PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan and Afghanistan traded cross-border attacks overnight, government officials from both countries confirmed to NBC News on Friday, alleging heavy losses on both sides as Pakistan’s defense minister declared “open war” between the two South Asian nations. Tensions between the two countries, which share a 1,600-mile border, have been simmering for months…
Actor Bobby J. Brown, who played a Baltimore city police officer of the same name in the hit HBO series “The Wire,” has died, his representative confirmed Thursday. TMZ first reported news of Brown’s death earlier Thursday. A cause of death was not disclosed by the talent agency that represented Brown, Bramante Artists, or the…
Union leaders in recent days have urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to end their support for Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Senate primary, pointing to what they see as her weaker record with labor. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain had a conversation with Schumer this month…
Burger King has introduced a new AI chatbot into its daily fast food restaurant operations. “Patty,” the AI voice powered by an OpenAI base model, will live inside employees’ headsets in an effort to collect data on “friendliness” and simplify workflow. The bot is part of a new web and app platform, BK Assistant, that…
The FBI has amassed as many as 10,000 hours of video in the investigation into the disappearance and possible abduction of Nancy Guthrie, an FBI official said Thursday. The official described the collection, review and analysis of video as one of the key parts of the weekslong investigation, which began after Guthrie, 84, the mother…
The North Carolina mother who vanished in 2001 and was located safe and sound earlier this month was arrested on an outstanding order, officials say. Michele Hundley Smith, 62, was taken into custody Wednesday by the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office on an arrest order related to her failure to appear in court 25 years ago,…
For Kelly, the role was an opportunity of a lifetime. The 37-year-old Canadian was relatively unknown before snagging the part — having built his career as a model. “I was thinking about perhaps hanging up the old hat,” he said. “And then when I just decided, like, ‘yeah, whatever,’ that’s kind of when it happened.”…
A Baltimore man has been accused by police of donning a disguise and gunning down a millionaire philanthropist at a nursing home on Valentine’s Day and later firing at a Maryland state trooper during a traffic stop. Maurquise Emillo James, who is 22 and goes by “Malquazy,” has been charged with first-degree murder in the…
A St. Paul church member has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a group of individuals, including journalist Don Lemon and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, unlawfully disrupted service last month as part of a coordinated political demonstration. The complaint, filed by Ann Doucette in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, alleges that a Jan. 18…
Hey it’s homeroom or happy hour somewhere in the world, right? Police near Atlanta kindly asked parents on Wednesday to double-check lunches they pack for their children, after one tyke came to school with a martini to wash down a midday snack. The South Fulton Police Department released a picture of what, at a quick…