Новости за 30.12.2016

The U.S. Coast Guard says crews are searching Lake Erie for a plane that went missing overnight shortly after takeoff from a small Cleveland airport along the shore.

When Navy Secretary Ray Mabus vacates his job Jan. 20 as President-elect Donald Trump takes office, he can add another line to his resume: survivor. The soft-spoken, silver-haired Mississippian is one of just a few senior civilian officials in national security to have stayed in government throughout President Obama's eight years in office

The infant was barely breathing when his uncle brought him to the hospital in a cardboard box. He was wrapped in a blue towel, and wads of cotton were stuffed around his frail body to keep him warm.

A group of U.S. soldiers is providing more than support for Iraqi troops fighting to retake Mosul. They’re living and working closely with the Iraqis, building bonds that strengthen their joint mission.

A nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect at midnight was holding Friday despite minor violations, marking a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has been shredding high-level peace initiatives for over five years.

A German landlady's concerns about suspicious chemical odors from her tenant's apartment led police to a man who was trying unsuccessfully to extract gold from old cellphone and computer circuit boards.

The Navajo Nation is seeking someone to lead the tribe's office of veterans affairs.

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday said it cannot require President Park Geun-hye to testify in her impeachment trial that enters the argument phase next week, dismissing demands by lawmakers who voted to remove her over a corruption scandal.

Ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and other shootings around the country led to a sharp increase in the number of police killed in the line of duty this year.

The Chinese government plans to expand the country's high-speed rail network to 18,600 miles by 2020, part of public infrastructure spending aimed at shoring up economic growth.

South Korea's government closed its website that drew fury for showing the number of women in childbearing age by each city district and region.

James Kelly has seen a lot during his 95 years, including 38 days as a Marine on Iwo Jima during World War II. AmVets Post 301 figured he was deserving of a surprise party on his birthday.

In deeply conservative regions such as this one in the south of Punjab province, the tribal practice of exchanging girls between families is so entrenched, it even has its own name in Urdu: Watta Satta, which means give and take.

More than 50 community leaders along with several detachments of military personnel came to an open and windy field Thursday morning to witness Missouri's Buchanan County donating 42 acres to the Missouri National Guard.

John Haile Cloe, whose encyclopedic knowledge of the military history of Alaska made him the leading expert on World War II in the territory, died at his Anchorage home on Dec. 26. He was 78 years old.

Former prisoner of war Joel D. Sollender of Poway, who was catapulted into unlikely fame in crucial swing states after starring in a pair of televised ads for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, has died.

The U.S. on Thursday released its most detailed report yet on Russia's efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts.

A family crest gold ring was stolen from the mausoleum that houses Army veteran Cpl. Sean Langevin's remains on Christmas Day. Langevin, a member of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, was 23 when he and five other American soldiers were killed in November 2007.

Native Americans who have long bemoaned their lack of participation in federal land decisions scored a major victory when President Barack Obama designated a new national monument in Utah that gives five tribes an opportunity to weigh in on the management of their ancestral home.

Why settle for a humdrum wall calendar in 2017 when you can track your days with CIA paintings showing agency operatives stealing secrets, killing off enemies or even getting killed themselves?

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has hit a region in the eastern part of Indonesia.

Even without a set date, the news of progress in the case - which lingered in the courts for eight years since President George W. Bush approved Gray's execution in 2008 - offers some relief to the families of Gray's victims.

Russia is looking straight past President Barack Obama to Donald Trump in hopes the president-elect will reverse the tough U.S. stance toward Moscow. In a stunning embrace of a longtime U.S. adversary, Trump is siding with Putin.

The Falcons are annually one of the nation's best running teams, and that was the case this season. Trying to plan for all their options is difficult, particularly for a team that was one of the worst in FBS against the run.