Новости за 25.10.2018

The frayed Dec. 28, 1774, edition of the "Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser" boasts three items signed by John Hancock, then president of the Provincial Congress, who pleads for the Colonies to fight back "enemies" trying to divide them.

Sgt. Franklin Santana ran resupply missions with his truck, hauling much-needed ammunition and other supplies down narrow forest paths, amid the sounds of gunfire and the constant threat of “enemies” closing in.

Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, the commander of U.S. Naval forces in the Middle East, said American officials had conducted a preliminary examination of the weapons but would wait to determine how to handle them until the U.N. investigators reach their own conclusions.

U.N. investigators have boarded a U.S. military ship in an effort to determine if more than 2,500 assault rifles seized by the American ship off the coast of Yemen came from Iran.

U.S. defense contractors have shied away from publicly discussing the disappearance and killing of Jamal Khashoggi, but when pressed by investment analysts this week on how the political situation might affect their business, executives from Raytheon and Lockheed Martin said they would keep selling advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia as long as the U.S.-Saudi military partnership continues.

Life as a submariner is inherently secretive. That's good for sneaking up on enemies, but it doesn't do the silent service any favors when it comes to helping Americans understand what submarines are capable of or what their crews do during deployments.

Sen. Claire McCaskill, ranking Democrat for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling for a probe by the inspector general into a website that claims to trade and share nude photos and videos of female servicemembers.

My introduction to stroopwafels, the gooey caramel waffle sandwich from the Netherlands, was in a small village in the south of Spain, where I live. A Dutch couple had opened a small bakery tucked among the winding cobblestone streets. One morning, I stumbled into their store and watched as they cut a slab off a log of fragrant dough, pressed it with a waffle iron, separated the top disk from the bottom, spread the inside with caramel sauce and put the halves back together.

The Navy is proposing to spend millions of dollars to connect the city water system to a handful of homes with polluted wells near its landing field in rural Chesapeake, hoping to remedy a problem caused by the Navy's use of a firefighting foam that contains potentially harmful chemicals.

Reports released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide new details outlining the severity of the past flu season during which more people were killed than any seasonal influenza since the 1970s.

Iraq's new prime minister began moving his offices out of Baghdad's highly secure Green Zone on the first day of his term Thursday, saying he wanted to bring his government closer to the people.

Colder weather, winds out of the north and efforts to increase pilot output may lead to increased noise from overflying Vance Air Force Base aircraft in coming months, according to a statement released this week by the 71st Flying Training Wing office of public affairs.

Quavo may be one-third of the uber-successful hip-hop group Migos, but he’s also a rapper in high demand, appearing as a featured act on Top 10 hits by Post Malone, DJ Khaled, Drake and Liam Payne.

U.S. prosecutors unveiled charges Thursday against a Singapore man for allegedly moving millions of dollars in transactions through the U.S. financial system on behalf of North Korea in violation of American economic sanctions.

About one-third of the Nevada Air National Guard 152nd Airlift Wing will be deployed into combat zones in southwest Asia over the next few months.

The two Koreas and the U.S.-led United Nations Command announced Thursday the completion of the withdrawal of firearms and military posts from the area as part of an inter-Korean agreement aimed at reducing hostilities.

A Virginia jury spared the life of an Army staff sergeant convicted of fatally shooting his wife and a rookie police officer after deadlocking Thursday on whether he should be executed.

Want to see how big Tokyo really is? Go up Tokyo Skytree, the tallest public observation tower in the city where nothing blocks the view of the sprawling metropolis below. Six years since its opening, Skytree remains one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tokyo, with long lines of visitors waiting to take in the view from the tower’s observation floors on weekends.

The exhaustive eight-week external report that will help the University System of Maryland Board of Regents decide the fate of football coach DJ Durkin paints a troubling picture of the program but stopped short of saying the environment in College Park was "toxic."

It’s no surprise that O’Connor devoted herself to civics education after her retirement from the court. She always believed that citizenship demanded compromise and mutual respect.

Saudis are more supportive of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman because he’s under attack, says a pillar of the Saudi establishment.

“I believe we will have to make continued efforts to fully explain to the people of Okinawa the government’s efforts to reduce the base-hosting burden, including the transfer” of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to a less populated area of the island, minister Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi said.

Tired of pumpkins yet? They’re chattering away on screens, grinning from grocery store shelves and graphically decomposing on counters and front lawns. Pumpkin spice, glaze and flavor have infested our coffee, cereal and doughnuts. It used to just be jack-o’-lanterns and pies; now pumpkins are well on their way to world domination, or at least a seasonal version of it.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will commission new weapons that have no comparisons anywhere in the world.

Do you like the voice of the noted actor Patrick Stewart? Are you a fan of fairy tales starring plucky children? If you answer yes to either of these questions, then the stylishly animated adventure game “My Memory of Us” might be worth a look. If, however, you are troubled by the Disneyfication of historical tragedies then you’ll probably be put off by it, regardless of its conspicuously good intentions.