Новости за 13.05.2017

The USS Abraham Lincoln's multibillion-dollar overhaul includes upgrades that enable the Lincoln to become the first nuclear-powered carrier capable of accommodating the Navy’s F-35C Lightning II aircraft, which will eventually replace F/A-18 jets.

It’s unclear if employees or officials at military bases across the U.S. are required to report undocumented immigrants who visit the bases to ICE. A spokeswoman for Travis did not say if there are any such policies in place.

An exhibit commemorating the men and women who contributed to the war effort at the airfield celebrated its grand opening Thursday in a ribbon cutting and reception at the Cavern City Air Terminal.

The award, issued to SRI International by the Army’s Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program, is to help local researchers manufacture and conduct clinical testing on a potential vaccine to fight Venezuelan equine encephalitis.

The Lake County Veterans Treatment Court provides counseling and treatment for substance abuse, anger management, psychological problems and post-traumatic stress disorder. Those who complete the program, which is monitored through Lake County Community Corrections, can have criminal charges dismissed or reduced.

Rebuilding Together Solano County provided free yard work and remodeling to Syble Mitchell, an 87 year-old Navy veteran who was in the service for 23 years.

The list is not a comprehensive accounting of finalists for the FBI director positions. It is possible other candidates could be considered, officials said, and the ultimate decision falls to Trump.

Yoo is a career infantry officer who has led units from a rifle platoon to the entire 1st Marine Division. He previously served as director of operations for U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

Multinational amphibious exercises involving the U.S., France, UK and Japan on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam were moving ahead as scheduled Saturday, one day after being suspended when a French landing craft ran aground.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that it will notify finalists over the next several days. It won't say how many there are, but it has said previously that it would pick up to 20.

For the first time in 10 years, the Dragons walked away from the field with a win against their Division I foe after a 4-1 victory.

A North Korean parliamentary committee sent a rare letter of protest to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday over its new package of tougher sanctions.

A 70-year-old dementia patient at a state-run veterans home died from choking on a plastic trash bag, an autopsy confirmed.

The Navy said Friday in a press release that it has contained the spill of nearly 100,000 gallons. It leaked from a tank at Naval Air Station Oceana and onto some adjoining properties and some waterways.

Officials working to clean up about 94,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled at an air station in Virginia Beach are urging residents to avoid recreational activities like fishing in the area until their work is done.

The Navy said Friday in a press release that it has contained the spill of nearly 100,000 gallons. It leaked from a tank at Naval Air Station Oceana and onto some adjoining properties and some waterways.

A Dallas-area military veteran will serve life imprisonment without parole for the 2013 shooting deaths of four women, including his girlfriend and estranged wife.

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will travel to Brussels on Monday for meetings with the defense chiefs of the other 27 NATO countries.

When George Mitchell accepts the Purple Heart medal Sunday at the main dining room at Clemson Downs retirement community, he'll likely be wearing his trademark white cotton socks. Mitchell loves socks that are warm and dry, a priority he's had since the winter of 1944, when he lived outdoors on frozen battlefields of western Germany.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to its employees for new ideas to combat its oldest and biggest challenge, and it will screen potential solutions in a competition similar to the ABC reality show “Shark Tank.”