Новости за 27.12.2015

When America was catapulted into World War II, life on the home front changed in ways it never had before—and probably never will again, according to people who lived through those times.

Supporters of the first national museum honoring the U.S. Coast Guard hope newly passed federal legislation will provide a financial lift to the long-awaited project planned along Connecticut's waterfront.

On a recent late autumn morning, an international group of volunteers dressed in orange jumpsuits fanned out across a small section of the Bannholz Woods looking for the remains of two Americans missing in action since World War II. It didn’t take long for the metal detectors to start pinging.

Europe is still struggling to prevent migrants from making a dangerous Mediterranean crossing toward Italy, even as the pace of departures has slowed in recent months.

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet hopes a pair of studies due in 2017 will give lawmakers a better view of how the Army is treating its troops.

Originally created for the military to allow soldiers to rehabilitate from injuries, new technology at Miami Valley Hospital is helping stroke patients and those recovering from spinal injuries walk again.

Anthony Battaglia faced a particularly challenging decision about his college football future this fall. The senior wide receiver held one offer from an FBS program, the highest level of competition in the NCAA. But that offer came from Army, a school with its own set of strings attached.

A leading figure of the North African affiliate of al-Qaida has been killed in an ambush by Algerian soldiers, one of 109 terrorists killed by Algerian security forces in 2015, the country's Defense Ministry said Sunday.

A Europe that blames America and the Arabs for the region’s troubles and discounts its own historical role can easily act as though Syria is someone else’s problem. But as 2015 shows, it isn’t.

Both sides — gun rights advocates and gun control advocates — need to give quite a bit to get to the heart of this problem.

Bosnia is in our hearts, but it’s no longer our everything. We are American, and it’s not just because we’ve lived here longer than we’ve lived anywhere else.

Clearly, the government has a legitimate interest in preventing disclosure of classified information. But the current prepublication review process is too expansive, slow and susceptible to abuse.

Islamic State fighters are putting up a tough fight in the militant-held city of Ramadi, slowing down the advance of Iraqi forces, a senior Iraqi commander said Sunday.

For 70 years since the Nazi defeat in World War II, copyright law has been used in Germany to prohibit the publication of "Mein Kampf" — the notorious anti-Semitic tome in which Adolf Hitler set out his ideology.

At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in apparently strong tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage this weekend, while five people died in a flash flood in Illinois.

At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in strong tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage this weekend, while 12 people died in flooding in the Midwest.

Syrian activists say government forces set off explosives planted at a farm where Islamic rebel factions were gathering, killing 17 militants.

Syrian government forces booby trapped a cluster of farm buildings in the southern Daraa province and detonated the explosives as several Islamic rebel factions gathered at the venue, killing 17 militants, opposition activists said Sunday.

Washington has expressed concerns about the law's likely impact on tech businesses and freedom of speech.

Tornadoes swept through the Dallas area leaving substantial damage and at least seven people dead either from the storm or related traffic accidents, in the latest of a succession of freakish winter weather events across the country that on Sunday also could include heavy snow and massive flooding.

It was the second time in under a week that Saudi Arabia says Houthis have fired scud missiles toward its territory.

Security forces chased two militants as they fled on a motorcycle, killing one and injuring another. In another incident, military forces pursued a third militant, leading to his death amid a gunfight.

Fighters from the Islamic State group and a militia controlled by a prominent lawmaker have beheaded a total of eight men in tit-for-tat revenge killings in the eastern border province of Nangarhar, an Afghan official said on Sunday.

Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate and a rival militia controlled by a prominent lawmaker have killed eight captured fighters from both sides in a brutal killing spree in the eastern border province of Nangarhar, an Afghan official said on Sunday.

The five teams that beat Cal this season -- Utah, UCLA, USC, Oregon and Stanford -- were each ranked in the top 10 at some point this season.