Новости за 15.02.2018

The prospect of Jonny Greenwood — the notoriously spotlight-averse Radiohead multi-instrumentalist and classical composer — in a tux at the Oscars is especially tantalizing to “Phantom Thread” director Paul Thomas Anderson.

Republican lawmakers on Thursday weighed whether to hold former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer questions for a second time as part of the House intelligence committee's Russia probe.

It’s a testament to William Byron that it took all of this — free-falling from 18,000 feet, holding his breath to not pass out, doing loop-de-loops in a fighter jet — to unnerve him even a little bit.

Civilian doctors at military hospitals and clinics in Europe are moving forward with an effort to unionize, citing low morale and compensation as well as staff shortages they say limit access to care.

The former San Diego-based Navy SEAL was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for recording himself molesting a sleeping child. A Navy spokesman said military authorities are reviewing evidence and considering other unspecified charges.

A disgraced Navy SEAL is set to be sentenced in federal court this afternoon for recording himself molesting a sleeping child.

The American prosecutor working to bring to justice former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army accused of crimes against ethnic Serbs in Kosovo's war for independence announced Thursday he is stepping down at the end of next month.

For Russians, these Olympics have become two things at once: a somber sporting moment but also a chance to project a defiant image to the world. At a time when Russia's resurgence is redefining global politics, the nation is being humbled in the sports world, though not without a fight.

Kevin Bickner, an Olympian from Illinois, pointed to his brain and stated the obvious. "You have to have something loose up here," he told Minnesota's Star Tribune the other day, "to find that enjoyable."

Jessica Davidson alleges her November termination was in response to her "whistleblowing" on the state Department of Veterans Affairs. She had raised concerns about errors in veterans' files and what she felt was improper use of military insignia on souvenir coins.

The fans in orange reserved one of their most enthusiastic welcomes for a former champion, 35-year-old Shani Davis. The American had no real chance of medaling here, but the Dutch valued his achievements and made it a point to express their appreciation of him.

Jordan Greenway appears comfortable being labeled a trailblazer. Asked about it nearly every time he’s interviewed here, he embraces the significance of carrying this particular Olympic torch.

Facing enormous demand around the globe and a slump in military retention, the Pentagon on Wednesday introduced a new policy that will require servicemembers to be deployable within 12 months or be forced out of the Armed Services.

A symphony of phones buzzed Wednesday afternoon on a media bus bumping down the mountain following Shaun White’s dramatic gold medal in snowboard’s halfpipe, winning on the competition’s final run with back-to-back four-revolution spins that he had, incredibly, never attempted before that day. A raging fire in the snow.

For years, NASCAR has lauded its stars, the personalities well-known to those even tangentially interested in the sport: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart. Those three are gone now, along with plenty of others.

The Trump administration threatened to veto a bipartisan immigration plan that was being lined up for a Senate vote Thursday, increasing the risk that lawmakers will fail to agree on protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged allies to boost their defense spending while also seeking more commitments for the war in Afghanistan, where NATO remains short on pledges for more troop contributions.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still has plans to do a remedial investigation/feasibility study to assess potential environmental and human health impacts associated with past use of the former 991-acre Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot comprised of land and water in and surrounding the Weymouth Back River during World Wars I and II.

The football program at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tweeted that assistant coach Aaron Feis died while shielding students from gunfire. The tweet ended: "He died a hero and he will forever be in our hearts and memories."

Rep. Walter Jones Jr., R-N.C., and senior member the House Armed Service Committee, railed Thursday for an unpopular response to the ballooning U.S. deficit — a war tax.

President Donald Trump said he wanted to speak directly to America's children, saying "you are never alone, and you never will be." He said no child should have to go to school fearing for their lives.

The Jones Act is nothing more than a protectionist measure that concentrates benefits to a select few at the expense of many, especially noncontiguous U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico.

The leadership triad of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 was relieved of duty after the executive officer was found wandering drunk and naked through the woods at Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan.

Kelly is actually much like Trump — especially when it comes to inflexible, hardline politics that has at its core a very perceptible hate-based reflex that can erupt publicly at the impolitic moments, in the most imprudent ways.

Two of the three people who were in a sports utility vehicle that was stopped and fired upon when it tried to enter the National Security Agency campus without authorization have been released, an FBI spokesman said Thursday.