Новости за 04.09.2019

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has reached a settlement with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson over violations of federal hazardous waste laws.

Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Iceland on Wednesday for a visit in which he plans to highlight the growing strategic importance of the Arctic, as well as “NATO’s efforts to counter Russian aggression” and “opportunities to expand mutual trade and investment,” the White House said as it announced the visit.

The trial focused on the multi-million-dollar project Craig and his then-law firm did for Ukraine in 2012 and featured testimony about his professional connections with some of the same figures who years later became entangled in Mueller's investigation, including former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates.

When British lawmakers debate important policy options, their language is often punctuated with wisecracks, insults and taunts. During a testy House of Commons debate Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn of ducking an election and being "a chlorinated chicken."

It can be a cheesy thing when a novel is split up and spread out over a handful of films, but Stephen King’s “It” is not one of those books.

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee has pleaded guilty to leaking the medical records of Richard Ojeda as the retired Army major was running for Congress.

Brian Urlacher and Jordy Nelson coached military service members through NFL combine-style drills Tuesday as part of USAA’s Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp.

The place is hard to find. You must drive into the mountains above Santa Cruz, Calif., following a road that turns from asphalt to dirt, then park at the top of a rise and look for a path whose entrance is deliberately concealed by brush.

About $77 million will be diverted from four military construction projects in Hampton Roads to help pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall, Virginia’s two senators said Wednesday.

The Trump administration stepped up pressure on Iran on Wednesday, imposing sanctions on an oil shipping network with ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and offering a reward of up to $15 million for information that could disrupt its faltering economy even further.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he's not ready to publicly discuss how a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would begin under a peace deal with the Taliban.

Edmond Crane, 85, missed his senior prom in Queens because he had enlisted in the Air Force, but last Friday he got to celebrate almost 70 years late along with about 50 other residents.

As Dorian’s path progresses north along the coast, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, both in southern South Carolina, have already chosen to evacuate personnel ahead of the storm’s arrival overnight.

Military bases located in the southeastern United States are taking precautionary measures and more than 10,000 active-duty and National Guard troops stand ready to support ongoing storm preparations and possible recovery efforts as Hurricane Dorian continues its trek north along the East Coast.

Rubbin Sarpong, 35, of Millville, N.J., has been charged in a $2.1 million online dating scheme that duped people into sending money to supposed U.S. soldiers serving overseas, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Pope Francis acknowledged his growing opposition within the conservative right-wing of the U.S. Catholic Church and said in off-hand remarks aboard the papal plane Wednesday it is "an honor if the Americans attack me."

Invalid search warrants led to the dismissal of a master sergeant’s conviction, prison sentence and dishonorable discharge. Now the Navy is asking the nation’s highest military court to reverse the decision.

The USS Wasp on Wednesday left the 7th Fleet — its home for more than 1 ½ years — as it shifts homeports from Sasebo Naval Base in Japan to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., according to a Navy statement.

Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis said that the ships will remain at sea until the threat from the storm subsides.

At least seven deaths were reported after the most powerful storm to hit the Bahamas in recorded history. Five Coast Guard helicopters ran near-hourly flights to the stricken Abaco as part of the relief efforts.

Lawyers for the Afghan survivors of a 2009 NATO airstrike say they are still seeking adequate compensation for their clients and a criminal prosecution of the German officer who ordered the bombing.

An exercise that runs through Sept. 23 involves members of the Illinois National Guard’s 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team as well as a multidomain task force.

“We have to be able to disperse. We can’t all be sitting on big bases and being big targets,” Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Charles Q. Brown said. “The ability to move around...is important.”

Latasha Wisniewski used the false promise of romance to gain the trust of Korean War veteran Charles Bauer in order to drain his life’s savings to purchase botox injections, breast implants and butt implants.

First Lt. William "Blake" Pickel, 30, of Cleveland, Tennessee, was taking part in a survival training exercise Sunday when he experienced a “health-related issue” that required him to be taken to the hospital via aircraft.