Новости за 08.12.2017

It’s an annual pre-Christmas miracle, one that even in an overcrowded sports calendar, even in a city obsessed with its professional athletes, even in a nation where the military’s footprint has been greatly diminished continues to delight.

A semi-retired Russian three-star general oversaw the cross-border movements of a rocket launcher used to bring down a passenger jet in 2014 over eastern Ukraine, killing all aboard, an investigation by a team of reporting outlets has found.

The military says the remains of a World War II Marine from Aberdeen will be buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.

Instagram has released its year-in-review data, which included, among other stats, the most photographed cities, locations and museums, based on geotagged data, of 2017.

After a decades-long effort, members of the African-American community in Worcester, Mass. were pleased Thursday, the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to see the newly dedicated monument to their friends and family who served in World War II.

Bell Helicopter is moving aggressively into the autonomous vehicle business and this week introduced one called APT — short for Automatic Pod Transport — that could be employed by the military or retailers like Amazon.com.

For the first time in more than 60 years, a powerful gun first used during World War II rumbled Thursday from the rear of the battleship New Jersey across the Delaware River, marking the 75th anniversary of the launch of the historic warship at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1942.

The original speech was about a half-hour long, historians believe. What was recorded appears to be only about 12 minutes or so. And, executed almost a decade after the desperate spring of 1940, the recording lacks the probable punch of the original.

Nia Payne borrowed a pair of what looked like eclipse glasses from someone nearby, then looked directly at the sun for 15 to 20 seconds. They weren't the right glasses.

In chess, Ahmad Bradshaw thinks several moves ahead. In football, he anticipates the next play. Watch for a smile Saturday after the play call comes in from the sideline. That means he predicted it correctly.

Each year the academy’s “unlucky” 13th Company runs the official Army-Navy game balls to the game, typically held in Philadelphia. This year roughly 150 company members will split up and relay the ball in 13 legs, spanning roughly 128 miles, on a police-escorted route that takes them through Baltimore to the city of brotherly love in Pennsylvania.

Japan announced plans Friday to acquire medium-range air-to-surface missiles and mount them on fighter jets amid the escalating nuclear threat from North Korea.

At this year’s weeklong STEMposium science, math and engineering camp, students at U.S. military schools in Europe learned the importance of the “F-word.” Famine, that is.

The Pentagon's newly installed top weapons buyer told a Senate panel on Thursday that she was "determined to reduce the cost" of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a price tag projected to top $1 trillion over its 60-year life span, making it the most expensive weapons system in the history of the Defense Department.

Though he said he “was excited for that conversation and hopeful that it would result in real change,” he didn’t seem to grasp what that change might look like or why he has been swept up in it.

Tactical advantage and strategic concerns often define how America deals with child sex issues both at home and abroad.

Christmas isn’t all goodness and light, at least not when the Krampuses come to town.

The CFPB isn’t a perfect agency, but it has been amazingly effective in protecting consumers, stopping predatory conduct and reducing the risk of another catastrophic financial crash.

Phillips was discriminating against no one. He was simply saying he would not apply himself personally in expressing sentiments contrary to his idea of what’s right.

Okinawan protesters took to the streets Thursday night after a part that may have come from a U.S. military aircraft fell from the sky and landed on the roof of a day care facility in Ginowan City.

John Boyega may have a lot in common with Finn, the character he plays in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” but a trip to a London toy store left the actor floored.

Being attached to a French-led unit in the Citadel Bonus mission is preparing the California soldiers to work more closely with NATO allies and gives them a taste of what to expect on their coming deployment, said Master Sgt. Fernando Ravega.

The crews of Japan- and Guam-based C-130J Super Hercules aircraft are preparing for this year’s Operation Christmas Drop — a long-running annual mission to provide much-needed supplies to the islanders.

Declassified documents published Friday show that more than two decades ago the U.S. believed its military and South Korea's forces would "undoubtedly win" a conflict on the divided Korean Peninsula.