GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 June 2011. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the E. coli infection that has claimed the lives of 17 people in Germany and made more than 1,800 others in Europe sick is a rare strain of the bacterium. “The strain of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated[Read More…]
Day: June 3, 2011
Statement of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on May Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the May 2011 Employment Situation report released today: “Our nation’s labor market continued to add jobs in the month of May. Nonfarm payroll employment added 54,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate registered at 9.1 percent. “While[Read More…]
NOAA, Partners to Search for Ships Lost in World War II off North Carolina
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. NOAA will lead a summer research expedition to locate and study World War II shipwrecks sunk in 1942 off North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically the Battle of Convoy KS-520. The shipwrecks are located in an area known as the “Graveyard of the[Read More…]
LGBT Workplace Discrimination and Support for Federal Protections
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. Today, a new poll, commissioned by the Center for American Progress, shows that the American public strongly supports workplace nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, at a time when new research shows just how much discrimination and harassment this population faces on the job. The[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama to Chrysler Workers in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011 – 1:21 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Please have a seat. It is good to be back in Toledo. (Applause.) It is good to be with all of you. Now, for those of[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Violence in Yemen
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. The United States condemns in the strongest terms the senseless acts of violence today in Yemen, including the attack against the Presidential Palace compound in Sana’a as well as other attacks in Sana’a and throughout the country. We call on all sides to cease hostilities[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, June 3, 2011
En Route Toledo, Ohio –(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011 – 10:44 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: How are we doing this morning, everybody? Q We’re fine, good. Thank you. MR. EARNEST: I’m glad you could join us for the ride to Toledo this morning. I do have a — I do want[Read More…]
U.N. Expert on Violence Against Women Says U.S. Victims Still Encounter Discrimination and Adversity
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. A report delivered by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women today finds that U.S. policies concerning domestic violence, sexual assault in the military and treatment of women in detention fall far short of adequately protecting victims. The American Civil Liberties Union joined other organizations[Read More…]
Haiti: An Alarming Resurgence of Cholera
PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011 — The cholera epidemic in Haiti is far from over, with a sharp increase in cases seen in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and outbreaks reported elsewhere in the country, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Although the cholera epidemic began to[Read More…]
Former Senator and Presidential Candidate John Edwards Charged for Alleged Role in Scheme to Violate Federal Campaign Finance Laws
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2011A federal grand jury today returned a six-count indictment against former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards for allegedly participating in a scheme to violate federal campaign finance laws, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney George E.B.[Read More…]
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