Day: May 28, 2014

HRC Delivers Letter to Vatican Addressing Growing Concern on Anti-LGBT Stance of Catholic Schools

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)-  The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, delivered a letter to the Vatican on behalf of 9 teachers who have lost their jobs at Catholics Schools for either being LGBT, or supporting an LGBT family member. Last month, the Archdiocese[Read More…]

Report Finds Pesticide Residues in Hawaii’s Waterways

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2014.  A statewide pilot pesticide sampling project has found over 20 different types of pesticides in Hawaiian waterways, some of which are no longer registered for use in Hawaii. State officials believe the pesticides, many detected in urban areas, are from residential and golf course applications. These[Read More…]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against RealtySouth for Mortgage Disclosure Violations

Bureau Orders Alabama Realty Firm to Pay $500,000 WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered RealtySouth, the largest real estate firm in Alabama, to pay $500,000 for inadequate disclosures that could leave consumers unaware of their rights to choose service providers during the home-buying[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Announces Wrigley Company Expanding in Illinois

Company Will Create 75 Jobs Producing World-Famous Skittles Candy in Yorkville YORKVILLE–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company will strengthen its presence in its home state by adding production of Skittles, one of the world’s most popular candy brands, to its Yorkville facility.[Read More…]

U.S. State Dept. Updates Libya Travel Warning, May 27, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014.  The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends that U.S. citizens currently in Libya depart immediately. Due to security concerns, the Department of State has limited staffing at Embassy Tripoli and is only able to offer very limited emergency services to[Read More…]

King’s Daughters Medical Center to Pay Nearly $41 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Billing for Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures and Kickbacks

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2014. Ashland Hospital Corp. d/b/a King’s Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) has agreed to pay $40.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs for medically unnecessary coronary stents and diagnostic catheterizations and had prohibited financial relationships with physicians referring[Read More…]

Ringleader of International Rhino Smuggling Conspiracy Sentenced in New Jersey to 70 Months in Prison for Wildlife Trafficking Crimes

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2014. Zhifei Li, the owner of an antique business in China, was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for heading an illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which 30 rhinoceros horns and numerous objects made from rhino horn and elephant ivory worth more than $4.5 million[Read More…]

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