Новости за 22.06.2016

The Secretary of the Air Force has called for an investigation into a retirement ceremony at Travis Air Force Base in April in which a veteran making a speech was forcibly removed from the base auditorium.

The Pentagon will not disclose the details of U.S. forces wounded in a battle against the Islamic State group, a stand that Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said was consistent with Defense Department policy in previous conflicts.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of three former CIA prisoners creating a closely watched case that will likely include classified information.

Either the African-American woman who founded what's now Bethune-Cookman University, the founder of Publix supermarkets or the woman credited with saving the Everglades will replace a Confederate general's statue that represents Florida in the U.S. Capitol.

Newly released emails show State Department staffers wrestled in December 2010 over a serious technical problem with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's home email server. They temporarily disabled security features, which left the server more vulnerable to hackers. Weeks later, hackers attacked the server so seriously it was shut down.

On their first day shooting “Central Intelligence,” their new spy-themed action comedy, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart were given an extremely difficult scene.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Wednesday that North Korea’s launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile shows the need to enhance missile defenses for all U.S. allies in the region.

Memphis is vulnerable to earthquakes because of the city's proximity to the New Madrid Fault Line, a seismic zone that touches the West Tennessee border and is historically responsible for multiple large earthquakes.

A Navy reservist died Tuesday of a noncombat related injury while deployed to Djibouti, the Pentagon announced Wednesday afternoon.

Naval Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Charles Keating IV was advising Kurdish forces when he and other U.S. troops comprising a rescue force joined a battle that had been raging for two hours against 125 Islamic State fighters. That wasn't the first time Keating, 31, came under fire on his last deployment, however.

Matthew McConaughey -- lean, dark, with hollowed, darting eyes -- portrays the real-life Civil War rebel Newton Knight in “Free State of Jones,” written and directed by Gary Ross, with a story by Leonard Hartman. It’s a film that grapples with the reverberations of this period throughout our collective American conscience, and proves to be a richly rendered history lesson. It’s undeniably politically charged and deeply complex, especially through the lens of 2016. Period pieces can’t just be interpreted for the era in which they take place... Читать дальше...

Defense and weapons experts said they are challenged by an underfunded federal program to modernize an aging nuclear arsenal, the obstacles of transferring scientific knowledge to a new generation at the labs, and the difficult mission of deterring any threats that could arise from a nation like North Korea, which claims it is testing nuclear weapons, or an “increasingly aggressive” Russia.

Bernie Sanders was mathematically eliminated from the Democratic presidential race earlier this month, but the Vermont senator isn't ready to bow out and that means highly trained Secret Service agents shadow his every move at a cost to taxpayers of tens of thousands of dollars a day.

Large-capacity cesspools, which collect sanitary waste from toilets, sinks and other sources in the ground and allow it to percolate out the bottom, were banned because waste can enter groundwater and contaminate drinking water, the EPA said.

The measure inspired a fierce backlash from privacy advocates, and may have faced resistance in the House, where lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year to limit the government's authority to access email.

Cold War-era B-52 bombers — best known for flying nuclear-armed patrols and carpet- bombing in Vietnam — have dropped almost 700 munitions on Islamic State targets since beginning operations in April over territory the group claims, according to the U.S. Air Force's chief of staff.

As it celebrates its centennial, Boeing is committed to remaining a major player in the business, even as it looks to invest in other areas, including unmanned systems, satellites and space travel.

According to the complaint and a correction on the news website, the station incorrectly reported that the sailor was arrested on accusations of rape. He wasn't arrested.

Rebellious Democrats disrupted the House's legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures. Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off the C-Span cameras that showed the protest.

There are no video screens, no virtual bloodshed. Instead, tiny soldiers made of metal or plastic take their strategic posts on elaborate tabletop terrains fashioned by hand with faux foliage, model tanks, submarines and outposts.

Iran’s recruitment of Afghan men from the regions along the common border to fight in Syria, may be contributing to a shortage of Army recruits in western Afghanistan, NATO officials have said.

Iran’s recruitment of Afghan men from the regions along the common border to fight in Syria, may be contributing to a shortage of Army recruits in western Afghanistan, NATO officials have said.

Britain's remaining in the European Union is key for trans-Atlantic security and common efforts to fight violent extremism, the chief of the NATO alliance said Wednesday.

The reactors will power the replacement fleet of Ohio-class submarines ported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay and another Navy base in Bangor, Wash.

Charles Kettles knew the eight troops climbing aboard his helicopter would overload it, potentially grounding them amid North Vietnamese machine gun and mortar fire.