Day: August 3, 2016

Virginia Law Enforcement Officer Arrested for Attempting to Support ISIL

VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016.  Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested today on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.  Young is employed by the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) as a law enforcement officer.[Read More…]

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Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump: We Can Still Make It in America

COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016. Today, Hillary Clinton visited the Knotty Tie Company in Denver, Colorado to highlight Donald Trump’s hypocritical and embarrassing history of outsourcing jobs overseas while claiming to fight for the American worker. Trump, who has claimed outsourcing is “sometimes…a necessary step,” has made dozens of his products in other countries while making[Read More…]

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President Obama Grants Clemency to 214 People

Clemencies Come As Paul Ryan Schedules Vote on Sentencing Reform; Drug Policy Alliance: The President is Acting; Congress Must Step Up Too Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016.  Today, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of more than 200 people incarcerated in federal prison, almost all for drug offenses. This brings his[Read More…]

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Guardian US Publishes Exposé of Chicago Police’s ‘Skullcap Crew’

A decade after Jamie Kalven’s ‘Kicking the Pigeon’ series first detailed Skullcap Crew’s human rights abuses, Invisible Institute and Social Justice News Nexus publish new investigation of five officers known for terrorizing citizens CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016.   Today the Guardian US published a new investigation into the long misconduct[Read More…]

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CDC Adds Antigua and Barbuda and Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.) to Interim Travel Guidance Related to Zika Virus

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016.  CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus‎ transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Antigua and Barbuda as well as Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.). CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, “practice enhanced precautions”) for people[Read More…]

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Park Forest Board of Trustees Meeting Cancellation

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2016.  The Saturday Morning Rules meeting of the Park Forest Board of Trustees scheduled for August 6 at 10 a.m. has been cancelled. The Board is scheduled to meet on Monday, August 8 at 7 p.m. at Park Forest Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive.  Residents are[Read More…]

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