Новости за 17.06.2018

Three thousand roses were placed carefully along the base of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The colors of the flowers placed for the annual Father’s Day Rose Remembrance had special meaning: The 1,400 red roses were for those killed in action, the 1,200 yellow ones for those missing in action, and the 400 white-with-red-tip ones for "In Memory" honorees — Vietnam veterans who died after the war from war-related causes.

Three thousand roses were placed carefully along the base of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The colors of the flowers placed for the annual Father’s Day Rose Remembrance had special meaning: The 1,400 red roses were for those killed in action, the 1,200 yellow ones for those missing in action, and the 400 white-with-red-tip ones for "In Memory" honorees — Vietnam veterans who died after the war from war-related causes.

Peter Strzok, who was singled out in a recent Justice Department inspector general report for politically charged messages, would be willing to testify without immunity, and he would not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights in response to any question, his attorney said.

Water officials shut the wells off when the contaminants PFOS and PFOA were discovered, said the wells were only rarely used, and that it’s unlikely people were exposed to enough contamination from them to be harmed.

The city of Annapolis announced this week that Naval Academy English professor Temple Cone was chosen from 16 applicants to serve a two-year term as poet laureate.

When Karl B. Schultz graduated from McKinley High School in June 2004, he kept up the family tradition and joined the Air Force.

A little more than 30 soldiers with Detachment 1, Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment said goodbye to family and friends Saturday in a ceremony at Kalaeloa.

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort Manafort was jailed last week over charges that he attempted to tamper with witnesses related to his pending trial on federal conspiracy and money-laundering charges.

The crew of a U.S. Navy vessel has transferred the 41 migrants they rescued over to Italian coast guard ships off Sicily.

Stone and Trump campaign communications official Michael Caputo, who did not previously disclose the meeting to congressional investigators, now say they believe they were the targets of a setup by U.S. law enforcement officials hostile to Trump.

On the second day of unprecedented mutual cease-fires, Afghan soldiers convoyed to a village that for months was deemed too dangerous to visit — the stronghold of the Taliban in Logar province.

The Taliban ordered their fighters back to the trenches Sunday hours after a suicide car bombing spoiled a holiday cease-fire.

Hours after a suicide car bombing in eastern Afghanistan spoiled the celebration of historic mutual cease-fires between Afghanistan’s central government and the Taliban, the insurgent group ordered its fighters back to their trenches.

Germany's interior minister insisted that his party has no intention of bringing down Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government, but there was little sign Sunday of a compromise in a bitter standoff over migration.

The suspect in a taxi crash near Red Square that injured two Mexican World Cup fans and other pedestrians told interrogators that he fell asleep at the wheel, Moscow police said Sunday.

In the aftermath of his meeting with Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump declared that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat. Americans have a more measured view, according to a new poll.

The Navy has accepted delivery of a destroyer named for a naval aviator who crash-landed his plane to try to save a downed pilot in the Korean War.

The beacon atop the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is decades old and needs constant repair. The light went dark twice this year after aging components broke down. The Coast Guard is considering changing the bulb to the latest technology available – an LED light.

From the reaction of the respective players, coaches and supporters at the end of Saturday's World Cup match at Spartak Stadium, you surely would've concluded that little Iceland had toppled Lionel Messi and the giants from Argentina, executed an upset for the ages and rocked the soccer orbit.

Residents who suffered damage or losses from the volcanic activity that started May 3 can register for FEMA programs and other aid at a newly-opened Disaster Assistance Center.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued a husband and wife from a sailing vessel 180 miles off the coast of Grays Harbor, Washington.

Pope Francis denounced abortion on Saturday as the "white glove" equivalent of the Nazi-era eugenics program and urged families to accept the children that God gives them.

Sen. Marco Rubio's attempt to amend the 2019 defense authorization bill has caught the eye of Virginia's two senators, who fear it might be a step toward moving an aircraft carrier from Norfolk to Florida.