“I must be dreaming — this is the greatest dream of my life and I don’t want to wake up,” Mohammed Al-Owir, 63, told NBC News in Damascus’ Umayyad Square, which has become a scene of flag-flying, car horns and celebratory gunfire. Imprisoned for nine years by Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad, he described living “in...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that the U.S. has made direct contact with Syria’s Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) rebels, as they transition from a militant insurgency toward a more legitimate governing authority. “We’ve been in contact with HTS and with other parties,” Blinken said after talks in Aqaba, Jordan, with diplomats and...
Tornado alley it’s not, but a section of California was hit Saturday with a rare tornado that has been blamed for injuring five and flipping vehicles as a storm moved across the state. A tornado in Scotts Valley, a small city about 6 miles north of Santa Cruz “threw multiple cars off the road,” the...
Colorado’s Travis Hunter was named the winner of the Heisman Trophy, college football’s most prestigious individual award, becoming the first honoree in more than two decades to play significant roles on both offense and defense. Hunter was one of four Heisman finalists Saturday, and the heavy betting favorite to win. His fellow finalists were Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Miami...
LAS VEGAS — The Milwaukee Bucks advanced to the finals of the NBA Cup with a 110-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday — the first of two back-to-back Cup semifinal games being played in Las Vegas. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 32 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, while Damian Lillard added...
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Confusion and frustration over drone sightings along the East Coast are reaching a boiling point, as reports of the mysterious flying objects continue to pour in. In Seaside Heights, New Jersey, NBC News had direct access to surveillance efforts by the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department on Friday evening. “Realistically, once we find...
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump’s TruthSocial platform, as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. “I am pleased to announce that I will appoint TruthSocial CEO Devin Nunes as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which consists of distinguished citizens from outside of the Federal Government,” Trump...
Jamie Foxx was injured after someone threw a glass that struck him in the mouth, his representative said amid reports the comedian was involved in a fight at a Beverly Hills, California, restaurant. The altercation occurred just after 10 p.m. Friday at Mr. Chow. Beverly Hills police said officers initially received a call about a...
Mysterious drones in New York temporarily shut down runways at an Orange County airport, a frustrated governor said, calling for federal assistance and declaring that “this has gone too far.” The New York Stewart International Airport was forced to close runways Friday night for about an hour “due to drone activity in the airspace,” Gov....
For Patrick Tomasso, a 6 a.m. international flight and a roughly 350-mile journey was a small price to pay to see one of his favorite movies, “Interstellar,” on the big screen again. The Toronto-based cinematographer and film influencer said he’s seen Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic dozens of times since it debuted a decade ago. But...