Новости за 21.04.2017

The full consequences of lab chemist Annie Dookhan's crimes became clear only this week when prosecutors in eight Boston-area counties announced they would dismiss 21,587 drug cases tainted by her misconduct.

A pilot with Carrier Air Wing 2 attached to the USS Carl Vinson ejected from an F/A-18E into the ocean as the aircraft was preparing to land on the aircraft carrier, the Navy announced Friday in a news release.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole looked at four soon-to-be U.S. Army second lieutenants inside a Fort Benning conference room and it triggered a 72-year-old memory.

Family members remembered Priscilla A. Colbert as a consummate mother and military wife who worked hard at keeping up the morale of families whose loved ones were serving with her husband in Iraq.

Air Force officials have shut down a Chili’s restaurant at Yokota in western Tokyo, but have yet to release details from an inspection that led to the decision.

Thousands of Syrians trapped at an exchange point arrived at a temporary shelter in government-controlled Aleppo city on Friday, as one of the largest population transfers in Syria's civil war resumed following a number of snags, including a deadly explosion.

He is an orphan of the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate, a Tunisian toddler who is now caught in diplomatic limbo and has been stuck in a Libyan prison for a year.

Twenty-six hostages, including members of Qatar's ruling family, were released on Friday after 16 months in captivity in Iraq, two Iraqi officials said, in what had become one of the region's most complex hostage negotiations.

An Afghan official said gunmen wearing white army uniforms have stormed an military compound in the province of Balkh, killing at least one soldier and wounding five others.

Britain is marking Queen Elizabeth II's 91st birthday with gun salutes, as the monarch celebrates quietly at home.

A Thai court on Friday sentenced to death a Spanish man after finding him guilty of murder in the gruesome death of a fellow Spaniard.

The Philippine defense and military chiefs visited a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea on Friday and announced that the construction of facilities will start soon there, a move likely to infuriate rival claimant China, which is believed to have put missiles on its man-made islands nearby.

The Syrian government has dispersed its warplanes in recent days and has retained some of its chemical weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday in Israel, where he joined top Israeli leaders in condemning Iran’s influence on the region.

A 28-year-old German-Russian citizen was arrested Friday in Germany on suspicion of bombing the bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund soccer team in an attack last week that officials alleged was motivated by financial greed.

Arkansas overcame a flurry of court challenges Thursday that derailed three other executions, putting to death an inmate for the first time in nearly a dozen years as part of a plan that would have been the country's most ambitious since the death penalty was restored in 1976.

Edward Novak pleaded guilty in federal court in Dayton in February to charges of trespass, driving under the influence and disorderly conduct.

An officer in the Air National Guard and two in the Navy Reserves with similar stories, Michael Warren and Willie Sanders, have sued the city of Memphis for not offering them the opportunity to make up a promotional test — a violation of the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, they claim.

An Army staff sergeant was arrested after authorities found the carcasses of 24 dead animals – including poisonous snakes, dragons and a dog – in his abandoned apartment in northeast Richland, S.C., authorities announced Thursday.

A son of Mexico who became an American hero during World War I was honored Wednesday as federal officials unveiled the blue lettering bearing his name that now greets commuters at the U.S.- Mexico port of entry in Tornillo.

James E. Podolske Jr. pleaded guilty, admitting that while an official with the U.S. Air Force, he knowingly disclosed Defense Department contract bid information to give an advantage to a corporate defense contractor, the release said.

Trump today ordered the Commerce Department to investigate whether steel imports harm the defense of the United States, moving the ongoing complaints from the steel industry to a new plane — one that could lead to new sanctions and trade actions between this country and its steelmaking competitors.

More than two months after President Donald Trump got into a spat with the leader of Australia, Vice President Mike Pence will be working to smooth over any lingering hard feelings during his 10-day, four-country trip to Asia.

Military investigators looking into the case have threatened soldiers to out their gay peers, confiscated cellphones to check communication records, and even used dating apps to dupe soldiers into revealing their sexual identity.

ICE has “overwhelming caseloads,” its records are “likely inaccurate” and its deportation policies and procedures “are outdated and unclear,” said a report released Thursday by the inspector general of the Homeland Security Department.

Sixteen retired senior military officers indicated in a letter to the Trump administration that ensuring economic stability on the island was beneficial to the United States for security reasons.