CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Two suburban men are facing federal gun charges for allegedly illegally possessing 40 firearms, and one of them was also charged with selling firearms without a federal license between 2010 and 2011, federal law enforcement officials announced today. One defendant, WALTER FREEMAN, also known as “Charlie”[Read More…]
Day: August 18, 2014
Mayor Emanuel, Department Of Streets and Sanitation Announce 46 Percent Improvement in Response Times to Graffiti Removal Requests
Faster response time has also greatly reduced number of open graffiti removal requests CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) announced today that response times to graffiti removal requests received from residents have improved by 46 percent, due to a combination of continued[Read More…]
Court Upholds Federal Rule That Will Ease Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy
Victory: Order 1000 will ensure regional coordination to keep rates for customers down Photo Credit: Shutterstoc Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) landmark Order No. 1000, which breaks down longstanding barriers to modernizing the grid and hastening a shift[Read More…]
Durbin, Bustos Announce Hiring of Warden at Thomson Prison
THOMSON, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has taken an essential step in the activation of Thomson Correctional Center by hiring a warden for the new federal prison, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) announced today at the facility in Thomson. They[Read More…]
Amnesty International USA Calls for Investigation of Police Tactics in Ferguson, MO
Kalaya’an Mendoza, one of Amnesty’s 13-person human rights delegation, on the ground in Ferguson (Photo Credit: Amnesty USA). Organization On the Ground in Ferguson Monitoring Policing of Protests FERGUSON, MO–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. As communities across the nation stand witness to the killing of an unarmed African American teenager by a[Read More…]
Saudi Arabia: Four Relatives Executed for Hashish Possession Amid ‘Disturbing’ Surge in Executions
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. The Saudi Arabian authorities must halt all executions, Amnesty International said after four members of the same family were executed today as part of a “disturbing” recent surge in the use of the death penalty in the country. The two sets of brothers from the same[Read More…]
ACLU and Lambda Legal Ask Supreme Court to Reject Motion to Delay Virginia Marriages
Lawyers for Class of All Same-Sex Couples in Virginia Also Seek Speedy Review on Merits if Stay is Granted Richmond, Va.–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Virginia, and Lambda Legal will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the motion filed Thursday by Prince William[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces AAR Corporation to Expand in Rockford and Create 500 Jobs
AAR to Open a New Hangar at Rockford International Airport to Service Next Generation Aircraft ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that global aircraft service leader AAR Corporation is opening a new maintenance and repair hangar in Rockford that will create up to 500 new jobs over five[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, August 18, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT MIDDLE EAST PEACE SYRIA / IRAQ TERRORIST DESIGNATIONS NORTH KOREA INDIA / PAKISTAN EGYPT MIDDLE EAST PEACE UKRAINE LIBYA GERMANY AFGHANISTAN IRAQ TRANSCRIPT: 1:16 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Hello, everyone. Happy Monday. Welcome to the daily press briefing. Welcome back,[Read More…]
Former Rabobank LIBOR Submitter Pleads Guilty for Scheme to Manipulate Yen LIBOR
Defendant Is Second Former Rabobank Employee to Plead Guilty in LIBOR Rigging Scandal Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. A former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) submitter pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud by manipulating Rabobank’s[Read More…]