CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. Today 180 faculty and staff sent a letter to the chancellor expressing concern and seeking a meeting regarding the endangerment of students caused by the Trump event at the UIC Pavilion. The letter reads: Dear Chancellor Amiridis: Thank you for your prompt reply to the concerns expressed[Read More…]
Day: March 7, 2016
U.S. to Release Some Drone Casualty Numbers
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. The Obama administration said today that it would reveal how many people it believes it has killed in drone and other airstrikes around the world since 2009, including the number of civilians. The reports would cover deaths in countries including Yemen and Pakistan, as opposed[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Consumer Top 10 Complaints List, Files Another Student Loan Debt Lawsuit
Education-related Complaints Make List of Top Consumer Issues in 2015 Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced her office’s annual top 10 consumer complaints for 2015 that again show consumer debt and identity theft ranked as the top concerns among Illinois consumers in the last year.[Read More…]
Justice Department Wins Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah
ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. A federal jury in Phoenix returned a verdict today finding that the towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, and their joint water company systematically discriminated against individuals who are not members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) in the provision[Read More…]
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Role in Massive Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
Worked With Others to Seek Over $1.5 Million in Fraudulent Refunds VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. A federal district court judge accepted a Virginia man’s plea of guilty today for his involvement in a far-reaching stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which he conspired with others to seek over $1.5 million in[Read More…]
Florida Man Sentenced to More than 14 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. A Land O’ Lakes, Florida, businessman was sentenced by a judge in federal court in Tampa today to 174 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,[Read More…]
Houston Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Biodiesel Fraud Scheme
TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. Philip Joseph Rivkin, aka Felipe Poitan Arriaga, was sentenced today in Houston, Texas, to 121 months in prison, three years of supervised release and to pay more than $87 million in restitution and was ordered to forfeit $51 million for generating and selling fraudulent biodiesel credits in[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Meeting with Financial Regulators, March 7, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016 – 12:08 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: I just has an opportunity to meet with our independent financial regulators to discuss the progress that we’ve made on our economy since the financial crisis. This is something that I’ve done on a regular basis. It’s worth remembering that[Read More…]
Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For, March 7, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Pfc. James M. Smith of Abbeville, Georgia, will[Read More…]
Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Airstrike in Somalia, March 7, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016 On Saturday, March 5, the U.S. military, in self-defense and in defense of our African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) partners, conducted an airstrike in Somalia against Raso Camp, a training facility of al-Shabaab, which is a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda. The strike was conducted[Read More…]