Новости за 31.01.2018

The United States said Wednesday it is not aware of any specific threat to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea and is confident that American athletes, coaches and spectators will be safe, despite nuclear tensions with North Korea.

A freshman at Virginia Tech was charged with possessing or transporting an assault firearm while not being a U.S. citizen or while not being lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the U.S. He also tried to buy 5,000 rounds of ammunition, police said.

Col. Leslie A. Maher will assume command of the 375th Air Mobility Wing on Feb. 20. She replaces Col. John O. Howard, who was relieved of his command Dec. 11.

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The Tet Offensive was a turning point in the Vietnam War. Of all the casualties suffered by the Americans, the most influential was reporter Walter Cronkite’s belief it could be won.

The Trump administration is expected to let nearly 7,000 Syrians remain in the United States for another 18 months but won't let more Syrian citizens apply for the special protection program, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Redding officials and others were scrambling Tuesday to try to find a way to head off the possible eviction of a 71-year old disabled U.S. Navy veteran and his quadriplegic wife from their rental home.

Angelina Jolie, who serves as the United Nations’ special envoy on refugees, said she would be working closely with NATO in the months ahead in a push to get the military alliance more involved in stemming violence against women and children.

John Kelly, a retired four-star general, listened to Gregory Salcido's viral classroom rant and said on Fox News Radio: "Well, I think the guy ought to go to hell. I just hope he enjoys the liberties and the lifestyles that we fought for."

An ongoing review of policies governing the use of personal electronics – ranging from small fitness trackers to smartphones and tablets – at military sites around the world could lead to a ban on the use of non-government cellphones at the Pentagon, according to defense officials.

A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican policy retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck in a rural Virginia town on Wednesday. No lawmakers or aides were reported injured, but the White House said one person was killed and another was seriously hurt.

Times and dates for theaters in Belgium, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey and the Netherlands.

Some veterans of the Vietnam War share their personal experiences of those years freely. Others have spent decades working hard to talk about nearly anything else.

"Be Washington," opening February 12, combines 18th-century reenactments with 21st-century technology as participants test their ability to make split-second decisions, tackling four challenges faced by George Washington during the Revolutionary War and in his presidency.

This was the president who emerges on special occasions, the president with the smooth, modulated voice. No shouts, no big gestures, not a mention of “radical Islamic terrorism” or “a network of lawless savages.”

The Jasper family has been praying for a miracle for the past five months. Navy football offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper's teenage son Jarren underwent a heart transplant Tuesday morning at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

A sailor who was rescued by the Coast Guard after being lost at sea for 16 days spoke Tuesday for the first time about his ordeal.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned her position on Wednesday after just half a year because of "complex financial interests" that repeatedly forced her to recuse herself from the agency's activities and kept her from testifying before lawmakers on public health issues.

North Korea is one of the least wired nations on Earth. It has two internet connections to the outside world, one that crosses the Yalu River into China, and the other plugs into Russia’s Far East.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem after talks were canceled last year when the diplomat met with an Israeli whistleblower group critical of the military.

In a remarkable joint venture, nine commercial airlines have donated $28 million to the National Air and Space Museum to support the remaking of an exhibition that traces the history of commercial aviation, the museum announced Wednesday.

Fort Drum has relaunched its courtesy patrol program. Courtesy patrol soldiers have some authority with soldiers under military law, but they are not law enforcement, and are told to contact police if they see any issues. The goal is to keep soldiers out of trouble at establishments off post.

Bath Iron Works representatives urged Maine lawmakers Tuesday to renew $60 million in tax credits to help the shipyard compete for Navy work, but opponents dismissed the proposal as “corporate welfare” for BIW’s massive parent company.

The plan involves dispatching Japan Ground Self-Defense Force aircraft maintenance specialists to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to be briefed about recent aircraft malfunctions in AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters.