Новости за 11.11.2017

Like many of her peers, Annie Ma, a 15-year-old sophomore at The Harker School in San Jose appreciated the men and women who served in the military, but she didn’t know any veterans personally and couldn’t truly grasp their contributions.

Veteran Chris Rackow heads the team that protects the company’s 80,000 Googlers, along with its offices and property, in more than 150 cities across almost 60 countries.

Experts who study the data say government agencies responsible for maintaining such records have long failed to forward them into federal databases used for gun background checks — systemic breakdowns that have lingered for decades as officials decided they were too costly and time-consuming to fix.

The VA does not offer burial benefits such as headstone, markers or medallions for veterans that are not laid to rest in a traditional cemetery — including those who opt for cremation.

In court Friday, prosecutor Air Force Maj. Michael Pierson called Hofstra law professor Ellen Yaroshefsky’s pre-emptive habeas corpus filing at the U.S. District Court in Manhattan part of a “collateral attack” on the military commission system.

The body of Sgt. La David Johnson was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound at the back of his head, according to two villagers outside the remote Niger village of Tongo Tongo.

FBI agents have asked at least four people about a meeting in mid-December where Flynn and Turkish government representatives allegedly discussed capturing Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who’s in exile in the U.S.

FBI agents have asked at least four people about a meeting in mid-December where Flynn and Turkish government representatives allegedly discussed capturing Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who’s in exile in the U.S.

A 100-year-old Oahu veteran has inspired a bipartisan bill to add a commemorative display honoring U.S. service members who fought in the Pacific theater to the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, which is home to the USS Arizona Memorial.

The Maine Troop Greeters, a non-profit comprised of dedicated Mainers who since 1991 have gathered to say hello or goodbye to every flight full of men and women in uniform returning to or leaving the United States, unveiled their museum Friday morning.

Four. It’s one of the most glaring numbers in Academy Awards history. That’s how many women have been nominated for best director in the awards’ 89 years of existence. Kathryn Bigelow, for “The Hurt Locker” in 2010, is the only woman to win.