Новости за 17.05.2017

President Donald Trump pledged to build icebreaker ships that the Coast Guard has long sought to navigate polar waterways, but offered no details about how they will be funded or whether his vision differs fundamentally from a plan established during the Obama administration.

He was Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, the Confederate States of America's first mega hero, and early Wednesday morning a statue of him astride his horse was removed from its pedestal in New Orleans.

The Military Warriors Support Foundation and Citizens Bank teamed up to surprise retired Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Jones with a mortgage-free home.

Times and dates for theaters in Belgium, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands and Spain and Turkey.

Since wresting the Air Force KC-46 tanker contract away from rival Airbus in 2011, Boeing has struggled through cost overruns and multiple design problems. Yet company officials offered assurances that the program is now on track.

Times and dates for theaters in Japan, Okinawa and South Korea

From 2010 to 2012, a trilogy of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” films were released in rapid succession, starring Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris and Steve Zahn. Adapted from the web comic turned kids novels by Jeff Kinney, the films featured the kinds of embarrassments and toilet humor that tend to make up most middle school lore. Five years later, a fourth film, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul,” is hitting theaters, with a completely new cast making up the Heffley family. Director David Bowers... Читать дальше...

Darren Byler says he will begin his summer-long demonstrations Thursday on the 94-foot Wild Alaskan. He has long alleged he was hit with the federal "poop" charges because authorities and others disapproved of the exotic-dancer business he ran in 2014.

One reason the new war strategy would require more troops is that it envisions using U.S. forces in a support role that until now has relied on outside contractors.

Robert Gilbeau was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to federal agents about his part in the worst corruption scandal in Navy history, making him the highest-ranking officer convicted so far in an investigation that has ensnared more than 200 people.

Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military prison early Wednesday after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence.

Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military prison early Wednesday after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence.

Underdogs put up fights, but usually fall to favorites in opening day of championships, with Bahrain and DIII teams joining play Thursday.

High school junior Cassidy Matschke has become the first woman in Hawaii state history to enlist and receive an Airborne infantry contract.

The U.S. should continue to support a robust conventional buildup in Eastern Europe to deter further Russian aggression there, panelists told an independent U.S. commission, just days ahead of the president’s rollout of his 2018 budget.

When Donald Trump was elected president, Israeli nationalists rejoiced that a reputed strong ally would be moving into the White House. But as Trump prepares to visit the region this weekend, apprehension reigns instead.

The Trump administration is extending sanctions relief for Iran that was granted under the Obama-era nuclear agreement, while imposing new economic penalties over Iranian ballistic missile activity.

European Union and U.S. officials swapped information Wednesday about threats involving air travel amid concern that the United States will soon broaden its ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from Europe.

The Syrian opposition will seek an extension of the current round of U.N.-hosted peace talks underway in Geneva, saying Wednesday it needed more negotiating time.

President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at his "critics and naysayers" following more than a week of negative news coverage beginning with his sudden decision to fire James Comey as FBI director.

“Block’hood” diverts from the classic “SimCity” mold in ways that allow the game to forge its own identity, while still having enough old-school flair to satiate fans of the city builder genre.

NATO top brass are recommending that the military alliance join the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group. NATO Military Committee head General Petr Pavel said Wednesday that "there is a merit for NATO becoming a member of that coalition."

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs voted unanimously by voice vote Wednesday to move forward with legislation that would immediately ban smoking inside Department of Veterans Affairs facilities and require the agency to eliminate outdoor smoking areas by 2022.

Despite strong protest from Democrats, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs pushed forward legislation Wednesday to limit the time that Department of Veterans Affairs employees spend working for their unions on the job.

Now that troops have returned from deployments and training with physical injuries caused by heavy equipment, the military has looked to bring the overall weight of gear down. So the Army and Marine Corps are working together to lighten the things they carry.