Новости за 29.09.2017

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is dismissing controversy over his use of charter flights as "a little BS over travel," but says the American public has the right to know the costs of official travel.

The United States issued an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans nor America's FBI can figure out who or what is responsible for months of mysterious health ailments.

The soundtrack to the '60s and '70s can be used as a kind of lazy emotional shorthand. But in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's "The Vietnam War," which aired its finale on Sept. 28, that music became sharper and more vital.

President Donald Trump pledged to help Puerto Ricans recover basic necessities and security in Maria's ruinous aftermath as his homeland security chief tried to escape a tempest of her own making, set off when she called Washington's response to the hurricane a "good-news story."

Authorities say a cache of old military-grade explosives — some apparently active and some inert — were found in the backyard of a Los Angeles-area home, prompting officials to evacuate part of the neighborhood.

Iraq's military was preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region as a flight ban halted all international flights from servicing the territory's airports on Friday.

The Trump administration has thrown a lifeline to the last hope for a U.S. nuclear power revival, offering $3.7 billion in additional loan guarantees for Southern Co.'s troubled reactor project in Georgia.

A list of 298 active-duty U.S Air Force officers who have been selected for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major during the calendar year 17C Colonel Line of the Air Force Judge Advocate, Lieutenant Colonel Nurse Corps and Major Chaplain, LAF-J and Nurse Corps central selection boards, as announced Sept. 29, 2017.

The Health and Human Services Department came under fire last week after announcing that the website to buy coverage under the Affordable Care Act would be unavailable for 12 hours nearly every Sunday during this year's open enrollment season. The site is slated to be unavailable for a total of 60 hours, compared to 53.5 hours last year, between Nov. 1 and Dec. 15.

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

Nearly three days into a trip to Europe in July, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin had attended a Wimbledon championship tennis match, toured Westminster Abbey and taken a cruise on the Thames. Shulkin was in Europe for meetings with Danish and British officials about veterans' health issues. Yet he and his wife spent about half their time sightseeing.

In India, it’s rare for Ali Fazal to get through a meal at a restaurant without being approached by a fan. Though he’s had a girlfriend for years, he’s kept his relationship private, lest his many female admirers revolt. In other words: He’s kind of a big deal.

A Montana company owned by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes was awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force to supply fighter jet parts to Saudi Arabia.

Viewers across the nation and the world have been tuning in to Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s gripping 10-part documentary “The Vietnam War.” Hoàng Chi Truong, 55, is one person who has been watching intently.

Five weeks after the mass exodus began on Aug. 25, the U.N. says the total number of arrivals in Bangladesh has now topped 501,000. And still, they keep coming.

President Donald Trump said Friday that the centerpiece of his plan to help American businesses and workers "thrive, compete and grow" is a "giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country, tax cut."

Nancy Lewis never knew the uncle everyone called Joey, but the stories her grandmother would tell of the son who didn't return from World War II made it seem like he was still around. "She made him so real for us," Lewis, 73, said as she and other family members awaited the arrival at Kennedy Airport on Friday of a flight carrying the casket with the remains of Marine Corps Pvt. Joseph Carbone.

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The Russian military says a soldier has opened fire at other servicemen during drills, shooting three of them dead and wounding two others.

Derailed by consecutive road losses to Ohio State and Tulane that have dropped its record to 2-2, Army hopes for a repeat performance of last year when Army slammed Texas-El Paso 66-14 for its third straight win in what became a turnaround 8-5 year for the academy.

The Department of Veterans Affairs made moves Friday to publicize Secretary David Shulkin’s travel schedule, following scrutiny over the cost of government-funded travel by other Cabinet members.

Two Navy ships are now cruising toward Puerto Rico to bolster the U.S. response to the island left devastated last week by a direct hit from Hurricane Maria, officials said Friday.

The review of deadly collisions involving two U.S. destroyers will include analysis of best practices outside the Navy, looking to private organizations as varied as British Petroleum and the Mayo Clinic, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said.

The U.S. military says it has confirmed an additional 50 civilians killed by U.S. coalition air or artillery strikes in Iraq and Syria.

I can’t think of anything more un-American than threatening someone for an act of free speech.