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The National Rifle Association won’t have to pay Oliver North’s legal bills, a New York judge ruled, after North was ousted as its president amid allegations of financial malfeasance and an attempted leadership coup.

The 60,000-fighter force, which was the core ground force in the US-backed campaign against Islamic State militants, may have to fight to its last soldier. In the war with ISIS, it lost 11,000 fighters.

The U.S. will hand over to Iraqi authorities nearly 50 Islamic State members who were transferred from Syria, two Iraqi intelligence officials said Thursday. The officials said the ISIS members were expected to be handed over by Friday.

Legendary director Ang Lee first dipped his toe into the world of high frame rate cinema with 2016’s "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk," which was shot and shown in select theaters at 120 frames per second (as opposed the usual 24). Lee and executives hoped critics and audiences might give the new look a chance, but the bizarre adaptation of the best-selling novel wasn’t the hit that allowed the format to break through to the mainstream. Perhaps they just needed a real movie star to sell it. So for his next trick... Читать дальше...

The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday criticized a judge's ruling barring his agency from relying solely on databases that have at times led to the wrongful detention of American citizens.

When the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ruled the gaming world, Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon franchise delivered exceptional tactical shooters built around ingenious gadgets, stealthy combat and enthralling cooperative play. Missions were intense and every action had significance. A console generation later, the franchise is a ghost of its former self.

Staff Sgt. Lauren Beecroft wasn’t going to miss seeing her freshman daughter, Avrie Brode, play in Schuylkill Haven’s junior varsity match against Williams Valley in Pennsylvania. Even though Beecroft was stationed in Europe.

An Air Force pararescueman from Virginia who had served in Afghanistan was killed Tuesday from injuries that he sustained while conducting mountain training in Idado, the service said.

Ukraine's president insisted Thursday that he faced "no blackmail" from President Donald Trump in their phone call that helped spark an impeachment inquiry. Volodymyr Zelenskiy also said his country will "happily" investigate allegations that it was Ukrainians, not Russians, who interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

A series of recent airstrikes in Libya against Islamic State targets were delivered to “devastating effect,” eliminating roughly one-third of the group’s already weakened fighting force in the country, a defense official said Thursday.

Trump will address supporters in Minneapolis – the home district of a frequent target of his: Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar. It's a venue ripe for some of Trump's favorite attacks regarding issues like immigration and urban crime.

Wherever I go, be it Florida, Alaska, Korea or England, I always look for a place to get a good curry. Not super spicy, but with enough zing to get my attention.

The Army is defending what it says was a joint decision of stakeholders on Redstone Arsenal to close an historic 57-year-old space and technical library.

The murder of Army Spc. Jacob Bishop was a deliberate, isolated act, police said Tuesday, after the National Guardsman's body was found more than a week ago in his Tennessee home bound and shot multiple times.

The Navy is going more digital with its "Sailor 25" program," making it easier for sailors to access information on their phones as it seeks to attract new recruits and retain sailors, the service’s top human resources officer said Thursday.

Trump administration officials say the U.S. Navy will name a ship that has yet to be built after the city of Harrisburg.

The 388-foot littoral combat ship Nantucket, designed for a maximum draft of 14 feet, is part of a Navy push to use smaller, lighter ships that are equipped for changing missions in shallow coastal waters.

The operation, led by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Frank Cocciolillo, was a team-building opportunity for the unit, which supports the Jordan Armed Forces Joint Training Center in Amman.

Restoring defense projects funding that was diverted to a border wall is easier said than done, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith said during a tour of Kirtland Air Force Base on Wednesday.

Trump on Wednesday called what happened "a terrible accident" and said his administration would seek to speak with the driver "and see what we can come up with." He noted that the British drive on the left side of the road, while in the United States, people drive on the right.

The White House is looking at rolling out a previously agreed currency pact with China as part of an early harvest deal that could also see a tariff increase next week suspended, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Army Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams will receive the Medal of Honor this month for his lifesaving actions in the frozen mountains of eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province during a 2008 mission to kill or capture a high-value target, the White House announced Thursday.

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, business associates of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, were arrested and are in custody Thursday, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan said.

Residents of border areas within Syria scrambled in panic as they tried to escape on foot and in cars, pickup trucks and motorcycle rickshaws piled with mattresses and belongings.

Flight operations were temporarily halted “to give the base and community time and space to respond to the incident,” said an Air Force spokeswoman.