Day: December 19, 2014

U.S. State Dept. Updates Worldwide Travel Alert, Dec. 19, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014.  The lone wolf attack in Sydney, Australia on December 15, 2014, resulting in the deaths of two hostages, is a reminder that U.S. citizens should be extra cautious, maintain a very high level of vigilance, and take appropriate steps to enhance their personal security.  This Travel[Read More…]

Court Authorizes Internal Revenue Service to Issue Summonses For Records Relating To U.S. Taxpayers Who Used Services of Sovereign Management & Legal Ltd. to Conceal Offshore Accounts, Assets or Entities

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Hubbert for the Justice Department’s Tax Division Civil Trial Matters, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, Commissioner John Koskinen of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams of the Drug[Read More…]

Department of Justice Completes Collaborative Reform Review of Spokane Police Department’s Use of Force Policies and Practices

COPS Office Releases 42 Findings and Recommendations to Implement Best Practice at the Spokane Police Department Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced today the completion of a Collaborative Reform Review of the Spokane Police Department’s use of force policies[Read More…]

Two Remaining Colombian Nationals Involved in the Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Agent Terry Watson Plead Guilty

All Seven Defendants Charged Have Now Been Convicted Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. Two Colombian nationals pleaded guilty today to second degree murder and conspiracy to kidnap an internationally protected person for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá,[Read More…]

Utility Company Sentenced in Wyoming for Killing Protected Birds at Wind Projects, Dec. 19, 2014

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. PacifiCorp Energy, a subsidiary of PacifiCorp, based in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming today to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in connection with the deaths of protected birds, including golden eagles, at two of the company’s wind projects[Read More…]

FDA Approves Viekira Pak to Treat Hepatitis C

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Viekira Pak (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir tablets co-packaged with dasabuvir tablets) to treat patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection, including those with a type of advanced liver disease called cirrhosis. Hepatitis C is[Read More…]

Public Assistance Eligibility App Launches Food Stamp Offerings in Spanish

Spanish Speakers Can Now Easily Pre-screen Food Stamp Eligibility CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. On the heels of President Obama’s executive order on immigration, mRelief, an app that helps Chicagoans determine their eligibility for government benefits — and local community resources through Purple Binder — has launched mRelief español. The web application’s latest version[Read More…]

UN Secretary General Ban Visits Ebola-hit West Africa, Declares Zero Cases ‘Must Be Everyone’s Goal’

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia. UN Photo/Evan Schneider MONROVIA–(ENEWSPF)–19 December 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that there is reason to be “cautiously optimistic” about defeating the Ebola crisis in West Africa, as[Read More…]

T-Mobile to Pay At Least $90 Million, Including Full Consumer Refunds To Settle FTC Mobile Cramming Case

Settlement Requires Company To Pay Fines to States and FCC Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014.   T-Mobile has agreed to fully refund its customers for unwanted third-party charges it placed on their phone bills, a practice known as mobile cramming, paying at least $90 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit[Read More…]

Treasury Sells Entire Ally Financial Stake, Taking Total Recovery to $19.6 Billion and Closing Auto Rescue Program

Auto program helped save auto industry, more than 1 million jobs WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014.  The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that it agreed to sell all of its remaining 54.9 million shares of Ally Financial Inc. (Ally) common stock, exiting the last major Troubled Asset Relief Program[Read More…]

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