Новости за 02.04.2017

The deep lagoon of Kwajalein Atoll is a graveyard for dozens of Japanese and American ships and planes that sank during World War II. For a small group of divers who live on this remote Army missile test base, finding ruins holding the remains of Americans killed in action has become an all-consuming passion.

They camp on muddy corners, beside an abandoned mosque and in the rain-soaked ruins of a soccer stadium — families displaced by ongoing fighting in Mosul are filling emergency camps in this smaller city about 20 miles south.

Making his first official visit to Washington, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump would be a significant step in the international rehabilitation of the general-turned-politician who was kept out of the Obama White House.

The "War to End All Wars" had raged for nearly three years before the United States joined the fray, 100 years ago this week, when President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany. "The world must be made safe for democracy," Wilson said.

Hunters could soon target grizzly bears from the air on Alaska's federal lands. Internet providers may get to sell the browsing habits of their customers. States will be able to deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.

As preservationists restore Atlanta's colossal Cyclorama — a landmark that's a sort of 19th-century high-tech Civil War history lesson — they also plan to showcase an all-but-forgotten drawing that reveals a little-known fact: There once were plans for another Atlanta Cyclorama.

The annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race will proceed as planned Sunday after police removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb found near the start of the race on the River Thames.

People in a small city in southern Colombia searched desperately Sunday for loved ones after heavy rains sent floodwaters, mud and debris surging through homes, killing at least 207 and leaving many injured or missing.

People in a small city in southern Colombia searched desperately Sunday for loved ones after heavy rains sent floodwaters, mud and debris surging through homes, killing at least 207 and leaving many injured or missing.

At least nine civilians have been killed after an Afghanistan army commando unit detonated a cache of ordinance found in southern Helmand province.

A joint U.S.-Israeli missile interceptor meant to counter the type of medium-range missiles possessed by Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants became operational Sunday, completing Israel's multi-layer defense system amid tensions on its frontiers with Syria and Gaza.

Boko Haram has maintained a campaign of suicide bombings since a multinational army forced the extremists out of urban centers.

Ninety-eight military servicemembers' portraits were captured for a best-selling book, "Portraits of Courage." Proceeds from the book will go toward veterans' charities.

Egypt faces an increasingly emboldened insurgency by Islamic militants led by an affiliate of the Islamic State group in northern Sinai.

The bomb was discovered by a member of the public near Putney Bridge, just yards from the starting line of the famous race that pits rowers from Cambridge University against those of Oxford University.

Navy football scrimmaged for about an hour on Saturday morning and one clear conclusion was that Zach Abey still has a long way to go when it comes to taking command of the triple-option offense.

Junior midfielder Jenna Collins totaled four goals and three assists for the Midshipmen, who totally controlled possession and outshot the Black Knights 37-13.

As questions swirl about the contact members of President Donald Trump’s campaign had with Russians throughout the 2016 election, a majority of Americans favor an independent investigation, a new poll has found.

Irving L. Branch Elementary School, a 774-student campus serving military kids at Edwards Air Force Base, might bear the name of a celebrated general, but the school itself could use some polishing.

Though military officials have been approved to detonate up to 360 bombs during military exercises in the Gulf of Alaska this year, officials say they will not be used.

A U.S. airstrike on March 17 is believed to have killed more than 200 people, the highest death toll since the campaign against Islamic State began three years ago, and has drawn international attention to the plight of civilians trapped in West Mosul.

Six months into the Mosul offensive, thousands of civilians are still fleeing the city, with a recent surge of up to 15,000 a day passing through Hamam Alil. That has raised the stakes of security screenings, which need to proceed quickly to avoid a bottleneck but also sensitively to prevent displaced Sunni Muslims from becoming alienated from the central government.

The Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals took a memorable tour of the U.S. Naval Academy Saturday before engaging in one last inconsequential baseball game prior to opening day.

An active duty Marine with ties to Sacramento was arrested Thursday for allegedly killing two women in their San Bernardino County home.

Last December, a Drexel University professor found himself in the news over a tweet. Last weekend, he tweeted again: Some guy gave up his first class seat for a uniformed soldier.