Новости за 14.01.2021

That will happen only when the coronavirus becomes endemic, the point at which spread among human communities in a way that doesn’t cause massive outbreaks or serious illness is the norm, according to the researchers from Emory University in Georgia and Penn State University.

A multitude of entertainment luminaries are congratulating veteran TV star and executive producer Daniel Dae Kim on a milestone many believe is “ well overdue” and “so deserved.”

Home is where the heart is, the saying goes, and while Okinawa’s quaint Café Makana Lei is set up in the tradition of a small, island-themed teashop, it packs in enough heart to feel like home.

The Joining Forces initiative that supported military families and veterans is coming back to the White House with President-elect Joe Biden’s administration under the office of the future first lady Jill Biden, who helped established it in 2011.

The wind is shifting to the north, Okinawa is less humid and it’s looking like autumn-wintery weather has come to the sub-tropical island.

The Department of Veterans Affairs decided this week it would administer coronavirus vaccinations to veteran caregivers — a population that was not included in the agency’s vaccination strategy.

With the coronavirus making travel difficult, if not impossible, but public health professionals urging people to get outside and get exercise, many Americans based at Aviano are heading for the hills – specifically, the Alps, or the Dolomites as they’re called in Italy.

In Italy, where most restaurants have been closed for in-house dining for what feels like months — probably because it is — families have dusted off cookbooks and relearned how to make old favorites.

The age of free-flying emotional support animals is ending as most major airlines, enabled by new Department of Transportation rules, limits which critters can fly and how.

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers announced that they would introduce a bill to award Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman, who faced off against a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, the Congressional Gold Medal.

Spc. Joshua Preston, after being nudged to remove a Facebook post that criticized the Guard for a tepid public response to last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is raising questions with leadership about how the organization roots out right-wing extremism.

David Norquist has been tapped to step in as acting defense secretary for President-elect Joe Biden’s administration while nominee Lloyd Austin awaits Senate confirmation, according to news reports.

Party-less holidays were the cap to a year where the very premise of catering — people socializing and noshing together — was made moot by the pandemic, and likely to stay that way until the wide distribution of a vaccine.

Up to $25,000 is available to anyone with information about the New Year’s Day killing of Staff Sgt. Jessica Mitchell in San Antonio, Army officials announced Thursday.

Montana has 47,000 veterans enrolled within the health care system. Officials have said their goal is to inoculate all members. On Wednesday, Montana reported 87,630 total cases of coronavirus, with 81,676 of those recovered, and 1,069 deaths.

Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert V. Abernethy, the command team of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, received the Moderna vaccine Thursday at the Wiesbaden Army Health Clinic in Germany.

Three decades ago, Kirby Lee Vaughn prepared to cross into Iraq as part of Operation Desert Storm. The Army sergeant had brought his Canon T-70 camera into the desert to capture the experiences of his unit.

While the letter the Ohio National Guard tweeted about contained false information about a deployment, about 15,000 National Guard members from across the country have been activated to help provide security in Washington, D.C.

The high alert unnerved an America that over the last seven days has been shaken by disturbing images: representatives fleeing a violent mob breaking into the nation's Capitol, the impeachment for the second time of a president, and scenes of rage, tears and threats.

Lt. Col. Larry Wyatt, an Army physician assistant, earned the Soldier’s Medal for his bravery and decisiveness when he strapped a makeshift tourniquet on his own mangled arm and treated his badly wounded mentor after motorcyclists slammed into them at high speed.

Two German lawmakers are calling for changes in an international treaty that leaves most criminal cases involving U.S. troops in the hands of the military justice system, saying local authorities should have more say in such matters.

Under the Far East virtual format enacted for this year, each school ran on regulation 400-meter tracks, seven boys and seven girls each, five runners scoring and the others pushing for a total of 12½ laps.

Edgren won its 11th D-II title and led a sweep of the top three places by DODEA-Japan schools. Kadena captured its eighth D-I Far East title, leading a 1-2 finish for Okinawa.

The COVID-19 vaccine is not mandatory, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base employees can volunteer to get the vaccine, but only in the "appropriate phasing," Col. Patrick, Miller said Wednesday.

Sgt. Cody Robinett, of the 3303rd Mobilization Support Battalion, found the girl atop the roof of her family’s home.