Новости за 06.03.2018

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has requested documents and interviewed witnesses about incidents involving Michael Cohen, the longtime lawyer for President Donald Trump whose wide-ranging portfolio has given him a unique vantage point into Trump's business, campaign and political activities.

The president of The Mission Continues posted a statement online Tuesday assuring supporters that the charity did not authorize Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' campaign to use its donor list.

Federal officials seeking to expand drone use around the United States said Tuesday they are pushing a pair of security initiatives to deal with what one called "the clueless, the careless and the criminal."

University of South Alabama College of Medicine student Jeremy Towns, 28, is well into his second year of classes on campus in Mobile. But medical school wasn't Towns' first choice. It was the fall-back plan. His first option: to play in the NFL.

Civilian deaths have surged in a besieged Damascus suburb this week as Syrian government forces press an offensive to recapture the area in defiance of U.N. calls for a cease-fire and increasingly desperate international efforts to halt one of the gravest humanitarian crises of the war.

Google's artificial intelligence technology is being used by the U.S. Department of Defense to analyze drone footage, a rare and controversial move by a company that's actively limited its work with the military in the past.

The truck was carrying 2,600 gallons of fuel when it rolled onto its side, said Tom DeRuyter, on-scene coordinator for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.

A massive airplane being built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen moved a step closer to flight last week, when it crept out of its hangar in Mojave, Calif., and practiced rolling down the runway, hitting a top speed of 46 mph.

NATO remains outgunned by Russia on its eastern flank despite having spent years bolstering its forces in that region, according to a new Rand Corp. study.

Data the Pentagon issued last year to spotlight the success of operations against militant groups in Afghanistan were inaccurate, raising questions about the real progress of the secretive counterterrorism campaign being conducted by the U.S. and Afghan military.

The veterans organization AMVETS announced an estimated $700,000 suicide-prevention initiative Tuesday to find veterans who could be struggling with a mental health crisis and get them treatment.

The top general overseeing U.S. operations in Africa said Tuesday that he expects China’s military to build more bases on the continent as it seeks to extend its influence.

The NBA is reportedly working on a plan to remove cheating from college basketball and putting it right back where it belongs: ninth grade. Or do the payments begin in eighth grade?

Central Florida linebacker/safety Shaquem Griffin became this year’s most inspiring NFL draft story at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis.

The Jon Lester throwing issue cropped up again on Sunday when he made an error on a ball hit back to him, throwing a multiple-hop bouncer to first. The Cubs want Lester to bounce his throws instead of risking an errant toss, and he’s been working on it with Butterfield this spring.

Instead of being regarded as one of the future faces of Major League Baseball, I learned about the best minor league prospect in the country because the Atlanta Braves hate the way he wore his hat one day. Yes, baseball is that petty.

Former Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith, now with Memphis, got going pretty good Sunday when a reporter asked him after a game if he thought all his players would be returning the team next season.

U.S. Africa Command is seeking danger pay for troops deployed to Niger, a move that comes after an ambush that killed four soldiers and that will likely result in greater oversight of military operations in the region.

“For the first time in many years, a serious effort is being made by all parties concerned,” President Donald Trump tweeted. “The World is watching and waiting! May be false hope, but the U.S. is ready to hard in either direction!”

Don't let the federal investigation into college basketball's inner workings distract from the primary issue here. It's not about which coach called what prospective star to pay how much money. It's that those calls happened in secrecy, that they had to be tapped by authorities, that the sport has what is so commonly referred to as an "underbelly."

A Russian military cargo plane crashed as it was descending to land at an air base in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 people onboard, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The military blamed the crash on a technical error and insisted that the plane was not shot down.

The most likely recipients are local nationals but servicemembers at Iwakuni could also get some of the blood if they’re injured and treated at a local hospital, said an American Red Cross regional program manager.

The Pentagon plans to tear down Camp X-Ray, a weed-filled warren of chain-link-fence cells where the Bush administration held its first 311 war-on-terror prisoners at Guantanamo — and famously released a photo of kneeling captives in orange jumpsuits that stirred allegations of torture.

The behind-the-scenes visit was partly aimed at easing concerns from local residents about increased noise and traffic levels, as the base is hosting an additional 3,700 soldiers for the Dynamic Front exercise.

In a tense congressional hearing examining worldwide threats, Senators grilled the top intel chief Tuesday expressing frustration that the U.S. hasn’t done enough to address past and future Russian cyberattacks.