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.

ISIS militants released a grisly new video Sunday morning showing the mass execution of Syrian soldiers and the purported severed head of American aid worker Peter Kassig. Kassig—a former Army Ranger—was kidnapped while delivering medical supplies in northern Syria last year.

According to the Associated Press, jihadi godfathers Al Qaeda and scrappy terror upstarts ISIS have decided to put aside their petty differences and focus on what's really important: making life worse for everyone else.

The Associated Press is reporting that the leader of ISIS (aka the Islamic State aka ISIL), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike on Saturday. Brief statements from Iraq’s Defense and Interiors Ministries said that al-Baghdadi had been wounded, working off of intel provided by informants within ISIS. They did not elaborate on the extent of said injuries.

The White House announced today that President Obama has authorized the deployment of 1,500 additional troops to Iraq in the continuing fight against ISIS, doubling the United States' current presence in the country. Officials confirmed to CNN that the additional troops "will not have a combat role."

Interpol agents say that might be a terrorist getting a custom-made egg-white omelet next to you on the Grand Ballroom buffet line. The hot new trend among ISIS-bound terrorists is apparently cruise ships—which were, up until now, a fairly easy way of traveling undetected.

Alice Woodruff walked outside to her backyard in Waterbury, Conn. last Tuesday to find her naked neighbor allegedly raping her tied up pit bull.

Former cellmates of murdered American photojournalist James Foley say he and other ISIS beheading victims were tortured by their captors. According to a report published by the New York Times Sunday, the hostages were "routinely beaten and subjected to waterboarding." "It was when there was no blood, that we knew he had suffered something even worse," said one released captive.

CNN has more details about the trio of American teens who were caught by the FBI trying to join ISIS. They carried out their plan just like you'd imagine, by faking sick, skipping school, and stealing some cash.

ABC News reports that the FBI caught three American girls, ages 15-16, en route to Syria to join militant groups. A law enforcement official said the girls had made their way to Germany and were planning to join groups, including ISIS, "to fulfill what they believe is some vision that has been put out on a slick media campaign."

Kobani, where tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes, endured some of its "fiercest fighting in days" over the weekend as the battle between regional Kurds and ISIS forces extends into its fourth week. In what's been described as a crucial symbolic measure, the U.S. dropped 27 bundles of supplies to support the Syrian Kurds fighting the Islamic State militants.

Austrian teens Samra Kesinovic, 17, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, left their homes in April to allegedly become ISIS brides in Raqqa, Syria. Now that they've been there for a little while—and reportedly gotten pregnant—they want to come home. Sadly, that might not be so easy.

Hyperconnected pontificator Thomas Friedman's column this weekend was one long extended metaphor purporting to explain the threatening nature of the Islamic State. Like The Da Vinci Code, his theory has a hidden, stupid secret.

Following a three-week onslaught that has driven more than 180,000 from the Syrian border town of Kobani, ISIS forces are on the verge of capturing the area, even as the U.S. ramped up airstrikes in the region this week.

Nineteen-year-old Chicago resident Mohammed Hamzah Khan was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization today after getting arrested Saturday at the O'Hare airport. FBI agents say Khan planned to go overseas and fight with ISIS in Iraq or Syria.

A woman in Hurley, Mississippi was discovered by cops this week stealing items from cars in a high school parking lot, after which she told them she wasn't stealing exactly, she was looking for members of ISIS.

ISIS released a video Friday afternoon showing the brutal execution of British aid worker Alan Henning. The beheading video is the fourth released by the Islamic militant group, following ones showing the executions of two Americans and one British citizen.

Bill O'Reilly is extremely unhappy that Stephen Colbert crapped all over his terrible plan to defeat ISIS with "an anti-terror mercenary force paid for by coalition nations." The conservative host responded to the conservative host parody on Monday in a segment he called "How to Deal With Dumb People."

U.S.-led airstrikes continued in Syria overnight, with attacks launched across four provinces in the northern and eastern regions of the country. Appearing on 60 Minutes last night, President Obama told Steve Kroft, "[Director of National Intelligence] Jim Clappper has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria," pointing to instability in the country caused by civil war as the opening the militants needed to gain their foothold.

British Parliament voted today in favor in joining the American-led air campaign against ISIS targets in Iraq. Military action was approved by a 524 to 43 vote after seven hours of debate. Prime Minister David Cameron said he recalled Parliament Friday in the hopes of the matter going to a vote. "This is not the stuff of fantasy—it is happening in front of us and we need to face up to it," Cameron said.