Новости за 15.07.2016

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum deployed modern technology in an attempt to resolve a long-simmering debate about the gender of the Chippewa Valley’s most famous contributor to the Civil War.

Law enforcement officials in the United States, already on edge after a gunman killed five police officers in Dallas, said they were alert after the Nice attack, though authorities in major cities said Friday that they did not know of any credible threats.

A group of Senate Democrats is pushing for the renewal of a decades-old law that allows the United States to hit companies with economic sanctions for doing business with Iran.

The man who carried out the Bastille Day rampage bears a striking resemblance to the perpetrators of similar attacks in Paris and Brussels over the past two years: a petty criminal known to authorities who was not considered a serious threat to national security.

During a routine perimeter check in the desert of Afghanistan, Isky found a roadside bomb. He had come to a complete stop, sitting near the explosive device, patiently waiting for orders from his best friend, Army Sgt. Wess Brown.

Sean Copeland, 51, and his 11-year-old son, Brodie, are among the at least 84 people killed in the apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France.

The Army is moving to cut all nine of its Long Range Surveillance companies from active duty and the National Guard this year as part of a plan to restructure its force, Army officials told Stars and Stripes.

The Army’s decision to deactivate all nine of its Long Range Surveillance companies is a defining moment in a history that goes back centuries.

Authorities are looking for 15 migrants who went missing after their boat capsized in Caribbean waters this week, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday.

Stephane Erbs was heading back to his car with his wife, Rachel, and their two children after the Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice when he saw the white truck bearing down on them.

The Air Force’s growing shortage of fighter pilots is a “quiet crisis that will almost certainly get worse before it gets better,” the service’s new chief and its top civilian leader said in an opinion piece published Thursday. But how bad is it?

The top commander of U.S. forces in Latin America said Wednesday that his counterparts in the region have expressed concerns about Islamic self-radicalization and the return of fighters from Iraq and Syria.

The veterans' groups say they take issue with the way the new guards disparage the inmates throughout season four of the drama that takes place in a women's prison and the way they talk about their combat experiences.

Uganda is willing to redeploy troops in South Sudan as part of a regional force, after recent clashes in the oil-producing nation killed hundreds of people and raised the prospect of a return to all-out civil war, Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa said.

U.S. European Command is in the process of accounting for all personnel following the truck attack in Nice, France, and so far there is no indication that members of the military community were hurt in the rampage.

France's deadly truck attack marks a frightening new reality in European terrorism: assailants turning to an ever-expanding arsenal in bloodshed that is becoming harder to predict or prevent.

An unprecedented Pentagon cyber-offensive against the Islamic State has gotten off to a slow start, officials said, frustrating Pentagon leaders and threatening to undermine efforts to counter the militant group's sophisticated use of technology for recruiting, operations and propaganda.

U.S. Army Europe will occupy a base in northwestern Germany to store tanks and other combat-ready equipment, which is flowing into Europe as part of a Pentagon plan to position more firepower on the continent.

A terrorist attack involving a large truck — similar to the assault that killed at least 77 in Nice, France, Thursday — has been a scenario law enforcement officials in California and beyond have long analyzed.

The government is preparing to release a once-classified chapter of a congressional report about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that questions whether Saudi nationals who helped the hijackers with things like finding apartments and opening bank accounts knew what they were planning.

A memorial service for Staff Sgt. Halex Hale, the airman who was missing for 10 days before his body was found in a river near the Italian town where he lived, will be held Friday at Aviano Air Base, where he was stationed.

Widespread anti-India protests and clashes erupted in dozens of places in divided Kashmir, even as authorities prevented tens of thousands of people from offering Friday prayers in big mosques with a lockdown in place for a seventh straight day.

An Okinawan father wants the death penalty for a U.S. civilian base worker charged in his daughter’s slaying.

An Okinawan father wants the death penalty for a U.S. civilian base worker charged in his daughter’s slaying.

Donald Trump says on Twitter that he's picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. Trump says he'll hold a news conference on Saturday morning.