Новости за 07.11.2017

From Truman to Trump, North Korea has vexed 13 presidents. Only now, there's a new wrinkle: nuclear missiles. Nearly 50 years after North Korean MiGs fired a missile and killed all 31 crew members aboard a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane, historians and national security analysts are reexamining the attack.

Congressional members on Tuesday expressed horror and promised a separate investigation into the U.S. Air Force’s failure to report criminal convictions that would have prevented a Texas shooter from obtaining firearms.

The U.S. Air Force formalized the return of the annex to the German government at a ceremony Monday, marking the official end of U.S. military operations at the base that began in 1952.

The 2017 Country Music Association Awards take place Wednesday, and we at The Associated Press are placing bets on who will have a great night, and who won’t. Miranda Lambert is the top contender with five nominations, while Little Big Town and Keith Urban earned four each.

The gunman who opened fire in a Texas church, killing at least 26 people, escaped from a mental health facility in 2012 after he was caught sneaking guns onto an Air Force base and "attempting to carry out death threats" made against military superiors, according to a police report.

Robert Palmer Coles Jr., a veteran of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Saturday at his home in Machias. He was 93. At 17, he tricked his father into signing paperwork allowing him to join the Navy in 1941.

Lawmakers and stakeholders were grappling Tuesday with details of legislation that focus on a big question in veterans’ health care – whether the government or the veteran should have final say about where medical treatment is provided.

Navy’s starting quarterback hurt his left (non-throwing) shoulder midway through the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s game against Temple. Zach Abey was dressed for practice, but did not take live repetitions on Monday.

U.S. troops are launching Stinger and Patriot missiles from the Greek island of Crete in an effort to boost the Army’s short- and long-range air defenses in Europe, an area of heightened focus as the Army works to close potential capability gaps.

Anti-Islamic State coalition aircraft dropped some 850 bombs last month on ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, a dramatic decline since the summer months when the U.S.-led alliance dropped nearly 4,500 explosives on average, a top U.S. general said Tuesday.

The U.S.-led NATO alliance will adopt a plan to reconstitute two Cold War-era commands aimed at ensuring American reinforcements can arrive and maneuver around Europe during a crisis.

A Senate panel on Tuesday approved a new wave of President Donald Trump’s nominees for top military leadership posts, ending a long running drought for the administration to fill a slew of Pentagon vacancies.

Not since 2007 and the exercise Valiant Shield off Guam have three aircraft carriers operated together in the Pacific, the Navy said. The gathering is seen as a show of force aimed at a belligerent North Korea.

Vietnam veteran Willie Riley searched for his lost Purple Heart for more than 20 years. He died last December at the age of 71. But on Monday, the lost medal was finally returned to the family he left behind.

The founder of M.A.S.H. Pantry is familiar with veterans in need whose pride makes them reluctant to seek help. After all, she also is a veteran and once was in the same predicament.

Syria announced its plans to join the Paris climate accord on Tueday at an international climate conference in Bonn, Germany. The move comes after the only other remaining holdout, Nicaragua, announced its plans to join the Paris agreement in September.

On Nov. 10, World of Warships will introduce the USS Kidd to its fleet of military ships. It’s creators believe if a Kidd veteran sees the gaming version, it will seem like the real thing.

Two days after a mass shooting at a Texas church, Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday plan to try forcing an up-or-down vote on legislation establishing a select committee on preventing gun violence.

Officials believe the 26 women, who are all Nigerian and range from 14 to 18 years old, died attempting the dangerous journey from Libya to Europe over the weekend. Officials have launched an investigation into the women's cause of the death to see if they had been tortured or sexually assaulted.

Such violent tactics always end with exactly opposite of what the intimidators intend: a resilient church that, if anything, moves forward with even more purpose than before.

Being welcoming and open doesn’t begin with songs or the sermon. It doesn’t allow bad people to hold us hostage. It shouldn’t force us to change. It begins at the door.

The U.S. eased its visa ban against Turkey on Monday, but Ankara's response suggests there's no quick solution to the problems that have turned relations between the longtime allies into a hostile standoff.

The bill shows that the goal of the new Republican boss is the same as the last one: get as many tax breaks to the rich as possible.

Is this not what a bipartisan tax reform compromise might look like?

Even as tiny Sutherland Springs began funerals and mourning that touch nearly every family, more chilling details emerged of how the black-clad attacker, Devin P. Kelley, methodically tried to take as many victims as possible as he stalked the pews.