Новости за 26.08.2017

Family, friends, soldiers and dignitaries gathered Saturday for Jonathon Hunter's funeral at Columbus East High School, from which he graduated in 2011. He was lauded for his love of children, music, sports and serving his country.

Rescue teams, maintenance and support staff from the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard is heading to Texas and Louisiana, along with three rescue helicopters, a rescue plane and several boats and watercraft.

A list of U.S. Navy officers who have been selected for promotion to the permanent grades of captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant and chief warrant officer in the line and staff corps in September, 2017.

Harvey spun deeper into Texas on Saturday and unloaded ponderous amounts of rain after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least one person and injured up to 14.

Two Corpus Christi-based MH0-65 Dolphin helicopter crews rescued 18 people from boats and barges that were in distress because of Harvey.

According to the Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Juan A. Guzman was convicted of committing a sexual assault in Port Angeles, Washington in May 2014, and then lying to Coast Guard Investigative Service agents about it in July 2015.

American Christopher Allen was killed Saturday morning when opposition rebels attacked the town of Kaya near the Ugandan border in South Sudan. He was "caught in the fighting" that also left 15 rebels dead, the army spokesman said.

"We are aware of the civilian casualty allegations near Barire, Somalia. We take any allegations of civilian casualties seriously, and per standard, we are conducting an assessment into the situation to determine the facts on the ground," the U.S. said in a statement.

Nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month will be honored during a memorial service at their former air base.

For months, Gen. John W. Nicholson, Jr., made the case for an expanded U.S. military commitment to Afghanistan, telling skeptics that the faltering Afghan war was an urgent matter of American security, that the struggling Afghan government was a reliable partner, and that its defense forces just needed more time and U.S. support to become self-sufficient.

Hundreds of thousands of peace marchers flooded the heart of Barcelona on Saturday shouting "I'm not afraid" — a public rejection of violence following extremist attacks that killed 15 people, Spain's deadliest in more than a decade.

Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm's aftermath.

When the South Fork Reservoir's dam burst in May, 1889, setting off the Johnstown Flood that killed more than 2,200 people, "cottages" owned by some of the nation's wealthiest men were left high and dry. Many still stand, but one of them is now an eyesore.

Syrian government forces and their allies have captured a wide area from the Islamic State group in the country's center, two days after besieging it, an opposition monitoring group and a Syrian military arm said Saturday.

For several years, the Bay County, Fla. branch of Huntington Ingalls Industries has tested and developed Proteus. Last week, they got to show off that work at the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX).

Anna Ciacciarella put color-coded tape on all the desk lamps, mattress pads, notebooks and other dorm-room items as she and her three siblings prepared to move from the family home to Quinnipiac University. About 10 miles down Interstate 91, quadruplets Aaron, Nick, Zach and Nigel Wade are preparing to begin their freshman year at Yale.

Constant deployments, a shrinking number of ships and high demands on crews have frayed the U.S. Navy, according to naval experts and current and former Navy officers, leading to four major incidents at sea this year and the deaths of 17 sailors.

Hurricane Harvey settled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, lashing the shore with damaging winds and dumping torrents of rain across hundreds of miles of coastline that braced for life-threatening storm surges — walls of water rushing inland.

Iraq's military said Saturday it has driven Islamic State militants out of 90 percent of the northern town of Tal Afar and retaken the town center.

Eric McCarter, a junior, rushed seven times for 78 yards and three touchdowns and the Panthers overwhelmed Yokota with 402 yards in a 44-0 rout.

SANA says Mohammed Nasr, 34, was killed in the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, without giving further details.

Thomas McMahon, who died in Vietnam and received the Medal of Honor for his heroism, was honored Friday by his Lewiston High School Class of 1967 during its 50th class reunion weekend celebration.

Authorities appealed to thousands of followers of the guru, who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insaan, to vacate his headquarters in Sirsa, a town in Haryana state, and go home.

Local defense forces are asking for more government support to fight Boko Haram's insurgency, which has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced millions in the past eight years

Ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra skipped out on the court's verdict Friday and according to a member of her political party, fled into exile abroad.