Новости за 12.12.2015

They are known as "Three Percenters," followers of a movement that has rallied against gun control efforts nationwide, patrolled the U.S. border with Mexico and recently begun confronting Muslim Americans.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen is calling on Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to "explore every possible state action" to prevent suspected terrorists from purchasing a gun in the state.

Maryland Democrats plan to propose legislation next year that would automatically place eligible residents on state voter rolls, a move that would make Maryland the third state to adopt what advocates call a "universal registration" system.

On Friday, after the goats left the undisclosed location where they are raised, they were driven to a hiding place near a large mid-Atlantic city to be carefully guarded overnight. On Saturday, a police escort will whisk their vehicle through the tens of thousands of people gathering for the 116th Army-Navy game.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up his rhetorical campaign to convince the world that the surge in Palestinian violence here is not born of frustration against Israel's decades-long military occupation but instead is the work of radical Islam.

As deadline descended on El Mañana's newsroom and reporters rushed to file their stories, someone in the employ of a local drug cartel called with a demand from his crime boss.

Businessman Donald Trump and the man on his heels in the polls, Sen. Ted Cruz, have spent much of the year in an odd political bromance, lavishing one another with praise, appearing at a rally together or just saying nothing at all.

Kara Hultgreen and Carey Lohrenz were about to make history. As naval officers and aviators in 1994, they were part of the first class of female fighter pilots in the history of the Navy, and preparing to fly the legendary F-14 Tomcat in combat from an aircraft carrier deploying to the Persian Gulf.

A U.S. Air Force veteran living abroad is alleging in a lawsuit filed Friday that he has been unjustly detained in Turkey because of his inclusion on the U.S. no-fly list and that his plight demonstrates that the list is unconstitutional.

The first study to examine religious identity and workplace discrimination against American Muslim doctors found that nearly half felt more scrutiny at work compared to their peers, and nearly one in four said they experienced religious discrimination during their careers.

Stars and Stripes asked its online readers last Monday whether it’s time to send substantial American ground troops to fight the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Their answer: no.

Making an anarchic, absurdist comedy about 2008's housing market collapse and the global financial crisis that followed is as unlikely as the collapse itself. But that catastrophe happened, and that very funny movie, "The Big Short" is here to wonder at and enjoy.

An Algerian-Irish man accused of recruiting an American woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" and plotted to kill a Swedish artist has been arrested in Spain, officials said Friday.

House Republicans are establishing a special task force to investigate allegations that U.S. Central Command's top intelligence officials pressured analysts to discard parts of their reports that reflected poorly on the war effort in Iraq and Syria.

The McCord House was built in 1849. It is one of the few downtown Columbia homes to survive the fire that consumed much of the city in 1865 when Union troops under Gen. William T. Sherman marched in during the Civil War.

A man who admitted destroying draft registration cards on file from World War II was sentenced Thursday in federal court to three years of probation and ordered to pay $13,300 to the National Archives and Records Administration.

Norman Lessard didn't make a big deal of the host of accolades he'd earned during his service in the Vietnam War, storing the medals and ribbons in a box in his home. His humility meant he never mentioned such recognition to others.

The United Nations has signed an agreement with Syria that will enable the U.N. expert team seeking to assign blame for chemical attacks in Syria's civil war to operate in the country.

Campaigning in Republican territory, Hillary Clinton said Friday her opponents are all talk when it comes to defeating the Islamic State group but that she's the only candidate with a specific plan.

Following a U.S. initiative, the U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session next week to discuss Burundi, an east African country facing a wave of violence in recent months.