Новости за 21.01.2021

While Joe Biden was being sworn in as the country’s 46th president, the VA reported another grim milestone: More than 8,000 patients had died of the virus — 1,000 of those deaths occurring in the last 13 days.

U.S. infectious-disease chief Anthony Fauci pledged his country’s commitment to the World Health Organization, including membership in a global effort to deploy COVID-19 vaccines.

The old dam on New Hampshire's Second Connecticut Lake is caked with brittle crusty ice when I arrive, and the surrounding hills shrouded in fresh snow. But a torrent of steel-gray water spills through the concrete sluice, forming the beginnings of the Connecticut River. Up here, at the tiptop of the Granite State - 80 miles north of the White Mountains, where tourists scream down powdery slopes on skis each year - an older, slower winter wonderland awaits travelers.

Women in the Air Force can wear a ponytail or up to two braids with their uniform under an update to grooming regulations spurred by feedback that showed women experienced hair loss and migraines from the current standards.

As the world tuned in to watch President Joe Biden deliver his inaugural address at the Capitol on Wednesday, a lone man in uniform carried out a silent vigil more than 110 miles away.

They served in the military decades ago, often putting their lives on the line for their country. But aging veterans are learning that their sacrifice may not guarantee them a COVID-19 vaccine at a Veterans Affairs clinic.

Stop. Stabilize. Then move — but in a vastly different direction. President Joe Biden is pledging a new path for the nation after Donald Trump’s four years in office.

Abrahan Lincoln, who guided the nation through the Civil War, received an extraordinary number of shout-outs during Wednesday's inauguration.

The soldier, who has not yet been publicly identified, was found unresponsive Wednesday at Camp Arifjan, the Army said.

A helicopter crew from the Coast Guard’s North Bend sector lowered a rescue swimmer to give the hiker immediate medical care. Because of challenging weather and difficult terrain, they waited several hours to hoist her out of the area.

Among the steps leaders at MacDill are taking is to reach out to Tampa Bay schools to expose students in minority communities to Air Force aviation careers.

As a photo of Sen. Bernie Sanders at President Biden's inauguration Wednesday went viral, fans rushed to Photoshop the bundled-up senator in memes crossing historical, cultural and artistic moments.

Dozens of people paid homage online to Warrant Officer John Wirka, who died last week in a noncombat incident, and hundreds of people have raised more than $50,000 for the wife and young daughter he left behind.

Extremism in the military is an old problem, and it remains a problem. In this episode of Military Matters, co-host Jack Murphy talks with Shannon Foley Martinez about getting in the white power movement, how she get out and how extremism can be a magnet for the military.

The Army wants a new Arctic-focused brigade and other operational forces to bolster its position in the High North, the service’s top general said this week.

U.S. military bases in Japan and South Korea reported 15 new coronavirus cases as of 6 p.m. Thursday, while Japan’s capital city counted more than 1,000 new patients for the ninth consecutive day.

America’s most important allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region, along with its greatest strategic rival, took to social media to congratulate President Joe Biden on his inauguration Wednesday.

Japan urged China to halt incursions into Japanese waters and to stop harassing Japanese fishing boats in the area, a spokesman from Japan’s Foreign Ministry said.

Airman 1st Class Calvin Cooper is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide and reckless driving in the March 21, 2019, crash that resulted in the death of 39-year-old Angelica Baca of Albuquerque.

The disarray in America, from the rampant COVID-19 pandemic to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, gives China's ruling Communist Party a boost as it pursues its long-running quest for national "rejuvenation" — a bid to return the country to what it sees as its rightful place as a major nation.

In a normal year, teams from 12 Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the Pacific gather in separate venues for JROTC drill and marksmanship competitions.

Gen. Paul Nakasone, the NSA director, placed Michael Ellis, a former Trump White House official, on leave pending an inquiry by the Pentagon inspector general into the circumstances of his selection as NSA general counsel.

The general's presence during the call — which has not previously been reported — came weeks after his brother publicly suggested that President Donald Trump declare martial law and have the U.S. military oversee a redo of the election.

The helicopter flew out of the Army Aviation Support Facility at Rochester International Airport, and was assigned to C Company of the 1st Battalion, 171st General Support Aviation Battalion, according to a military spokesman.

Michael Pack, a Trump appointee who sought to remake the Voice of America and other government-funded overseas news agencies, resigned on Wednesday, bringing an end to a short and tumultuous tenure.