Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens against travel to the Republic of South Sudan. The U.S. Embassy in Juba continues to operate at reduced staffing levels due to continued armed conflict outside Juba. The U.S. Embassy is consequently able to offer only very limited[Read More…]
Day: January 7, 2015
Former HUD Employee Sentenced to 26 Months in Prison for Theft of Over $843,000 of Government Money
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 17, 2015. Brian E. Thompson, 54, a former loan guarantee specialist for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was sentenced today to serve 26 months in prison for a scheme in which he stole over $843,000 of government money. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney[Read More…]
FBI Arrests Defendants Charged with Trafficking Heroin and Other Drugs in Jefferson County
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 7, 2015. FBI agents today arrested five of six Jefferson County, Alabama, men indicted by a federal grand jury in November on charges they operated an illegal organization trafficking heroin, cocaine, prescription painkillers and other drugs in the western part of the county. The sixth defendant already was[Read More…]
Two Brandon, Mississippi, Men Plead Guilty for Committing Hate Crimes Against African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 7, 2015. Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis for the Southern District of Mississippi announced that John Louis Blalack, 20, and Robert Henry Rice, 24, both from Brandon, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District[Read More…]
Multiple Arrests Announced in Large Illinois Drug Ring
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 7, 2015. U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton of the Southern District of Illinois announced today that 16 people were arrested for offenses relating to the production and distribution of methamphetamine in Marion and Clinton Counties on Jan. 6, 2015, following their indictment by a Federal Grand Jury sitting[Read More…]
President Obama Responds to the Attack in France
President Barack Obama meets with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry in the Oval Office, Jan. 7, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon) Watch on YouTube Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. This morning, following the tragic shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in[Read More…]
Report on Open Enrollment Week 7: December 27, 2014 – January 2, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015 Open Enrollment– Week 7: December 27, 2014 – January 2, 2015 Since Open Enrollment began on November 15, nearly 6.6 million consumers selected a plan or were automatically re-enrolled in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM). The Week 7 snapshot includes the New Year’s holiday; consumers continued[Read More…]
Fioretti to the Mayor Emanuel: No Public Land for Obama Library
Chicago, IL – The following is a statement from mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti on the proposed use of public land for the Obama Library: “Chicago should be the home of the Obama Library, but not an inch of public land should go to it. Period. The Emanuel Administration should[Read More…]
Gentrification Event Series to be Presented by We are/Somos Logan Square
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 7, 2015. On January 14th – 24th, 2015, We are/Somos Logan Square will unpack gentrification through a series of educational and participatory events to connect the residents of Logan Square, and beyond, to better understand how gentrification actually works and that is not a natural force or inevitable. We’ll[Read More…]
Flossmoor Resident Named Presidential Leadership Scholar
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 7, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced today that Flossmoor resident Jay Readey has been chosen as a Presidential Leadership Scholar. Readey, executive director of the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, was one of only 60 people selected from a field of 900 candidates nationwide to[Read More…]
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