Новости за 20.08.2018

Have you noticed something oddly tranquil about this summer movie season? For the first time in recent memory, there hasn’t been one major bomb.

T-38 Talon training aircraft personnel are conducting normal operations Monday, after one of the 71st Flying Training Wing's T-38s crashed in Oklahoma's Woodward County Friday.

Less than two weeks after Richard Russell stole a 76-seat passenger plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, traversing the Puget Sound region for more than an hour before crashing to his death on Ketron Island, there are few hints as to why he did it or how he was able to fly a commercial airplane.

South Korea's plan to set up a liaison office at an industrial park it sponsors in North Korea is underscoring differences between Seoul and Washington over the pace of rapprochement with Kim Jong Un's regime.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, could be charged before the end of the month with bank fraud in his dealings with the taxi industry and with committing other financial crimes, two people familiar with the federal probe said Monday.

Retired Army Master Sgt. Polito “Paul” Olivas, who jumped into Normandy on D-Day in 1944 with the 101st Airborne Division, has plans for another parachute drop — but this time with no one shooting at him as he lands.

“The Little Mermaid” is swimming against a massive cinematic tide. This live-action romance/drama is a sweet film about love and lore that would have done a lot better in the fall or spring when the box office battles aren’t so brutal. Arguments can be made for alternative summer movie options, but in this case the lack of a major star in either of the main starring roles and a production design only a notch or two above a college stage production aren’t big enough lures.

Officials at a Washington state Army base say authorities are investigating the deaths of two soldiers found dead in separate incidents.

After days of being unable to find any trace of the drugs, Haitian police called for assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami. Together, they eventually found a fraction of the suspected stash — about 109 kilos of cocaine and almost 16 kilos of heroin — still concealed on the ship.

Top Republican lawmakers have no plans to examine the alleged influence that a trio of President Donald Trump’s friends have at the Department of Veterans Affairs, even as Democrats call for an investigation.

Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity, critical thinking and resilience. Imagine that this drug were simple to make, safe to take, and could be had for free.

David A. Smith was finishing up a night watch at the U.S. consulate in Munich as dawn broke on an August day in 1968, when the red phone rang, alerting him to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

A U.S. servicemember was killed after a helicopter crashed in Iraq late Sunday. Three servicemembers were evacuated for additional medical treatment, according to the Pentagon, and reports say up to ten troops were aboard.

More people in Europe contracted the potentially deadly virus in the first six months of 2018 than in all of last year, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said Monday.

Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn Monday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two NATO allies. Officials said two people with criminal records were detained.

In today’s competitive labor market, it is crucial to balance military necessity with the ability of servicemembers to have greater influence over their careers. In the vast majority of circumstances, both interests can be achieved without sacrificing the distinct concerns of a servicemember or the legitimate demands of a military career.

The U.S. Air Force has one, major goal with this hands-on training: Prepare future medical professionals for any emergency situation that could arise as they care for military members in war zones and across the world.

A calendar of nearby water parks and pools of interest to people living on U.S. facilities in the Pacific.

Destructive winds are no longer forecast to impact MCAS Iwakuni.

Cimaron leaves Iwo Jima behind, keeping its focus on early Friday landfall over Osaka.

Cimaron intensifies slightly; new forecast track edges the storm further east of Iwakuni.

Tropical storm warning canceled for Saipan, Tinian; new forecast track edges Cimaron closer to Iwakuni; it remains in TCCOR 3.

Cimaron’s new forecast track takes it away from Iwakuni, closer to Yokosuka, right over Osaka late Thursday.

Warner Bros.' highly anticipated "Crazy Rich Asians" dominated the box office this weekend, making history for Asian-American representation and becoming the highest-opening romantic comedy since 2015's "Trainwreck."

Jury deliberations have resumed in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Monday marks the third day that jurors ponder the 18-count indictment.