The U.S. opening ceremony uniforms for the Winter Olympics in Sochi debuted on the Today show on Thursday. Like the team's other apparel, these dashing cardigans were designed by Ralph Lauren, fashion's reigning king of prep. Just be glad you don't have to wear them.

Last night one of the Fifth Avenue Apple Store's $450,000 thirty-two foot glass panels made contact with a snow plow and shattered into a million pieces just like your iPhone the last time you dropped it, except Apple's warranty will probably cover this.

Two months of largely peaceful protests in Kiev, Ukraine, turned violent today, leaving a reported 3 protesters dead. Demonstrators are angry at the government for snubbing a chance for membership in the European Union in favor of a closer relationship with Russia, which offered the country a substantial bailout.

[A pedestrian walks through a snow storm on Tuesday in south Philadelphia. The National Weather Service said the storm could bring 8 to 12 inches of snow to Philadelphia and New York City, and more than a foot in Boston. Image via AP/Matt Slocum.]

[An elderly woman walks from police officers as they block a street during unrest in central Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Image via AP/Sergei Chuzavkov.]

[Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands' team flips two birds at Victor An of Russia. Knegt lost the men's 5000m relay at the ISU European Short Track speed skating championships in on Sunday. Image via Robert Michael/Getty.]

[A protester throws stones at a burning police bus in Kiev, Ukraine. Hundreds of the large group of protesters clashed with riot police in the center of the Ukrainian capital, after harsh anti-protest legislation was passed last week. Image by Evgeny Feldman via AP.]

[A wildfire burns in the hills just north of the San Gabriel Valley community of Glendora, Calif., on Thursday. Southern California authorities have ordered the evacuation of homes at the edge of a fast-moving wildfire burning in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Image via Nick Ut/AP.]

[A doctor tends to Canadian tennis player Frank Dancevic, who hallucinated the animated character Snoopy before collapsing during the 108 degree temperatures at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Temperatures have been hitting record highs all around Australia. Image by Aijaz Rahi via AP.]

[People walk during an ash fall following the eruption of Mount Sinabung as seen from inside a car in Payung, North Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednesday. The volcano has sporadically erupted since September. Image via Binsar Bakkara/AP.]

[Fog engulfed much of New York City this morning. What did it look like out your window? Photo via @nymetwowx/Twitter.]

[French President Francois Hollande held a press conference earlier today after a policy speech. But most of the questions were about his personal life — his alleged affair with actress Julie Gayet, and his live-in girlfriend, journalist Valérie Trierweiler, who was hospitalized after the news came out. Image by Christophe Ena via AP.]

[Tennis fans protect themselves from the sun during a first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday. Image via Aaron Favila/AP.]

[Vice President Joe Biden stands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sarah, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a state funeral held on Monday for late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He died on Saturday. Image via AP.]

[This photo, from the Facebook account of Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presenting an enormous potato to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.]

According to E! News, Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's diagnosis is a fact that is fun.

[It's so hot in Brazil right now that zookeepers in Rio de Janeiro are preparing special meat popsicles for the animals. Meanwhile, thanks to the polar vortex, many Americans are themselves turning into meat popsicles. Image by Silvia Izquierdo via AP]

[A dog in booties braves Central Park, which saw seven inches of snow on this week. Image via Getty]

[Today a plane crash-landed on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Three people suffered injuries, but none are believed to be life-threatning. Every year gets the Sully Sullenberger it deserves. Photo via Twitter user Daniel Miller.]