Новости за 03.09.2017

Living on a farm in Wetumpka, Ala., Ben and Hattie Davis raised 16 children. Of their 13 sons, 11 joined the United States military, racking up 158 years of service.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis responded to North Korea's latest nuclear test by saying threats to the United States and its allies "will be met with a massive military response."

South Korea fired missiles in a mock attack on North Korea’s nuclear test site Monday, the military said, in a show of force after the communist state said it tested a hydrogen bomb.

New legislation working its way through Congress could significantly alter the way commercial companies sell everyday products and services to the U.S. military and federal agencies, opening the door for online retailers to reach a massive new customer.

Authorities went door-to-door Sunday in parts of storm-battered Houston, warning that more flooding was coming, while a nearby city that lost its drinking water system struggled to restore service and officials kept watch on a crippled chemical plant that's already triggered explosions.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday called on Congress to combine a $7.9 billion disaster relief package for Harvey with an increase in the nation's borrowing limit, saying it was time to "put politics aside" so storm victims in Texas can get the help they need.

To climb aboard one of Reid Hays' H-13E Sioux gunship helicopters is to take a step back in history.

The Coast Guard says it has suspended its weeklong search for two North Carolina men whose fishing boat was found capsized off the South Carolina coast.

Throughout preseason, most of the focus was on Zach Abey and the new-look Navy offense. Abey directed an attack that rolled up 526 total yards, accounting for 345 of them himself.

Police say bomb disposal experts have successfully defused a huge World War II-era bomb in the German financial capital Frankfurt that forced the evacuation of more than 60,000 residents.

Iran has confirmed that an Iranian-American businessman and his 81-year-old father have lost an appeal over their 10-year prison sentences.

Here in Beaumont, flood waters that reached the rooftops in portions of the city have yet to recede, and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Roads all over town remain unpassable. Some feel like rivers. But the storm caused another water problem.

The U.S.-led coalition says a 17-bus convoy carrying Islamic State militants and civilian evacuees from the Lebanon-Syria border has split into two groups as it tries to reach extremist-held territory further east.

The memorial, operated by the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, contains the records of about 265,000 women who have served and registered.

Gunmen on a motorcycle shot the two officers, killing one on the spot and the other died of injuries at a hospital.

Chief of air defense, Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili, says Iran warned a U2 reconnaissance aircraft on March 21. He also said the country's air defense warned an American drone on Aug. 26.

The U.S. is trying to avert frictions by creating a policing force made up of Raqqa residents called the Internal Security Forces. So far hundreds have graduated from American training, and plans are for some 4,000 members of the force to deploy in Raqqa.

While Reboot Combat Recovery focused on combat veterans, the free course is also open to first responders, who often come into contact with tragic circumstances as a regular course of action in their profession.

The U.S Chamber of Commerce tells its members that the White House has alerted lawmakers that a notification of intent to withdraw could come as soon as Tuesday.

A city that lost its drinking water system is struggling to restore service and a crippled chemical plant that twice has been the scene of explosions remains a concern nine days after Harvey ripped across Texas.

Maj. Keith Altenhofen was the “real deal”, an elite rescue helicopter pilot who flew in sandstorms and combat situations that might unnerve other pilots.

A former Marine Corps Recuit Depot Parris Island drill instructor alleged to have participated in the hazing and abuse of a Muslim trainee — and who was scheduled to be tried in the military’s highest court — will now have his case heard in a low-level proceeding that’s not open to the public.

Donald Trump has bounced between warning he would meet threats from the North with “fire and fury” and urging a diplomatic solution as the growing threat from Pyongyang has emerged as one of his top security challenges.

North Korea’s state-run broadcaster announced the test on TV, while the Korean Central News Agency issued an unusually fast report in English calling it a “perfect success.”

Facing a rising threat of terrorist attacks sponsored by Islamic State, Iran’s government is trying to improve relations with the country’s ethnic and religious minorities that have become a target for recruiting by the militant group.