NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014. By: Anthony Papa: Drug Policy Alliance As a former prisoner who served 12 years of a 15-to-life sentence for a nonviolent drug crime in New York, I know all too well the draconian nature of the war on drugs. I was lucky enough to be granted[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Hagens Berman Announces Bankruptcy Court Filing Seeking to Allow Defective Ignition Switch Litigation Against General Motors to Proceed
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, co-lead counsel in nationwide litigation against General Motors Co. related to the deadly ignition switch defect that has caused 42 confirmed deaths, triggering an ongoing series of recalls and diminished value of all GM-branded vehicles, announces the filing of a pleading in the Bankruptcy[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby, Dec. 16, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Afternoon, everybody. Only seven minutes late today. Q: Afternoon. REAR ADM. KIRBY: Look, I want to start — I know you’ve seen the secretary’s statement, but I would like to go over it again with respect to the terrorist attack on the[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Dec. 16, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY KERRY’S TRAVEL AUSTRALIA EGYPT UKRAINE/RUSSIA RUSSIA MIDDLE EAST PEACE PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS RUSSIA/SYRIA SYRIA TURKEY ROK/DPRK PAKISTAN TRANSCRIPT: 1:28 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Hi. QUESTION: Hello. MS. PSAKI: Thanks for everybody bearing with us yesterday during our technical difficulties.[Read More…]
Italian Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes for Concealing Vessel Pollution
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. An Italian shipping firm based in Genoa, Italy, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by falsifying required ships’ documents to hide the fact that the ship had illegally discharged oil contaminated waste into the ocean on multiple occasions, announced the Department[Read More…]
Justice Department and City of St. Anthony Village Resolve Lawsuit Over Denial of Permit for Islamic Center
City of St. Anthony Village Agrees to Allow Abu Huraira Islamic Center a Permit to Worship in St. Anthony Business Center Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Vanita Gupta and U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew M. Luger today announced a settlement agreement[Read More…]
Former Employee of U.S. Contractor in Afghanistan Indicted for Bribery
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. A former employee of a U.S. contractor was indicted today in the Eastern District of Texas for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes in exchange for his influence in awarding U.S. government-funded contracts in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Iowa Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Using his Purported Photography Business to Entice a 10-Year-Old Girl to Pose Naked Online
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. An Iowa man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today in the District of Massachusetts for enticing a 10-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct online, which he directed and watched live via a webcam. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]
Foreign National Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Smuggling Undocumented Migrants from Africa into the United States
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. An Eritrean national, who is also a citizen of the United Kingdom, was sentenced today to three years in prison for smuggling up to 99 undocumented migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia into the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions & Their Impact on Asian American Immigrant Communities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2014. From DREAMers to high-skilled workers to those seeking to reunite with their family members, Asian Americans are one of the most rapidly growing populations in the United States. According to the U.S. Census, the Asian American population in the United States grew 46% from 2000 to[Read More…]
