NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. The Defense Department today released the redacted report of its internal investigation into the U.S. military airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Since the attack last October, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has been pressing the White House and the Pentagon to[Read More…]
Day: April 29, 2016
Doctors Without Borders Initial Reaction to Public Release of U.S. Military Investigative Report on the Attack on MSF Trauma Hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. The United States military today released its investigative report on the attack on the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2015. The attack killed 42 people, including 14 MSF staff members, and wounded dozens more. MSF was only[Read More…]
U.S. Navy Captain Select Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Accepting Cash and Prostitutes in International Bribery Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. A U.S. Navy Captain Select was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for bribery charges, admitting that he accepted cash, gifts, travel expenses, entertainment and the services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) in exchange for classified U.S. Navy information,[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 29, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016 – 12:52 P.M. EDT MS. JANNEY: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. I was going to tell you all to be seated, but I see you are already seated, so we can begin. Josh is out today. He has, I believe, it’s a root canal. (Laughter.) Yes, he[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the Kunduz Investigation Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. After a thorough and transparent investigation, U.S. Central Command released today the final report on the tragedy that resulted from a mistaken attack on a Doctors Without Borders field hospital in Afghanistan last October. I want to once again express my deep condolences and regret for[Read More…]
Award-Winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater Brings ‘Twelfth Night’ to Chicago Heights Stage
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. Prairie State College (PSC) is welcoming the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) to the college to perform “Short Shakespeare! Twelfth Night,” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 3, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium, located on the PSC main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago[Read More…]
After Push from Senators, Dept. of Ed. Publishes Names of Schools Seeking Religious Exemptions from Critical Civil Rights Law
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. Following a push from U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., the Department of Education today published on its website the names and applications of schools seeking religious exemptions under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). In January, the Department[Read More…]
Senators Wyden, Merkley Urge Education Secretary to Provide Full Debt Relief to Defrauded Student Borrowers
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., today urged Secretary of Education Dr. John King to create strong protections and a streamlined path to debt relief for student loan borrowers in the Department’s forthcoming “borrower defense” rule. The Oregon senators joined 41 colleagues[Read More…]
Joliet Man Charged with Arson for Allegedly Setting Fire to His Employer’s Warehouse in Woodridge
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. A Joliet man was charged with arson today for allegedly causing a fire that destroyed his employer’s furniture distribution center in west suburban Woodridge. RUBEN ANTONIO OCHOA CRUZ, a high lift operator in the warehouse, used a Bic lighter to spark the fire on April 21,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District and CARA Announce Free Community Runs in Neighborhood Parks
1 mile and 5K runs to begin May 21 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA) today announced ‘Go Run, a free series of organized and timed 1 mile and 5K community runs in neighborhood parks across the city. It[Read More…]