Новости за 28.09.2019

By the time drug enforcement agents swooped into his small medical office in Martinsville, Va., in 2017, Dr. Joel Smithers had prescribed about half a million doses of highly addictive opioids in two years.

Nine of the government’s top watchdog jobs — the independent officials charged with handling whistleblower complaints and keeping an eye on unusual agency activity — have not been filled by President Donald Trump.

The Air Force is honoring the famed group of airmen with the naming of its new trainer jet, the Boeing T-7A, as the Red Hawk

U.S. and state flags will be flown at half-staff across Wisconsin Sunday in honor of a soldier from Sheboygan who died in World War II and whose body was recently returned home.

Before Tropical Storm Karen dissipated into a tropical depression and then just a surface trough on Friday, the storm was projected to take a weird turn. Tropical systems do that sometimes.

Vilseck's rousing defeat of Ramstein was the dramatic peak of the day’s four-match schedule.

The first “Defender Pacific” — the Pentagon’s most significant exercise for the region in 2020 — is expected to be followed by an even bigger version involving more than 10,000 mainland soldiers.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter dipped below distant treetops Friday afternoon after Spc. Tyler Billings, standing on a plateau, got an ultraviolet bead on it with a man-portable aircraft survivability trainer (MAST) that resembles a rocket launcher.

The Lancers kept their playoff hopes alive by keeping the Falcons winless in division play with a 25-0 triumph.

The Admirals and Aviano Saints clinched spots in the four-team playoff with the result.

While nuclear plants struggle to compete with the flood of cheap gas coming from the nation's shale fields, they still offer a key advantage, supporters say: They generate 24-hour electricity without producing carbon emissions. Renewables, meanwhile, haven't yet nailed down the storage capacity needed to do that. Proponents insist it's only a matter of time.

The White House severely restricted distribution of memos detailing President Donald Trump’s calls with foreign leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, after embarrassing leaks of his conversations early in his tenure, a former White House official said.

A black bear has been sauntering in and out of Navarro Vineyards’ 40 acres of grapes for years, the owners say. He’s left plenty of reminders of his late-night visits: paw prints, empty vines and scat, making his refined diet quite evident.

Anthony McLean piled up 233 yards and three touchdowns to pace the Lions, while quarterback David Immel diversified the AFNORTH attack with 121 passing yards.

On Saturday morning, as many Afghans in the capital stayed home, perhaps fearful of a Taliban attack or tired of seeing past votes do little to improve the lives of ordinary Afghans, Murtaza voted for the first time in his life.

The win is the second straight for Vicenza, coming a week after an 18-6 defeat of Italian rival Naples.

Hong Kong protesters on Saturday gathered in the tens of thousands to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2014 Umbrella Revolution that awakened the city's distinct identity in opposition to its masters in Beijing, and laid the groundwork for an political crisis now in its 17th week.

Deon Montgomery led the Sentinels with 250 yards and five touchdowns on 13 carries.

Riding a wave of kickoff and interception touchdown returns and four Tim Matelski scoring passes, Zama avenged last season’s Far East Division II title-game loss to Osan.

The Army’s decision to buy a new generation of radars developed at Lockheed Martin’s plant in suburban Syracuse will help address weaknesses in U.S.-made air defenses exposed earlier this month in Saudi Arabia, military analysts say.

Michael “Mickey” Henson was a young boy when his three older brothers joined the Navy to fight in the Korean War. Now, nearly five decades later, the four brothers who once shared a bedroom boarded a flight together to visit Washington D.C. as part of Mission 14 of Honor Flight Syracuse.

The Panthers have now earned berths in 12 of the 15 Division I finals, including the last seven.

Matt Torrecillas and Roy Clayton combined for 191 yards on 17 carries.

The win leaves the Panthers as the only unbeaten team in Division I entering the league-wide bye next weekend and the two remaining regular-season games to follow.

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis told Fort Bragg residents he wanted to know about specific issues while he worked on finding a broad way to handle problems with military housing.