Новости за 01.06.2018

A jury has awarded $31 million to an Iraq War veteran and his wife after a swimming accident at the University of Rhode Island left him paralyzed from the chest down.

On the internet, the devil's in the defaults. You're not reading all those updated data policies flooding your inbox. You probably haven't even looked for your privacy settings. And that's exactly what Facebook, Google and other tech giants are counting on.

The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that sought to explore ways to ensure "international protection" for Palestinian civilians as the council prepared Friday to vote on a competing U.S. proposal to condemn Hamas over the recent escalation of violence in Gaza.

The June 12 summit in Singapore, which will be the first of its kind, will focus on persuading the North to abandon its nuclear weapons program. Donald Trump said he believes Kim Jong Un is committed to that goal.

The U.S.-North Korea summit is back on track, President Donald Trump announced Friday, ending weeks of uncertainty about his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un to discuss ending the North Korean leader's nuclear program.

The section, which launched in 2014, was designed to help people quickly find interesting topics on Facebook. But Alex Hardiman, the company's head of news products, said in a blog post that users are shifting to consuming news on their phones and through video.

The more director Bart Layton read about how four bored University of Kentucky students decided in 2004 to steal rare books from Transylvania University’s special collections library, the more he found the tale to be an example of the truth being stranger than fiction. The plan to walk into a poorly guarded library and walk out with books that included original John James Audubon prints sounded more like the plot of a thriller to Layton.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has long claimed a key health care program could run out of money by May 31 if lawmakers did not rush to pass new legislation to fund the VA. But the date came and went this week without President Donald Trump signing the new VA Mission Act and the Veterans Choice Program is still solvent.

The United Nations says fighting between the self-styled Libyan National Army and militants has killed at least 17 civilians, including two children, in Libya's eastern city of Derna.

The story of prescription opioids in America today is not only one of addiction, overdoses and the crimes they have wrought, but also the story of pain patients like Kenyon Stewart and their increasingly desperate struggles to secure the medication.

Neighborhood residents say the armored vehicle drove wildly into a crowd of anti-India protesters in Kashmir's largest city, slamming into a half-dozen people and crushing one man beneath its wheels, injuring him critically.

Raytheon sees international demand for its Patriot air missile-defense system continuing to rise after the signing of a $4.75 billion supply contract with Poland in March.

Among families with divided political loyalties — picture your MAGA-cap-wearing brother sharing turkey with your firebrand feminist cousin — Thanksgiving celebrations in 2016 were 30 to 50 minutes shorter than among families with shared political sympathies, according to a new study.

Top cybersecurity experts would never hang car keys on a hook near the back door or leave them sitting on a kitchen counter. The best strategy to prevent theft? Store the key fob in an old-fashioned metal coffee can.

Department of Defense officials had determined that the National Guard lacked authority to use money from an environmental fund to rid Stewart Air National Guard Base and other military facilities on state-owned lands of the toxic chemicals that have infiltrated drinking water supplies nationwide.

Rear Adm. Ronald A. Boxall, the Navy’s director of surface warfare, said: “We in Washington, D.C., understand, from a military standpoint, the absolute criticality of, not just this area, Johnstown, PA, but the Johnstowns that exist all across America. They help us provide our capability every single day.”

At a change of command ceremony on Friday, President Donald Trump said America is safe because the U.S. Coast Guard is strong. Trump called the Coast Guard the "elite force" that defends borders, patrols the waters, protects U.S. cities and keeps enemies at bay.

Two of the Navy's large unmanned surveillance and patrol aircraft are now housed at a repurposed hangar at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu in Southern California.

Base tours offer an easy way to see Europe with other members of the military community. Here is a sampling of current trips scheduled.

Many veterans wanted to go to college, but did not want to leave the area. They had families there or were starting families of their own. They began to cry out loud and clear: "We want a college here and we want one today, not tomorrow!" State and local officials got the message.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged countries in the Indo-Pacific region to unite against protectionism and cross-border tensions, including those in international waters, for the prosperity of all.

The Islamist Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, is facing its worst crisis in years as it confronts a severe cash shortage, a loss of regional allies and no obvious way to ease a blockade that is crippling local living conditions and stoking popular discontent.

Something amazing started happening at exactly 5:51 p.m. on Christmas: practically everyone, it seemed, was winning the big jackpot. Word got around quickly.

Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, the royal family commentator and staunch defender of the British monarchy, has appeared in some of Britain's most reputable outlets. He also serves as chairman of the British Monarchist Society and Foundation, which he founded in 2012. But he was born Thomas Muscatello, in upstate New York.

The Defense Department is poised to take over background investigations for the federal government, using increased automation and high-tech analysis to tighten controls and tackle an enormous backlog of workers waiting for security clearances, according to U.S. officials.