Новости за 22.04.2018

In a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense co-signed by 40 members of Congress, Reps. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., and Peter Roskam, R-Ill., also call for a budget of $500 million for support of Israeli missile- and rocket-defense systems in the 2019 fiscal year.

Mark Dziewior crafted a larger-than-life bronze sculpture of a German shepherd with its paw on a Vietnam-era military helmet as part of a K9 Veterans Memorial dedicated last year in Fort Atkinson.

The theft of dynamite and 400 blasting caps from a Gregory General Contracting Company site was reported a week ago .

Federal prosecutors say a former data analysis agency was involved in an elaborate scheme to funnel government funds to a lobbyist through employees and subcontractors to keep the federal money faucet open.

The amount of surplus military equipment sent to local police departments across the nation has declined sharply in recent months despite an executive order President Trump signed that was intended to increase those transfers, a USA Today analysis has found.

From 9 miles out at sea when an atomic bomb ignited at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, Frank Buzzelli, then 19, watched as the mushroom cloud swelled above the tiny island’s lagoon.

For proof that Brothers Osborne do things differently than most country stars, look no further than their music video for last year’s hit single, "It Ain’t My Fault." The video, a tribute to the 1991 movie "Point Break," features robbers wearing presidential masks on a heist. The one wearing the Donald Trump mask tries to steal from a church collection plate, and the one who looks like Bill Clinton ogles an attractive woman.

Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Adm. Phil Davidson said China “is no longer a rising power but an arrived great power and peer competitor,” and the U.S. should respond by adding military forces in the Pacific.

An upstart Islamic State affiliate that first appeared in Afghanistan in 2014 is becoming increasingly deadly and their attacks on the country's minority Shiites have grown bolder. In Sunday's devastating bombing, a suicide bomber walked up to a crowd outside a voter registration office and blew himself up killing 57 people.

The nonprofit Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation is taking former B-24 pilot Theodore “Ted” Spurgeon and seven other World War II veterans up in a Boeing Stearman biplane.

A spokesman for Iraq's military says 36 Islamic State militants have been killed in Thursday's airstrikes by Iraq's air force in Syria.

Armand Sedgeley never sought recognition for his actions during World War II when his B-17 Flying Fortress succumbed to enemy attack, but now, 74 years later, he awaits word on whether he will receive a Silver Star.

Cpl. Calvin S. Barker, 22, has been charged with unauthorized absence from Camp Pendleton, Calif., and two counts of groping an unidentified sleeping woman stemming from a Dec. 3 incident.

As the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate continues to do cybersecurity and defense work for the government, representatives in Washington are pushing for a perimeter fence around the Rome, N.Y., facility.

The Groton, Conn., police issued an alert for Jacob E. Tyler, 24, who was last seen Tuesday morning. His blue 2014 Honda CBR motorcycle is also missing.

The No. 16 Midshipmen scored twice in the final nine seconds -- capped by Joe Vallero's goal with 0.2 seconds remaining -- to escape with a 13-12 triumph.

Participants loaded goods into backpacks and carried the load as a group more than 3 miles to the food bank.

Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the bomber approached a voter registration center on foot, adding that women and children were among the victims.

British journalist Andrew Morton became a household name in 1992 with the publication of “Diana: Her True Story,” the sensational tell-all about Princess Di and her marriage to Prince Charles. Since then, he’s become one of the leading experts on the British royal family and other celebrities.

North Korea’s declaration that it will freeze nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests throws the ball in Washington’s court as the sides prepare for a historic summit.

Army Pvt. 1st Class Robert Fletcher was captured by Chinese forces in Korea on Nov. 27, 1950, after heavy fighting.

The 82nd Airborne Division team, hailing from 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, brought the Best Mortar trophy back to Fort Bragg last week.

Ramzi bin al Shibh has for years claimed that somebody is causing his cell to vibrate and making noises in a campaign of sleep deprivation reminiscent of his 2002-2006 abuse in CIA custody.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was discharged from a Washington hospital Saturday after undergoing surgery related to the gunshot wound he suffered 10 months ago.

Wined and dined on multiple state visits during his tour of Asia last year, Trump is paying it forward and celebrating nearly 250 years of U.S.-French relations by playing host to President Emmanuel Macron at a glitzy White House state dinner on Tuesday.