Sustainable Condoms Highlight Link Between Human Population Growth, Wildlife Extinction Crisis Art by Shawn DiCriscio. Package design by Lori Lieber. TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. More than 500 volunteers will give away 50,000 free Endangered Species Condoms from the Center for Biological Diversity in time for Earth Day on Wednesday. The[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Cormorant Slaughter by Federal Agencies
Thousands of Native Birds Blamed for Salmon Declines Caused By Corps’ Mismanagement of Hydropower System Double-breasted cormorant photo courtesy Flickr/MarkDumont. PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. Five conservation and animal welfare organizations initiated a lawsuit today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Department of[Read More…]
Mom Arrested and Strip-Searched After 9/11 Flight Settles Lawsuit
DETROIT —(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement in its lawsuit filed on behalf of Shoshana Hebshi, a mother of two who was pulled off an airplane at gunpoint, arrested, strip-searched, and detained. The case was brought against Frontier Airlines and several government defendants. The ACLU[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Recognizes 2015 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. In honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday encouraged survivors of violent crime to contact her office to learn more about their rights and resources available to assist them in their recovery process. “For survivors of violent crimes, the road to[Read More…]
Government Sues Skilled Nursing Chain HCR Manorcare for Allegedly Providing Medically Unnecessary Therapy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. The government has intervened in three False Claims Act lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against HCR ManorCare alleging that ManorCare knowingly and routinely submitted false claims to Medicare and Tricare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable and necessary, the Department of Justice[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 20, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015 – 1:15 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. You all seem to be in a good mood this fine Monday afternoon. I assume you all had excellent weekends. It’s nice to see you. We’ll get started to the questions here quickly. I know that[Read More…]
Above the Law: Groundbreaking New DPA Report Finds Extensive Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuses by Numerous California Law Enforcement Agencies
With Bipartisan Support in U.S. Congress and Buoyed By New Mexico’s First-of-Its-Kind Law That Ends Civil Forfeiture, Momentum Accelerates for Reform Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015. Tomorrow, the Drug Policy Alliance launches Above the Law: An Investigation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuses in California, a multi-year, comprehensive look at asset forfeiture[Read More…]
Cooldown to Invade Midwest, Northeast This Week
AccuWeather Global Weather Center-(ENEWSPF)- April 20, 2015 – AccuWeather reported after a period of above-average temperatures dominated most of the Midwest and Northeast last week, a complete reversal in the weather pattern will move in this week. This weather pattern will move across the area after a period of rain and severe storms impact[Read More…]
FBI Admission of Crime Lab “Errors” In Hair Cases Vindicates Whistleblower
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015. Yesterday, the Washington Post published a front-page article reporting that the FBI has finally admitted the FBI Lab’s forensic hair analyses used for decades in state and federal criminal cases were flawed and inaccurate more that ninety percent (90%) of the time. These systemic problems at the FBI[Read More…]
Three Additional Defendants Plead Guilty in Connection with Sex Trafficking Scheme
Sex Trafficking Scheme Used Threats, Violence and Coercion to Compel Women into Prostitution in New Orleans and Elsewhere Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015. Today, three additional defendants pleaded guilty in connection with a sex trafficking scheme operated out of the Riviera Motel in New Orleans, Louisiana, which compelled multiple women to[Read More…]
