Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tivicay (dolutegravir), a new drug to treat HIV-1 infection. Tivicay is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor that interferes with one of the enzymes necessary for HIV to multiply. It is a pill taken daily in combination with[Read More…]
Year: 2013
ACLU and Southern Coalition for Social Justice File Challenge to North Carolina’s Voter Suppression Law
GREENSBORO, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice today filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter suppression law signed hours ago by Gov. Pat McCrory. The suit specifically targets provisions of the law that eliminate a week[Read More…]
ACLU: Stop and Frisk Found Unconstitutional
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. Today in Floyd v. City of New York, a federal judge ruled that the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices are unconstitutional. Ezekiel Edwards, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Criminal Law Reform Project, said, “The ACLU celebrates today’s decision by Federal Justice Shira Scheindlin[Read More…]
Landmark Decision: Judge Rules NYPD Stop and Frisk Practices Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory, August 12, 2013
Orders Independent Monitor and Community Input on Remedies Rights Group, Activists Urge City to Forego Appeal, Make Real Change New York–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. In a landmark decision today, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s highly controversial stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional. In her thorough, 198-page ruling, Judge Shira[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. Following a two-month long trial in U.S. District Court a federal jury today convicted James J. Bulger, holding him responsible for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession. After deliberating for over 32 hours, over[Read More…]
Springfield Woman Selected as Illinois Veteran of the Month
Award to be Presented at Illinois State Fair Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs will recognize Linda Kay Crites, Logistics Specialist 1st Class, U.S. Navy (Retired), a prominent veteran leader in the Springfield area, for her years of service to her community, county and to fellow veterans[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Welcome U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Sentencing Reform
Advocates urge Obama to release ill medical marijuana patient Jerry Duval and re-sentence numerous others San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August6 12, 2013. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a speech today to the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in which he outlined a new sentencing and enforcement strategy as America[Read More…]
AG Holder Announces DOJ Prosecution Reform at ABA Annual Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013 – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a major shift in Department of Justice policy to address overcrowding in the federal prison system during remarks at the American Bar Association 2013 Annual Meeting. The ABA has previously urged adoption of many of the changes announced today.[Read More…]
NIH-funded Study Discovers New Genes for Childhood Epilepsies
New strategy may find more genes and provide a better understanding of these and other complex neurological disorders Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSFP)–August 12, 2013. A genetic study of childhood epilepsies has linked two new genes to severe forms of disease and provides a novel strategy for identifying therapy targets. This study used[Read More…]
New Data Reveal Extent of Genetic Overlap Between Major Mental Disorders
Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder share the most common genetic variation Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. The largest genome-wide study of its kind has determined how much five major mental illnesses are traceable to the same common inherited genetic variations. Researchers funded in part by the National Institutes of Health found that the[Read More…]
