Новости за 14.04.2021

Starting April 22, Marines will be able to invite two family members to their graduation, a welcome break to the lesser fanfare of the last year where families and friends could only watch virtually.

The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one person dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds.

Authorities had considered for months whether criminal charges were appropriate for the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego.

Authorities had considered for months whether criminal charges were appropriate for the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego. The Justice Department’s decision officially closes out the investigation.

The NATO alliance, which rushed to join the United States in Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks, will depart the war-town country alongside American forces in the months ahead, allies announced Wednesday.

A former chief medical examiner for Maryland said the fentanyl and methamphetamine in George Floyd's system, and possible carbon monoxide poisoning from auto exhaust, were contributing factors.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he would end American military involvement in its longest war by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks because maintaining troops in Afghanistan would do little to change the conflict in that country.

A prosecutor said Wednesday that he charged a former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police.

The Army began investigating after a video of Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pentland, who is stationed at Fort Jackson, threatening and pushing a Black man went viral on social media.

Fort Jackson released a statement saying officials are aware of the video and it has their full attention. The man in the video is confirmed to be a soldier at Fort Jackson, but a spokeswoman for the Army instillation did not publicly name him.

Coinbase made a rousing debut on Wall Street Wednesday, with the digital currency exchange’s rising as high as $429, briefly giving it a market value over $100 billion.

A missed opportunity to develop an mRNA vaccine in China disadvantaged the country's COVID vaccine push and left Chinese companies playing catch-up on a technology set to revolutionize everything from flu shots to oncology drugs.

Shawn Pierre Hobbs, 34, a member of the Connecticut Army National Guard, was arrested Monday in El Paso on federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges out of Manhattan.

The risk of being exposed to the COVID-19 virus on an airline flight drops by as much as half when airlines keep middle seats open, a new study published by the U.S. government concludes.

It wasn’t easy to leave Germany with its tightened coronavirus restrictions to travel to the United States, but the chance to earn the Army’s Best Sniper title made navigating the red tape worthwhile.

People who live in the city and nearby villages, including thousands of members of the large U.S. military community, will have to mostly stay indoors between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. starting Friday.

A section of the Army’s largest training base in Europe was closed off Wednesday after World War II-era rifle grenades were discovered by workers digging a trench near a building, officials said.

Some 143,000 adults who are eligible for the vaccine have yet to get a shot at Army and Air Force bases in Europe, officials said this week. That includes service members, family members, civilians, some contractors and others who are treated at base medical facilities.

Russia’s rapid military buildup in recent weeks has sparked fears that a large-scale invasion of Ukraine looms, but confusion over Moscow’s aim has the U.S. and its European allies grasping for a coherent strategy to avert a potential crisis.

It's the latest in a series of F-35 delays that has set America's most expensive weapons program back by years.

U.S. military bases in Japan and South Korea that scheduled vaccination clinics with the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine either canceled or rearranged their calendars after the government halted the shot’s distribution.

Between 16,000 to 20,000 people have been evacuated from the island's northern region, where the exploding volcano is located, with more than 3,000 of them staying at more than 80 government shelters.

Biden declared Tuesday that even with a temporary loss of J&J 's one-shot vaccine, there is a huge supply of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, enough that "is basically 100% unquestionable, for every single, solitary American.”

The Coast Guard and multiple other boats rescued six people onboard a commercial lift boat that capsized off the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday night and were searching for more, the agency said.

The family of 1st Lt. Alexander “Sandy” Nininger has pressed the Defense Department for years to exhume an unknown grave in Manila they believe could hold his remains.