Новости за 01.07.2016

Ingalls is the sole builder of large-deck amphibious ships for the Navy. The shipyard delivered its first amphibious assault ship, the Iwo Jima-class USS Tripoli (LPH 10), in 1966.

Officials said the militants were hit while traveling in an SUV in the province of Shabwa. Tribesmen put the death toll among the militants to six. They said they believe a U.S. drone is behind the attack.

Coast Guard Capt. Jeffrey Janszen says the letter appears authentic and names the migrants and the vessel where they've been detained for 40 days. But he says the allegations are "absolutely false."

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expressing regret that she sat down with Bill Clinton while his wife is under federal criminal investigation, a chance encounter she acknowledges "cast a shadow" on the public's perception of a case bound to influence the presidential campaign.

The Wright Scholar Research Assistant Program employs gifted high school juniors and seniors who are interested in engineering, science and medicine. Students work a minimum of nine weeks in the research lab and are partnered with mentors.

As a member of the 82nd Airborne Division's All American Chorus, the venues and crowds have gotten bigger for Staff Sgt. Traci Gregg. On Sunday, she sings the national anthem at Fort Bragg's Major League Baseball game.

The United States has killed between 64 and 116 civilians in drone strikes outside of Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan since President Barack Obama took office, the White House said Friday.

Amid the thud of artillery and rattle of gunfire, Vasyl Slipak's deep, resonant voice in the trenches of eastern Ukraine was a warm reminder of humanity's less barbaric traits. In 2014, he joined a volunteer battalion to fight Russian-backed separatists on the country's eastern front. But at around 6 a.m. Wednesday, his voice was permanently silenced.

Bangladesh forces stormed a restaurant where heavily armed militants held dozens of people hostage for 10 hours Saturday morning, rescuing at least 12 hostages.

As many as nine gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday night, taking dozens of hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces, authorities and a witness said.

Clumps of hair from hastily shaven beards littered floors and filled wastebaskets in houses in the Iraqi city of Fallujah's western neighborhood, a dense block of low-rise homes that were the Islamic State militants' last stand before they largely fled, melting into the sprawling Anbar desert in the face of advancing Iraqi ground forces.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Asheville says 16 veterans are accused of submitting fraudulent travel vouchers for reimbursement.

First-year West Point Academy cadet Tom Surdyke, 19, was on vacation Friday in Southampton, N.Y., with another cadet when he attempted to save a person from drowning.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter repealed the U.S. military's ban on transgender service members Thursday, but the Pentagon still has a number of decisions to sort through in the coming months.

Joshua Brown died when his car's cameras failed to distinguish the white side of a tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky and didn't automatically activate its brakes.

Britain's Treasury chief on Friday abandoned the government's long-held goal of balancing the nation's books by 2020, warning that the country's vote to leave the European Union had sent shock waves and instability through the U.K. economy.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia remains on the path toward EU membership though the bloc has further delayed talks with the Balkan country.

John Baker suspects his family's military service resulted in the deaths of his older brothers and his illness. All three were stationed at Camp Lejeune, where authorities acknowledge the drinking water was contaminated by chemicals for decades.

The Philippines' new president said Friday he "will go to the extreme" in his battle to end crime and cleanse the police force of wrongdoers within six months, but pledged he won't become a dictator.

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a family traveling in a car in the West Bank on Friday, killing an Israeli man and wounding his wife and two teenage children.

Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey has been selected to fill the dual-hatted role as chief of the Army Reserve and commanding general of U.S. Army Reserve Command.

Thailand's navy will seek Cabinet approval to purchase its first submarines in 65 years, the country's defense minister said Friday.

The hostages were given a test: recite verses from the Quran, or be punished, according to a witness. Those who passed were allowed to eat. Those who failed were slain.

In July 1976, there were 55 female plebes who were the first group of women to be enrolled at the academy in Maryland. This year, there are 331 female plebes, 19 of which are daughters of academy alumni.

The 24-year-old man had watched videos and teachings from a member of al-Qaida online, and had discussed carrying out an attack before opening fire on two military sites that killed five U.S. servicemembers.