Новости за 18.11.2015

Top prosecutors in three states being assessed as potential future homes for Guantanamo Bay detainees implored the Obama administration on Wednesday not to send the prisoners to their states.

Veterans seeking care at VA medical centers are waiting for more than doctor’s appointments. A report by the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General released Monday said a growing number of veterans are waiting for home health care – even after being approved for the services.

President Barack Obama left Washington this week on an around-the-world trip to promote American values. Halfway through, he has found himself embroiled in a debate with critics back home over just what those values are.

anhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. waded into the renewed debate over government access to smartphones, proposing a compromise to Apple and Google that may mollify privacy advocates while preserving the ability to retrieve data with a warrant.

Milton Pitts Crenchaw, a flight instructor who trained the Tuskegee Airmen - the first African-Americans to fly combat airplanes in World War II - has died in Georgia. He was 96.

The Alaska National Guard is calling on lawmakers to pass a new version of the state’s code of military justice next year to help fix a lack of accountability that allowed sexual harassment and other offenses to go unchecked for years.

America fancies itself as a nation of immigrants, but when it comes to refugees, we are a nation of NIMBYs.

A recently released Navy investigation into the videotape scandal aboard the USS Wyoming makes no new recommendations regarding the use of electronic devices aboard the ballistic missile submarine. And to one lawyer, that’s disappointing and risky.

A second Iraqi War veteran can't have the hobby farm he believes could ease his suffering from PTSD.

The Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled a major overhaul of its nationwide health care system Wednesday that could give veterans better access to private doctors and hospitals.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on Tuesday toured Pittsburgh, touting improvements in patient care, a slew of fresh hires and new leadership training he anticipates will effect a “huge culture change” within an agency plagued by scandal in recent years.

Viewed with sympathy this summer as thousands tried to reach Europe in unseaworthy boats, many of the more than 1,600 Syrian refugees who have won asylum in the U.S. now worry that the country that had seemed their best hope may not be prepared to welcome them.

Iran has started cutting back on some nuclear technology, which could be reengineered to make nuclear weapons, in line with a deal with six world powers, a U.N. nuclear agency report said Wednesday.

The maker of a top-selling workout supplement — whose products were once sold at military exchanges — will face criminal charges for the unlawful distribution of toxic substances, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

More than 30 years after the AIDS epidemic began, it’s still a diagnosis that someone can be blackmailed over, and we still don’t know how to talk about it without shame or inquisition.

I’ve learned from my patients that their poor oral health has hindered their self-confidence and has played a role in their inability to secure employment.

Call it ISIL, ISIS or Daesh, the self-described Islamic State has eclipsed al-Qaida as the best known and most feared Islamist terror group in the world. Here are some facts about the terror movement as the world steps up efforts to combat the extremists.

The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

The Islamic State group said Wednesday that it has killed Norwegian and Chinese captives after earlier demanding ransoms for the two men.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter is pushing major changes to the Pentagon's personnel systems that are intended to attract the next generation of service members and drag the often-antiquated bureaucracy into the 21st century.

For four days this week, a youth hostel in the Rheinland-Pfalz in southwest Germany is transformed into a kind of artistic retreat, as students converge from military schools across Europe for the annual Creative Connections.

A father's heartwarming explanation to his son about the Paris attacks is electrifying social media, with more than 29 million views on Facebook alone.

It’s understandable the president would defend his policy and lose patience with those who think it’s failing. But Obama’s version of recent history is misleading.

Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the last-minute decision to cancel a German-Dutch soccer match as top security officials said the game was called off after a bomb scare based on a concrete threat supplied by foreign intelligence.

Poland's new prime minister, Beata Szydlo, vowed Wednesday the country will cooperate with the European Union in fighting extremism, but was reserved on accepting refugees.