Новости за 25.10.2019

Somali intelligence officials say an airstrike by a U.S. drone has killed three senior officers with Islamic State group-affiliated fighters in northern Somalia. The U.S. Africa Command confirmed the airstrike.

General Motors workers voted 57.2% in favor of a new contract with the company, bringing an immediate end to a contentious a 40-day strike that paralyzed GM's U.S. factories.

A 2016 law allowed all Filipino veterans of World War II who served between July 26, 1941 and Dec. 31, 1946 to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. So far, only 46 Filipino scouts have been presented the award.

As a boy growing up in the Philippines during World War II, Jose Manzano-Somera’s family opened their home to the American soldiers who filled their hometown. Eventually, Manzano-Somera would join the soldiers as the war ended and serve as part of the New Philippine Scouts of the U.S. Army

A judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to give the House secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, handing a victory to Democrats who want it for the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump.

The USS Gerald R. Ford headed out to sea Friday after completing 15 months of maintenance and upgrades and two days after Rep. Elaine Luria and Navy Secretary Richard Spencer sparred over ongoing delays to the service’s newest aircraft carrier.

Brianna McKinnon thought she’d easily get a teaching job in the Dayton area in 2017 when her husband was transferred to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, but she said a state law prevented her from doing so.

Joy Birch, who testified as an alibi witness in Dawan Mulazim’s first trial, took the stand again Thursday to say she was with him the night of Marine Cpl. Jonathan Price’s death. After her testimony, prosecutors played a phone call from jail that called into question some of the things she had said.

It seems like director Deon Taylor might be the only filmmaker actively keeping the mid-budget adult thriller alive in this age of extinction. Plus, he’s prolific: His topical corrupt cop drama “Black and Blue” is his second 2019 film, arriving just a few months after his surprisingly entertaining and campy home invasion horror thriller “The Intruder.”

Regional flights usually mean cramped quarters and a race to board before all the overhead bin space is claimed, forcing stragglers to check bags at the gate. The experience on the newest small aircraft in United Airlines’ fleet will be a little different.

A petite woman in a bright pink shirt jumped up and grasped a pullup bar in a suburban park. She shifted her grip. Then she began to knock out pullups — one, two, three. Onlookers burst out in applause, cheering her on. They had gathered on a cool Saturday morning to learn how to use the new gym at the 38th Avenue Neighborhood Park in Hyattsville, Md.

When the fall weather creeps in, so, too, does an urge to seek out ways to terrify ourselves. Some of the scary fall activities we partake in can be casual and festive, such as visiting a "haunted" corn maze. Others are more serious, dipping into the realm of what has become known as dark tourism. Although the term hasn’t yet made it into the dictionary, it’s largely defined as travel associated with somber events.

The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year surged to $984.4 billion, its highest point in seven years and is widely expected to top the $1 trillion mark in coming years.

The remains of 81 unidentified soldiers from a South Vietnamese airborne battalion killed in action in late 1965 will be memorialized and buried with full military honors Saturday in Westminster, Calif.

Slime, the bedazzled, stretchy sensation that has spawned its own social media influencers and fans of all ages, is taking up residence in New York City. An immersive, 8,000-square-foot museum dedicated to all things slime opens Oct. 25 for a nearly six-month celebration complete with a sticky barefoot lake walk and DIY bar. There’s also the opportunity to don goggles and a poncho and get doused in the stuff that has a big following but a questionable impact when it comes to disposal and the environment.

On Monday, former Navy lacrosse player Dwayne Osgood will begin his fourth round of treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer. The day before, however, he will participate in his fifth Marine Corps Marathon.

The real danger is that both China and Russia possess technology that will make Iran’s already formidable military production even better.

A fourth person was arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a container truck in southeastern England, British police said Friday as the investigation into one of the country's worst human smuggling cases geared up.

Trump calls Syria a “bloody sandbox.” He’s right about that. It is also a briar patch of warring tribes and sects, inexplicable ancient animosities and irreconcilable differences.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged military families and elected officials this week to “keep the pressure on” the country’s leaders to expand the support and understanding of those who care for injured and ill veterans and service members.

His time of 16:03.45 beat the old district record of 16:08.0 set by Kadena’s Andrew Kilkenny on Oct. 16, 2013.

Seven Roman Catholic activists have been convicted of federal crimes for breaking into a Navy submarine base in Georgia to protest nuclear weapons.

Tulsi Gabbard, the last House member still in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Thursday she would not seek reelection for her Hawaii seat.

Less than a week before Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union, ambassadors from the bloc's 27 other nations agreed Friday to grant the U.K.'s request for another extension to the Brexit deadline — but they did not settle on how long that delay should be.

Military health officials are concerned that pregnant service members may be going without an immunization for a respiratory disease that kills more newborns than any other age group.