NOW’s Open Letter to Judge Aaron Persky Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016 Dear Judge Aaron Persky, We write to you as the largest grassroots women’s rights advocacy organization in the country, to express our outrage in the sentencing of convicted felon Brock Turner to only six months in state prison. Turner[Read More…]
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Attorney General Madigan Warns Illinois Charities of Elaborate Donation Scam
Attorney General’s Office Reports of Interactive Email Scam Targeting Illinois Charities Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today alerted Illinois charities to a sophisticated email scam offering organizations large and unsolicited donations from a man who claims to be carrying out the final wishes of his deceased mother.[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Libya Travel Warning, June 9, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends that U.S. citizens currently in Libya depart immediately. The security situation in Libya remains unpredictable and unstable, and extremist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests. If in Libya, make contingency[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Obama Administration’s Record and the LGBT Community
“We are big and vast and diverse; a nation of people with different backgrounds and beliefs, different experiences and stories, but bound by our shared ideal that no matter who you are or what you look like, how you started off, or how and who you love, America is a[Read More…]
Defense Bill Concerns DoD, White House, Pentagon Press Secretary Says
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016 — As the Senate debates its version of the National Defense Authorization Act this week, the Defense Department and the White House have concerns about the way the legislation now stands, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters today. Cook said those concerns include proposed organizational changes[Read More…]
Senators Wyden, Merkley Call on National Transportation Safety Board to More Closely Examine Future Oil Train Derailments
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate future oil train derailments in order to find ways to better prevent such accidents. In their June 9 letter to NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart, the senators[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Urges House to Disband GOP Select Panel to ‘Attack Women’s Health’ (Video)
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. Today, Select Panel Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky delivered the following statement urging the House to defeat the previous question, allowing consideration of H.R. 769 to shut down the Republican Panel to Attack Women’s Health. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge my colleagues to defeat[Read More…]
Lindenhurst Man Detained in Federal Custody for Allegedly Constructing Potentially Destructive Pipe Bombs
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. A man who allegedly manufactured explosive devices and kept them in the bedroom of his Lindenhurst home was ordered detained in federal custody today. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier ordered MICHAEL SUOPYS, 28, held without bond on a charge of knowingly possessing an unregistered destructive[Read More…]
Long-Term Cannabis Use Is Not Associated With Health Problems In Mid-Life
Tempe, AZ–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. The consumption of cannabis over a two-decade period is not associated with increased cardiovascular risks or lung health problems at mid-life, according to longitudinal data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). An international team of investigators from the United States and New[Read More…]
Pediatric Oncology Providers Favor Cannabis For Pediatric Treatment
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. More than nine in ten pediatric oncology providers with opinions favor patients’ access to cannabis therapy, according to survey data provided this week at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Investigators from various US cancer treatment centers surveyed 654 pediatric oncology[Read More…]
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