Новости за 14.06.2016

Protesters gathered Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol called the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag a vestige of slavery and urged Congress to erase it.

Blood runs red in any person, regardless of skin color. Those who have served in time of war know that. And all who served need many of the same services when they get back home.

If you’re a military veteran looking to enter the corporate world, you probably could use some help with the transition. Now, there’s an online entry-level course designed for that purpose.

Forces from the Iraqi army's 15th Division, which has closely trained with the U.S.-led coalition in the country, managed to secure Nasr, 35 miles south of Mosul, after a renewed push, the Iraqi military said. The Iraqi flag has been raised over the village, it added.

Investigators are collecting data from at least two cellphones used by Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub Sunday, as well as other electronic media and email accounts, a U.S. law enforcement official said Tuesday.

In a video released by the Islamic State group and recorded in the suburban Paris home of his victims, a former jihadi recruiter confessed to killing a police officer and his partner and listed other prominent people he planned to target.

NATO formally designated the cyber domain as a new front line, adding virtual attacks as an area that could demand a collective military response much like a conventional assault from land, air or sea, the alliance’s top official said Tuesday.

When Bobby Ray Bryant’s remains were found in Vietnam in 1966, he had a Wichita newspaper clipping with him. The clipping announced the birth of his only son, Cassius. Now 50, Cassius Davis still thinks about the father whom he lost when he was only 5 months old.

Sixty years ago a child buried treasure in the backyard of David Harmon's house. It took heavy rain to reveal it. The small piece of metal Harmon discovered was World War II veteran Clarence Massey's Army dog tag. "I knew it was somebody's hero," said Harmon who decided to track down the Massey family.

Iran's top leader said Tuesday that if the next U.S. president tears up the nuclear deal, Iran will "light it on fire."

Capt. Antonio Brown earned his commission as an Army officer before he earned the right to be openly gay. Brown, 29, was one of 49 people killed in Orlando over the weekend, the largest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Omar Mateen, investigated twice by the FBI, was on the government's terrorist watch list for 10 months before being removed. Yet even had he remained on that listing, it wouldn't have stopped him from buying the firearms he used in Sunday's Orlando shooting rampage. A look at the intersection between the terrorist list, guns and the Orlando bloodbath:

The Senate on Tuesday approved an annual defense policy bill despite widespread frustration that no debates were held on Afghan interpreters, military sexual assault prosecutions, women in the draft, and the elimination of a troop fertility program.

Two "sophisticated adversaries" linked to Russian intelligence services broke into the Democratic National Committee's computer networks and gained access to confidential emails, chats and opposition research on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, the party and an outside analyst said Tuesday.

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the presidential proclamation calling for a nationwide observance of Flag Day on June 14. It has been 67 years since Congress established National Flag Day and 239 years since the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag.

When Rebecca Hayes came out to her car on Monday after shopping at the Coddle Creek Harris Teeter, she discovered a note criticizing her for parking in a spot reserved for veterans. The note annoyed her, so she posted it with some choice words on her Facebook page.

Officials say a Navy helicopter has crashed in Virginia's James River and three crew members have been rescued uninjured.

The U.S. Army is entering the final stages of its cleanup at the former Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant site, and the public is invited to weigh in on proposed modifications to the remediation plan.

In less than six seconds, 17 shots reverberated through the Pulse nightclub. Amanda Alvear was taking a selfie video on Snapchat. She had lost 180 pounds over two years and loved to show off her new figure, loved to dance. She felt safe to be herself in gay and lesbian clubs like Pulse.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged four prisoners in a move coordinated by their governments.

President Vladimir Putin has ordered snap drills to check the Russian military's readiness to quickly mobilize its forces.

Omar Mateen was scaring his co-workers. In the spring of 2013, the edgy security guard at St. Lucie County Courthouse in Florida was boasting of his family ties to Al Qaida, the Sunni extremist group, while also bragging that he belonged to Hezbollah, a rival Shiite group.

From a legal standpoint, Omar Mateen bought his deadliest weapon at the right place and the right time. Authorities believe the 29-year-old Florida resident and licensed security guard shot most of his victims with an AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle that he purchased legally in Port St. Lucie earlier in the month.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric, blasting the Republican presidential nominee's immigration proposals as dangerous and "not the America we want."

Britain appeared to be on course to leave the European Union, with four polls from three companies putting the "Leave" campaign ahead of "Remain."