Новости за 12.10.2016

Nearly 75 years after he died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of Navy Fireman 3rd Class Edwin Hopkins are coming home to New Hampshire.

Russia is fighting al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria who are using civilians as human shields in the city of Aleppo, President Vladimir Putin said in televised remarks released Wednesday.

Louis Rossero, a customs spokesman, said Wednesday that the agency is looking to hire as many qualified individuals as it can find for its Norfolk, Virginia office.

Decorated World War II veteran, George Fricovsky Sr., was just 18 and hadn’t received his high school diploma when he was drafted into the Army in 1944. Now 90, he was the sole honoree during a commencement ceremony on Tuesday.

A second deadly attack on Shiite worshipers in two days killed at least 17 people and wounded 36 others when a remote-controlled bomb exploded outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan, as crowds in the capital and elsewhere gathered defiantly to commemorate one of Islam's holiest days.

This metaphor lines up with mantras that many security experts have been repeating for a long time: Do everything you can to avoid a breach - but know they are basically inevitable, and be prepared to detect and fight back when they happen.

It has been "Ali's Louisville" from the time he brought home gold in the 1960 Rome Olympics, but now it's official: There's a brochure, with sights to see and a map to guide us. But the sights are only part of it.

Day to day, Mount Vernon gets nowhere near the throngs of supporters that presidential candidates get at their rallies. But Mount Vernon still gets 1 million visitors a year. They are attracted to the beauty and serenity of the estate. They are attracted to the memory of the man himself.

Like many Gold Rush towns, charming Nevada City, Calif., offers a blast to the 49ers' past. But this small town on the Sierra's western slopes, an hour north of Sacramento, offers irresistible modern-day pleasures, too,

"We're pretty banged up right now," Niumatalolo said Monday morning. "We've always had mature kids; you have to be mature to survive here outside of football. But it's been tested a lot this fall."

The new wells are in addition to the 50 monitoring wells base officials said in August they would install in a $1.4 million contract to find where contaminated groundwater is moving.

Jaish al-Tahrir, an opposition group known for its relative moderation, is running a detention facility in northern Syria that holds about 300 people affiliated with the Islamic State who defected or were captured, the BBC reported Wednesday.

U.S. troops in Iraq have been issued a new warning this month: don’t touch any model aircraft or drone devices found on the battlefield.

For the second time in four days, U.S. ships came under fire from a cruise missile launched from Yemeni territory controlled by pro-Iranian rebels, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

Military veterans running for office in key races across the country are hoping to clinch a top Election Day prize – control of the Senate – but their campaigns are engulfed by the growing political fallout over Donald Trump’s comments about groping women.

Military veterans running for office in key races across the country are hoping to clinch a top Election Day prize – control of the Senate – but their campaigns are engulfed by the growing political fallout over Donald Trump’s comments about groping women.

For Beth and Dwayne Harris, empowering veterans and their families is something they have always wanted to do, so in September 2013, they formed Come All Who Are Thirsty — a support group aimed to help veterans locally and nationally.

While researching her role as Nat Turner’s wife in the new film “The Birth of a Nation,” actress Aja Naomi King found a small but crucial sentence in an 1831 Richmond, Va., newspaper clipping.

U.S. Army 2016 chief warrant officer 3, 4 and 5 promotions for technical and aviation services were announced by the selection boards on Oct. 12, 2016.

Director Gavin O'Connor's thriller "The Accountant" almost seems like an excuse for Ben Affleck to try his hand at playing a math whiz for once. But Affleck's Christian Wolff is a far cry from Will Hunting. Chris is a high functioning math savant on the autism spectrum, who finds solace in ritual, routine, patterns and finishing his tasks. He leads an unassuming and mundane life in rural Illinois as a strip mall accountant, but of course what looks simple and quiet never is

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed Wednesday to increase support for the coalition fighting Islamic State militants and will soon provide German crew members for Airborne Warning and Control System reconnaissance aircraft to monitor Syrian airspace.

In his temporary order, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker rebuked the governor's refusal to extend the deadline after the hurricane as "irrational," "nonsensical" and "poppycock."

Afghan security forces cleared Kunduz of Taliban fighters Wednesday after more than a week of fighting in the northern city, which the insurgents had briefly captured and held last year, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

More than 50 recruits have confirmed they'll be on hand when the Falcons play New Mexico in the Cotton Bowl Stadium on Saturday. "The best thing you can do for recruiting," offensive coordinator Mike Thiessen said, "is win."

With 100 days to go in his presidency, President Obama still has the power to usher in long-lasting policy changes through regulation, executive orders, and the pardon power.