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Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded attacks and an escalation of tensions between the countries.

Pakistan's defense minister says the two countries are now in open war.

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban government of harboring militant groups and allying with its rival, India.

Neil Sedaka, one of the early stars of 1950s and 60s rock and roll, has died at the age of 86.

Steve Futterman looks back at his career.

Shoppers in upstate New York turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month.

A live owl resting peacefully among items on a shelf.

Conservation officials say customers at the marketplace spotted puffy brown and white colored owl perched with its eyes open.

shut next to a cookie jar made in the shape of a chicken.

The officers released the bird into a wooded area where it flew into a nearby tree.

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AI company Anthropic says it will sue the Trump administration after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated it as a supply chain risk to national security.

The designation means all military contractors will be barred from working with the company.

It comes after the Pentagon demanded unrestricted military use of the AI technology.

But the AI lab insisted that its products not be used for mass surveillance or to create autonomous weapon systems.

In a statement, Anthropic said, quote, no amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position.