and Drummer, Killed By Butchers of Woolwich
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has identified Wednesday's victim of the Woolwich psychopaths as Lee Rigby, father of a 2-year-old son and veteran of military campaigns from Cyprus to Afghanistan who was currently based in London as part of the drum corps.
"English Defence League" Mobs London Streets After Beheading
The horrific beheading of a soldier in southeast London today by two young black men has mobilized mobs of thugs to take to the streets. The Woolwich terrorists warned witnesses of "a war in London tonight" and they just might get it.
Nashville Man Shoots and Beheads His Adoptive Father, But That’s Not the Weird Part
WKRN-TV in Nashville reports that police arrested 37-year-old Henry Baxter for the murder of his adoptive father last Friday, but that's not the weird part.
TV Exec Found Guilty of Beheading Wife
Muzzammil Hassan, the Buffalo businessman who founded a television channel to counteract stereotypes about Muslims, was found guilty of murdering and beheading his wife. In his closing statement, Hassan argued that he was the victim of spousal abuse. [Buffalo News]
Weird Jet Ski Murder Case Gets Weirder as Severed Head Is Delivered to Police
Remember the woman who told police that her husband was killed by pirates while jet-skiing in a lake on the Mexican border? And the Mexican police essentially said they didn't believe her? Well, a severed head just turned up.