Новости за 16.09.2015

Police say a 7-hour standoff with a retired military man who was holding his family against their will has ended peacefully.

Comedian Jon Stewart turned serious Wednesday as he lobbied members of Congress to permanently extend a law providing medical monitoring and treatment for Sept. 11 first responders.

Known as the President's Daily Brief, they are tightly guarded rundowns of CIA intelligence from around the globe. For the first time, some of the oldest briefs being made public, starting with those written in the 1960s for presidents Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

The commander of U.S. Central Command told the Senate on Wednesday that only a handful of U.S.-trained Syrian rebels remain in the fight against the Islamic State -- drawing harsh criticism from lawmakers who called the program a “total failure.”

Those of you tired of network reruns are about to get a reprieve. Starting this week, the five major networks will roll out the first of 22 new programs to go along with returning series. The 22 fall series launches is the smallest since Fox became a network.

Two years after the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, families whose loved ones died are filing multimillion dollar lawsuits against companies they say could have prevented it from happening.

Base tours offer an easy way to see Europe with other members of the military community. Here is a sampling of trips scheduled as of Sept. 18, 2015.

Michael Jernigan lost his eyesight and part of his brain in Iraq in 2004. But he insists, thanks to a couple of dogs, he found more than he lost.

All these Democrats are demonstrating the difficulty of campaigning to extend a two-term streak in the White House at a time of economic discontent.

As many reasons as there are to turn away more refugees, there is one overarching reason why we must take them: because innocent civilians are dying.

Polls show that Latinos and millennials tend to be pro-life but they also have little sympathy for the GOP. If Republicans aren’t careful, the coming years may see its once-reliable pro-life forces dwindle, a devastating political prospect.

The U.S. Army deployed its newest M777 howitzers to Japan in time for this month’s annual Orient Shield exercise with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Google makes money off online searches. It has an obligation not to exploit or appropriate the salacious details of peoples’ lives in the pursuit of clicks and money without considering petitions to have such details removed.

Self-driving cars and Internet-connected vehicles that remember your personal preferences are among the draws at this year’s Frankfurt International Motor Show.

Former Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush are joining a fundraising effort to build the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington.

Evan Buetow was home in Washington state last year when he learned that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a member of his team in Afghanistan, had been released after five years in Taliban captivity. He was glad Bergdahl was safely returned, but a Rose Garden ceremony and a hero's welcome for an alleged deserter didn't seem right to him.

A Navy tradition carried out across the fleet on Wednesday, when thousands of first-class petty officers became newly minted chief petty officers, one of the military’s most storied noncommissioned ranks and a career highlight for those who make the cut.

The Republican front-runner gave no details on how he would pay for an expansion in the armed forces — or veterans' health care — leaving his foreign policy agenda still mostly a blank slate.

Improving communication and coordination of activities between Aberdeen Proving Ground and the surrounding communities are key factors in implementing a regional Joint Land Use Study for the Army post, a consultant who worked on the draft of the study said.

Japan’s Defense Ministry says four Japanese fighter jets were scrambled Tuesday to intercept a foreign plane flying over the country’s airspace off Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, according to news reports.

At first, the viral video makes you laugh: A young woman says nothing as she flips through a series of handwritten signs, telling the story of how she fell in love with her sailor husband.

The remaining woman, who the Army has not identified, is a major and mother of two.

Pakistan's military says Chinese and Pakistani troops have conducted a joint field exercise to improve their ability to combat terrorism.

China appears to be building an airstrip on a dredged reef near an oil and gas field also claimed by the Philippines, a move that may further inflame international tensions over the South China Sea.

During a speech in Cleveland, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus expanded on his earlier remarks criticizing the lengthy Marine Corps experiment that compared all-male combat units with ones that included women.