Новости за 15.10.2017

The granddaughter and grandniece of Waterloo’s five Sullivan brothers killed during World War II and their namesake ship will participate in a 75th anniversary commemoration of their deaths during Veterans Day observances in New York City next month.

The men are the 13th Virginia Mechanized Cavalry, a group of Sons of Confederate Veterans who live in Hampton Roads and a few surrounding parts. In leather jackets, they gathered around tables at the diner that morning, fueling up on coffee, some with hair still wet.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Sunday counseled President Donald Trump to choose his words more carefully, saying that "he does not have the luxury that he had when he was in the private sector of saying whatever comes into his mind."

About 12 percent of farmers are older than 75, according to the latest Census of Agriculture. In comparison, less than one percent of the total American labor force is older than 75, according to the Current Population Survey.

Philip Bracken Fleming was a junior officer during the first World War, and served seven years at West Point as an instructor of engineering, post engineer officer, commander of engineer troops and graduate manager of athletics.

Sixty-eight veterans made the trip this week to Washington, D.C., for the 14th Central Valley Honor Flight. Only 67 flew back as a group for Wednesday’s big welcome home to Fresno Yosemite International Airport.

Vance Brown wants to turn the Colorado Springs-based National Cybersecurity Center from a membership-based fire department for computer hacks suffered by small businesses into a self-supporting think tank for online security.

Many veterans are reticent to discuss the stories of their tattoos or even admit to having ink. But for Don Whittlinger and Kristin Outtrim, the stories — and that larger connection to a military family — are meaningful enough to share.

Cpl. Moses C. Hanscom's gravestone overlooking the Androscoggin River at Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn noted he was a Medal of Honor recipient, but the government misspelled Hanscom's last name as "Hansom."

In April 2016, at the height of the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, Congress effectively stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its most potent weapon against large drug companies suspected of spilling prescription narcotics onto the nation's streets. Overdose deaths continue to rise. There is no end in sight.

Arion Worthman shooed away his teammates who came looking for a celebration after his first touchdown Saturday. This Air Force quarterback knew more had to follow. And he had the been-there, done-that confidence to believe they would. They did.

California fire authorities said Sunday they have turned a corner in battling several of the wildfires that have devastated wine country and other rural parts of Northern California over the past week.

With the winds dying down, fire officials said Sunday they were finally getting the upper hand against the wildfires that have devastated California wine country and other parts of the state over the past week, and thousands of people got the all-clear to return home.

Using algorithms and machine learning, A company says it can determine which stores have a future and which ones will die — and do it more accurately than investors that rely on conventional information.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defended his standing within the administration on Sunday, saying President Donald Trump's social media pronouncements on major global issues did not undercut the nation's top diplomat.

A U.S. military veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan is running 31 marathons in 31 cities — in 31 days.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the North Korean crisis "will continue until the first bomb drops."

A former South Texas juvenile justice department employee has been arrested for felony theft after authorities say he acknowledged stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over nine years.

The long and brutal 2017 wildfire season is stressing the state and federal agencies that have to pay for the army of ground crews and machinery required to fight them.

The nation's four public shipyards from Maine to Hawaii are each more than a century old and showing their age. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that all of them need substantial improvements to keep up on the repair and overhaul ships.

Lan begins intensifying, continues slow trek north; could make direct hit on Yokosuka on Monday evening.

Winds on Okinawa forecast to peak between 9 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

Lan forecast to rumble just southeast of Tokyo on Tuesday, just miss Okinawa.

JTWC’s latest track edges Lan slightly further east of Okinawa; Tokyo could be in Lan’s crosshairs.

Lan continues northern trek, projected track edges closer to Kadena than previous forecasts.