Новости за 14.09.2018

The Israeli military said about 13,000 protesters massed at several points along the fence, some burning tires and hurling rocks, grenades and firebombs. An Israeli officer suffered light wounds from pipe bomb shrapnel.

Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people and swamped entire communities along the Carolina coast Friday in what could be just the opening act in a watery, two-part, slow-motion disaster. At least four people were killed.

Kenmore police typically respond to reports of trespassing, burglary, neighbor disputes and other routine crimes. Then officers fielded a call about someone driving a World War II-era Jeep with a machine gun on its roof.

Investigators worked Friday to pinpoint the cause of a series of fiery natural gas explosions that killed a teen driver in his car just hours after he got his license, injured at least 25 others and left dozens of homes in smoldering ruins.

Authorities said an estimated 8,000 people were displaced at the height of Thursday's post-explosion chaos in three towns north of Boston rocked by the disaster. Most were still waiting, shaken and exhausted, to be allowed to return to their homes.

Leonard A. Tyma was just 21 when he and fellow Marines found themselves facing stiff Japanese resistance in November 1943 on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

The Justice Department said Friday it will continue prosecuting a former security contractor for allegedly killing civilians during the Iraq War despite years of litigation that so far has ended in failure for the government.

On Nov. 11, 2004, U.S. Army Capt. Tim Hornik was on patrol in Baghdad when he was shot in the head by a sniper. It resulted in the total loss of his eyesight. Since then, the 38-year-old has been on a mission to demonstrate that people with impaired vision can do anything.

A woman and her infant were killed in Wilmington after a tree fell on their house. The father was taken to a hospital with injuries, according to police. Gov. Roy Cooper said the hurricane was "wreaking havoc" on the coast and could wipe out entire communities.

More than 12 years after Ben Lunak lost part of his leg in combat in Iraq, he became a Colorado Springs police officer – only the fourth amputee to complete a police academy in the United States, officials say.

Camp Lejeune in North Carolina weathered the first effects of Hurricane Florence on Friday with widespread power outages, while soldiers at Fort Jackson in South Carolina braced for the storm’s effects expected to hit in the coming days.

Make no mistake. These voters don’t blame mysterious forces swirling around Trump, frustrating a well-meaning agenda. They know where the buck stops.

There are lots of Democrats, including past presidents, whose need for surrounding watchdogs at least equal Trump's, and look, in the meantime, at the good he has done.

Russian-born lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin admits he attended the infamous Trump Tower meeting in June 2016. But he's taken umbrage that a prominent opponent of the Kremlin has called him a spy, and now he has filed a lawsuit claiming he was defamed.

Americans should not have to consult a lawyer before engaging in political advocacy but, too often, they do, and even then, the answers are not always clear.

A group of veterans, spouses and civilians based at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach opened three beehives on Friday. The Ansbach beekeeping club is taking care of what they call the Bee Haus, which is home to as many as 30,000 bees.

Fort Bragg soldiers are once again at the helm of the fight against the Islamic State. Hundreds of soldiers with the 18th Airborne Corps, led by Lt. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera and Command Sgt. Maj. Charles W. Albertson, assumed authority for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve on Thursday in Baghdad.

When James Riney’s mother took him shopping for new bedding to outfit his room in their new house, the 4-year-old considered a few options: first sharks, then dinosaurs, then comic book superheroes. He passed on all three.

A sailor’s family members can move ahead or stay behind up to six months during a change of duty station in certain circumstances rather than moving all at once, the Navy announced Thursday.

In a radio interview this week, former Secretary of State John Kerry said he had met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif "three or four times" since leaving office and that their discussions included the nuclear deal that Trump has since scrapped. President Donald Trump accused him of engaging in "illegal meetings" with Iranian officials.

After spending nearly $90 million on an ambitious program designed to provide employment for women and promote gender equality in Afghanistan, the U.S. development agency could find jobs for just 55 women, said a new report by a government watchdog.

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the North Carolina coast Friday morning, bringing powerful winds along with forecasts warning of "life-threatening" storm surge and rainfall. In 1954, North Carolina was preparing for Hurricane Hazel, the only recorded Category 4 storm to hit the state.

If Obama and the Democrats want to fight about who or what is dividing the country the most, don’t be surprised when voters turn that blue wave into a blue trickle.

Medicare-for-all is not, as the right-wing North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker recently charged, “an admission of Obamacare’s failure.” It’s a way to build on Obamacare.

Developing true humanity — the ability to view relationships as shared rather than transactional, to see others as deserving of respect and goodwill — is the work of a lifetime.