Новости за 29.11.2017

Calling it the opportunity of his lifetime, President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary pledged Wednesday to help lower drug prices and said he'd carry out the Obama-era health law his boss has been unable to erase.

The surprising development in one of Philadelphia’s most notable terrorism cases came four months after Ali Charaf Damache became the first terror suspect extradited to stand trial in a U.S. civilian court under the Trump administration.

An Air Force investigation determined a June 23 crash in Dayton, Ohio was avoidable. Following the investigation, Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt determined the team was better off with new leadership as it begins preparing for its 2018 schedule.

The Trump administration threatened new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday after the reclusive government shattered 2½ months of relative quiet with its most powerful weapon test yet, an intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believe could reach Washington and the entire U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

The language that North Korea used Wednesday - saying it had achieved a "priceless victory" and completed the missile development process - gave some analysts hope that North Korea was positioning itself to negotiate, albeit on its own terms.

A former Massachusetts police officer convicted of kicking a handcuffed and shackled prisoner was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation by a judge who took into account his military service.

In an email, Garrison Keillor, the former host of "A Prairie Home Companion," said, "I put my hand on a woman's bare back. I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called."

Facebook executives say 99 percent of ISIS and al-Qaida-related content is detected by the company's AI before any user flags it. They said in some cases the software was able to block the content from ever being posted in the first place.

Airmen approaching 12 years served who convert to the new Blended Retirement System will be eligible for a continuation pay bonus, but those planning on retiring after 20 years may benefit more from the current system.

Veterans Affairs is trying to improve oversight and more timely reporting of poor-performing doctors to state medical boards, the acting leader of VA’s organizational excellence office told members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

President Donald Trump retweeted infammatory videos posted by a fringe British political group Wednesday that purported to show violence being committed by Muslims, drawing quick condemnation from civil rights groups as well as a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May.

American Airlines is working to resolve a scheduling fault that gave time off to too many pilots in December, leaving some flights without enough crew during the holiday rush.

NATO allies will be under pressure to provide more troops for Afghanistan when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Europe next week, but his push may face resistance even as more U.S. troops deploy to the battlefield.

Outraged British opposition politicians demanded Wednesday that the government revoke an invitation to U.S. President Donald Trump after he retweeted videos posted by a leader of the Britain First group.

The commissioning of the $440 million Little Rock, known as LCS9, represents the first time in the Navy's 242-year history that a new ship is being commissioned adjacent to its decommissioned namesake.

Nicholas Young is the only U.S. police officer to ever face terrorism charges - a case brought after he was under FBI surveillance during six of the 13 years he patrolled the D.C. Metro system. His trial is set for December in Virginia.

A 57-year-old former employee of a U.S. government contractor was sentenced to 21 months in prison for accepting nearly $300,000 in illegal kickbacks from an Afghan subcontractor, the Justice Department announced.

Maj. David Jerkins was convicted at a 2014 court-martial for severely beating his toddler stepson with a belt. Now his lawyers have asked the military’s highest court to overturn his sentence, arguing that critical remarks about his military character improperly influenced the jury.

If anyone should feel betrayed by James O’Keefe, it would be all those people who have been duped into believing that the mainstream media are the bad guys.

Tank rounds have been screeching across mountains just a few miles south of the tense border with North Korea over the past two weeks, and they won’t stop until Christmas.

Somalia’s new government offers the country its best chance for “lasting peace in over a generation,” and the U.S. military will continue to build up local forces to fight Islamic militants rooted there, U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday.

For more than a decade, Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska has secretly held ties to one of Washington's most prestigious addresses, a property in the heart of the city that is surrounded by powerful political figures and foreign embassies.

By using his time with Xi to push for the UCLA players’ release, Trump allowed Xi to appear to be reasonable on the prisoner issue without giving ground on cases the Chinese government actually cares about.

Trump’s “America First” strategy has facilitated China’s buildup, unintentionally.

The USS James E. Williams sailed into the Black Sea this week, the second U.S. warship in the past three months to patrol a region where fighting has increased between Ukrainian government troops and separatists backed by Russia.