Новости за 15.06.2018

Second Lt. Robert R. Keown was piloting his P-38 aircraft to an airfield after a mission in 1944 when it crashed into a mountain in Papua New Guinea. After World War II, he was declared dead. His remains were found decades later and on Friday, he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained Friday.

Google has for years been a top destination for graduates of Stanford University, but now a student-led campaign against the firm’s controversial military work is trying to put a squeeze on its talent pipeline.

It's been more than a decade since North Korea turned over the remains of American troops missing from the Korean War. So, President Donald Trump's suggestion Friday that Pyongyang has begun delivering remains to the U.S. raised the hopes of families who have sought closure for more than 60 years.

The United States is about to quit the United Nation's main human rights body, primarily over Washington's claim that the Human Rights Council is biased against Israel, a Western and a U.S. diplomat say.

In a letter dated June 11, Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Christopher Coons, D-Del., pressed Amazon's chief executive Jeff Bezos for answers on the smart speaker's listening habits, and what the company is doing to protect the privacy of its customers.

The former head of security forces at Minot Air Force base who was relieved of command last month after his airmen lost weapons and munitions will take a new assignment at Air Force Special Operations Command this summer, a service spokeswoman said Friday.

A Moroccan asylum-seeker who was the subject of Finland's first terrorism trial was convicted Friday of two terror-related murders and eight attempted murders from a stabbing attack in the Nordic country last year.

The National Institutes of Health on Friday canceled a mammoth study of moderate drinking, after determining that officials had irrevocably compromised the research by soliciting $66 million from beer and liquor companies to underwrite the effort.

A Wisconsin woman has been accused of trying to teach people how to make explosives and poisons in order to carry out terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in the name of the Islamic State group.

The remains of Pfc. John W. Mac Donald, of Somerville, are scheduled to be buried with full military honors June 22 at the Massachusetts veterans' cemetery in Bourne.

The "minor" accident involving a military helicopter was reported around 11 p.m. at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, N.Y. Six soldiers from Fort Drum were inside the aircraft when the helicopter's rotor blade hit the control tower

A military helicopter has clipped a control tower at a former Air Force base in central New York, injuring one passenger.

Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just a few hours earlier, I had been portaging on an ankle-deep muddy trail with that 55-pound canoe balanced over my head, shielding me from a chilly downpour. That contrast is the essence of the wilderness experience in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters. The physical effort required to explore its off-the-grid remoteness — including carrying a canoe solo on slippery, rocky trails ... Читать дальше...

Italian news reports say a U.S. Navy ship will offload the 40 migrants its crew rescued earlier this week onto an Italian coast guard vessel that will bring them to shore.

Spain's new center-left government unveiled a series of measures Friday to "put people's rights first" in the country's migration policies. The Spanish cabinet took the first steps toward extending public health care to foreigners without residence permits.

Army Lt. Gen. Austin Miller will step out of the shadows of running the military’s most secretive units next week to make his case to take the reins of America’s longest war.

Luo Shu’s faith in American justice never wavered. Recruited for his knowledge and language skills, the China native signed a contract to join the U.S. Army. Then the rules changed. His legal status in the U.S. expired. He was arrested and about to be deported. On Wednesday, Stars and Stripes wrote about Luo. He then got a call informing him that the Army planned to reinstate him.

Luo Shu’s faith in American justice never wavered. Recruited for his knowledge and language skills, the China native signed a contract to join the U.S. Army. Then the rules changed. His legal status in the U.S. expired. He was arrested and about to be deported. On Wednesday, Stars and Stripes wrote about Luo. He then got a call informing him that the Army planned to reinstate him.

Last week, the 97-year-old Miss America organization removed the word “pageant” from its name and dropped the swimsuit competition, caving to the opinion that such events demean women. But that’s not how I experienced it.

The former Georgia governor’s unpreparedness, rigid personality and disdain for politics in decision-making had a negative effect on his presidency.

A Marine who shot himself Friday morning while standing guard at the Marine Barracks in Washington was listed in stable condition at a local hospital hours after the incident, Marine officials said in a statement.

Originally meant to supplement U.S. commitment to NATO, the European Deterrence Initiative has taken on a funding life of its own.

President Donald Trump disputed findings by the Justice Department on Friday that former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe was not politically motivated, declaring that the FBI was biased "at the top level" and "plotting against my election."

President Donald Trump disputed findings by the Justice Department on Friday that former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe was not politically motivated, declaring that the FBI was biased "at the top level" and "plotting against my election."