Новости за 15.12.2015

Film critics may not weigh in on the latest Star Wars film until early Wednesday, but celebrity guests at the Hollywood premiere are already flooding the social media galaxy with praise for “The Force Awakens.”

A U.S. District judge ordered a 44-year-old man to spend 16 years in federal prison for having more than 12,000 images of child pornography, several years after he was court-martialed for the same crime.

The black Ford F-250 started life as a truck for a Texas-based plumbing company, carrying pipes, toilets and their ilk. But then it was sold to a Ford dealership in Houston, and after that shepherded off to parts unknown. Until, that is, it appeared as the focal point of a tweet from a supposed jihadist last December.

As a little girl, Mary Dague daydreamed that she'd grow up to wield superpowers.

A number of former senior national security officials are urging that the government embrace the move to strong encryption by tech companies — even if it means law enforcement will be unable to monitor some phone calls and text messages in terrorism and criminal investigations.

Housing allowances across the United States will increase an average of $54 monthly for enlisted and officers when the new rates take effect Jan. 1, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

Bob Griesmer stands in the middle of Settlers Landing Road, pointing excitedly at the side of the nine-story-tall building that houses the Virginia Air and Space Center.

Violence in Afghanistan is on the rise, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress that says the Taliban was emboldened by the reduced U.S. military role and are likely to try to build momentum from their 2015 attack strategy.

When a mine collapses or explodes, miners inside need a supply of fresh air to escape and often use a device called a self-escape respirator. Problem is, the air from the device often is so hot it burns to inhale. Two former Navy divers have redesigned the rebreather, creating a model they say advances the technology.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday extended the deployment of National Guard troops at the Mexico border due to a spike in the number of unaccompanied minors entering the country.

Trump has tapped into a cohort of Americans who have experienced the uglier side of a grinding, decadeslong economic transformation. Middle-class households are the minority for the first time since at least 1971. Inequality has soared to a 45-year peak.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has agreed to partner with local governments and agencies on projects meant to benefit both the base and the community, including new collaborations with the University of Arizona.

More than 100 students have gathered Temple University’s Japan campus for DODDS’ annual Far East Film and Creative Expressions festival.

The black SUV turned right onto San Bernardino Avenue. Seconds later, its back window exploded. Gun muzzle flashes erupted from the back seat of the SUV. A volley of bullets flew toward Redlands police Sgt. Andy Capps. A short lull, then another eruption. I hope it doesn’t hurt too much when I get shot, Capps thought as he drove into the gunfire.

Military law experts cautioned against reading too much into an Army commander’s decision to send Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to trial at a general court-martial rather than to follow a recommendation that would have limited penalties and losses.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Overwhelmed postal workers have called for reinforcements to help battle a deluge of holiday packages at Yokota Air Base.

Islamic State militants control 80 percent of the oil in Syria, but they have lost all of their oil-producing capability in Iraq, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.

U.S. troops are increasingly being pulled back into battle to aid overstretched Afghan forces, most recently in the southern province of Helmand where an assertive Taliban is threatening to take over an area where hundreds of Americans have died.

The moment unfolded 10 years ago, and you watch it realizing that in 2005, as Mark Hamill and J.J. Abrams sat across from each other like seeming strangers, they had no apparent inkling about how intertwined their professional destinies would become. But now, that moment ripples with an eerie sense of future fortunes.

The VIP audience at “The Force Awakens” world premiere began cheering from the moment the movie’s first words appeared on screen, with special enthusiasm for the return of Han Solo and Chewbacca after a 32-year hiatus.

The USS Harry S. Truman and its accompanying strike group entered the 5th Fleet area of operations on Monday, the Navy said.

A Russian cruise missile went astray after a test launch Tuesday, landing near a village in northwestern Russia but inflicting no casualties, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Female Marines will be the first members of the U.S. military permitted to wear locks in their hair while in uniform, the service announced Monday.

The Pentagon's ambitious F-35 Lightning II project is finally back on track, says Daniel Conroy, director of the Air Force program for Lockheed Martin, which is building the plane. Once it ramps up to full-scale production, Lockheed will make close to 200 of the fighter jets a year, up from the 45 it expects to build this year.