Новости за 23.01.2018

Top congressional Democrats on Tuesday called on Facebook and Twitter to urgently examine the role of Russian bots and trolls in the growing online campaign to release a classified memo about allegations that the FBI mishandled a classified surveillance request as it probed Russia's meddling in the 2016 campaign.

Random Shane Smith, 38, of Wichita, Kansas was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexually abusing two 16-year-old girls.

Back when North Korea was in the business of attacking the United States and not just making colorful but empty threats, the rogue state launched an audacious mission to capture an American spy ship, kidnap its crew, and steal lots of cryptologic goodies. It was a success.

Back when North Korea was in the business of attacking the United States and not just making colorful but empty threats, the rogue state launched an audacious mission to capture an American spy ship, kidnap its crew, and steal lots of cryptologic goodies. It was a success.

The president of Electric Boat delivered an upbeat outlook for the submarine manufacturer on Monday, detailing to a business audience increased hiring, a rising number of subs being built and new buildings planned for the Groton site to handle the expanding workload.

Tsvetan Kanev, 45, faces a total of 50 years in prison and a $1 million fine for one count of smuggling and two counts violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Wheeler Army Airfield soldier and accused Islamic State group sympathizer Ikaika Erik Kang told a confidential source that he was going to leave the military after getting promoted, join IS and attack Schofield Barracks as a suicide bomber, according to documents unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court.

Germany’s second-largest city, Hamburg, is awash with history, and played especially key roles in the stories of 19th-century emigration, World War II and the Beatles.

Federal employees who were put on unpaid furloughs during the partial government shutdown will be paid for that time, under the legislation signed late Monday ending the shutdown.

A new study found families assigned to Army posts in communities with higher rates of obesity were more likely to be overweight or obese compared with families sent to bases where excess pounds were less common.

Airmen and aircraft from the 187th Fighter Wing returned home Monday to Dannelly Field Air National Guard Base following a three-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Facebook promised "to do better" to boost privacy, stem the spread of hate speech and clamp down on the abuse of the social network to influence votes, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told a Brussels audience, including a European Union commissioner.

Forecasters say that on Friday the Seine may reach its highest level since June 2016, when authorities were forced to close several Parisian monuments including the Louvre museum.

An unexpected guest ended up dominating the news coverage of the event: Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence officer who spent seven years in prison for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, was spotted "smiling and socializing with attendees" early in the evening, BuzzFeed reported.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is pushing to reestablish contact with Indonesia's premier counterterror force, he said Tuesday, decades after it was barred from working closely with U.S. forces due to human rights abuses.

The Air Force has set up a general officer-led team to investigate the rising incidence of in-flight oxygen deprivation and other conditions that forced the grounding of several jets last year.

The Air Force has set up a team of generals to investigate the rising incidence of in-flight oxygen deprivation and other conditions that forced the grounding of several jets last year.

Kurdish rebels in the the Syrian border town of Afrin have been tactically vital. They are now proving to be a long-term strategic liability, some experts argue. Eventually, the U.S. may need to decide: abandon them or come into conflict with NATO ally Turkey.

The eruption quickly darkened the ski slope at Mount Kusatsu-Shirane with black ash, as volcanic rocks rained down on gondolas and people skiing down the slopes, sending them desperately seeking shelter at a mountaintop station.

Regular-season school sports and next week’s Far East tournaments in basketball and wrestling are back on as scheduled, officials said.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal Alaska and Canada's British Columbia while the remainder of the U.S. West Coast was under a watch.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige says he has now learned his Twitter account log-ons and the passwords.

Multiple women have been identified over the years as possible models for Rosie, but a professor in 2016 focused on Naomi Parker Fraley as the true inspiration.

A squadron of A-10C “Warthog” Thunderbolt IIs deployed to southern Afghanistan last week and has already started flying missions.

A squadron of A-10C “Warthog” Thunderbolt IIs deployed to southern Afghanistan last week and has already started flying missions.