Новости за 17.04.2019

The well-known tourist spot is situated near Murodo, an area of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, that sits at an elevation of 8,038 feet.

A group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would add nine more diseases to a list of conditions presumed to be caused by the chemical herbicide Agent Orange, giving veterans who suffer from them a fast-track to Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation and health care.

As he moves toward formally entering the Democratic presidential race, Joe Biden has repeatedly expressed regret for how he handled one of the most consequential challenges of his career in the Senate – the 1991 hearings into Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

Just after news broke that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett had been indicted on 16 felony counts, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx told her top deputy that Smollett was a "washed up celeb who lied to cops" and the number of felony counts he faced was excessive.

The Pentagon's inspector general plans to audit how well the Navy is overseeing development of the propulsion and steering system for its new $128 billion Columbia class of nuclear-armed submarines.

The federal agency that manages dams along the Missouri River received stern criticism from several senators Wednesday during a hearing examining the massive spring flooding this year that caused more than $3 billion in damage in the Midwest.

The Colorado Springs Anti-Fascists group first identified Master Sgt. Cory Reeves as a member of the Colorado branch of Identity Evropa earlier this month. Cheri Dragos-Pritchard, a base spokeswoman, confirmed officials there knew of the allegations and are investigating Reeves's ties.

A passing motorist on U.S. Highway 115 found the soldier on the west side of Fort Carson at about 9:45 a.m., the release stated. Emergency personnel delivered the soldier, who has not been identified, to Evans Army Community Hospital where they will be evaluated and receive any necessary medical treatment.

Fifty years ago in 1969, on the 57th birthday of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, a MiG 21 fighter jet vectored in on a U.S. EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft operating far outside the North's territorial limits, firing two missiles that killed all 30 sailors and a Marine aboard the Navy plane.

The ability to clearly hear everyone during a trial is one reason the Navy recently participated in a mock court-martial at the College of William and Mary's law school, where it tested artificial intelligence technology that allows for the production of nearly instantaneous courtroom transcripts linked to the recorded audio.

The contingent was comprised of 13 from World War II, 60 from the Korean War and eight from the Vietnam War. The breakdown by branch: Army, 42; Navy, 13; Air Force, 22; and Marine Corps, four. Wartime duties ranged from land surveyor to infantry gunner to helicopter pilot. One veteran from World War II and one from Korea were prisoners of war.

Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff Jeff Shrader said Sol Pais, 18, was discovered by the FBI with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Among those charged was a Tennessee doctor who dubbed himself the “Rock Doc” and is accused of prescribing dangerous combinations of drugs such as fentanyl and oxycodone, sometimes in exchange for sex, authorities said.

Hopes are high here that a first-ever meeting Friday between the Taliban and a large delegation of prominent Afghan figures will prove a turning point in a U.S.-led peace process that has dragged on inconclusively for months.

Richard Schneider carefully spread the broken pieces of the glass photo negative on the light table at the National Archives and put them together like the parts of a puzzle. A ghostly image emerged. It was Adolf Hitler, sitting stiffly in an upholstered arm chair, his German shepherd at his side.

Two soldiers have been awarded Silver Star medals for a July mission where they said they barely noticed the enemy gunfire peppering their Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan.

An operation targeting cybersecurity experts came at a sensitive time for the Moscow-based company, which boasts one of the world’s most popular consumer antivirus products and a research unit widely respected for routinely exposing elite hacking groups.

The Luhansk People's Republic, a region that has claimed independence from Ukraine with the backing of Russia's military, isn't recognized by the United States, the European Union or NATO. But it has a hacking army and it's targeting the Ukrainian government and military, according to new research from the cybersecurity company FireEye.

DNA testing confirmed that the waterlogged body belonged to Jacob Gonzales, the subject of a multistate manhunt since March 2018, after his girlfriend, Air Force veteran Katherine Cunningham, was found decapitated near a weapon-filled bunker on a densely wooded island north of Seattle.

DNA testing confirmed that the waterlogged body belonged to Air Force veteran Jacob Gonzales, the subject of a multistate manhunt since 2018. He was a suspect in the slaying of his girlfriend, fellow veteran Katherine Cunningham, who was found decapitated near a weapon-filled bunker.

Soldiers with the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment used “every weapon they have” to take out the simulated enemy forces at a live-fire exercise Tuesday.

Nearly a third of conflict-related detainees interviewed in Afghan prisons gave “credible and reliable” accounts of being tortured or subjected to other forms of inhumane or degrading treatment over the past two calendar years, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in a report released Wednesday.

A footpath to the border. Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., has become the busiest unauthorized crossing into Canada, a back door for tens of thousands of people seeking asylum in a country that projects itself as a haven for refugees. But now, Canada is signaling plans to crack down, and officials are asking the U.S. to help.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr decided Tuesday that asylum seekers who clear a “credible fear” interview and are facing removal don’t have the right to be released on bond by immigration court judges while their cases are pending.

The Army’s missile defense command in Europe is being upgraded to a one-star command after recently announced personnel changes go into effect later this year, the Army said.