| No Images? Click here  Friday, April 27KIMMY SKIPS Kim Jong Un hopped over a concrete barrier and into South Korea Friday, becoming the first North Korean leader ever to cross the heavily fortified DMZ. He was greeted with a warm handshake from South Korean President Moon Jae-in — the pair later announcing the common goal of the “complete denuclearization” of the peninsula and a formal end to the Korean War. [HuffPost]BROKAW ACCUSED Two women have accused Tom Brokaw of sexual harassment in the ‘90s, including former NBC News anchor Linda Vester, who alleges Brokaw arrived at her hotel room uninvited and tried to kiss her. In a statement to Variety, Brokaw said, “despite Linda's allegations, I made no romantic overtures towards her at that time or any other." [HuffPost]TRUMP TROUBLE The president’s Thursday morning “Fox and Friends” therapy call is already costing him in court. Prosecutors in the Michael Cohen investigation are using his phone rant — in which Trump distanced himself from his personal attorney — to argue that documents seized from Cohen by the FBI should not be protected by attorney-client privilege. Remarking on the call, Anderson Cooper said it sounded “like a crazy person on a park bench.” [HuffPost]BILL BLOWS UP Bill Cosby raged in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday, calling a prosecutor an “as*****,” after a jury found him guilty of three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. We explain why the verdict sends a strong message to survivors of sexual assault. [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE TRUMP TEST The White House has been handing a questionnaire to visiting Republicans who want Trump’s backing in a primary election, asking if they support the president on various issues, including the travel ban. [HuffPost]SCOTT PRUITT VS. THE WORLD Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt has been hit with fresh allegations of ethical violations over his plans to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. [HuffPost]    SILK SHOCKING The Trump-backing online tag-team Diamond and Silk appeared to lie under oath Thursday, telling a congressional panel they did not receive payments from the Trump campaign in 2016. [HuffPost]‘HE COULD NOT GO ON’ The family of Avicii, who died last week at 28, has released a statement explaining that the musician struggled with working “at a pace that led to extreme stress.” [HuffPost]FAMILY FORENSICS DNA gathered from genealogy sites led police to Joseph James DeAngelo, who was charged this week in serial killings attributed to the “Golden Gate Killer.” [HuffPost]CHAPLAIN CANNED Paul Ryan fired the House chaplain last week, reportedly miffed that Patrick Conroy delivered a prayer on the House floor in which he said there were no “winners and losers” under the GOP’s tax bill. [HuffPost]ANOTHER EXIT Bryan Rice, the man appointed to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has quit his job after just six months. The Interior Department has refused to say why. [HuffPost]RED CARD Trump has tweeted a veiled warning to any country thinking of not supporting North America’s bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. [HuffPost] 
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