Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. A former university professor was sentenced today to five years in prison for traveling in foreign commerce to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Walter Lee Williams, 66, of Palm Springs, California,[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Southern California Physician Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. A Southern California physician was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison today for his role in a conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie Yonekura of the Central District of California,[Read More…]
President Obama: ‘Nashville Shows How Immigrants Benefit All’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014. Earlier today, The Tennessean published the following op-ed from President Obama. In it, he discusses his executive actions to help make America’s immigration system smarter and fairer, and why we still need Congress to pass a common-sense law to fix the system. Learn more about the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama to Military and Civilian Personnel at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
New Jersey–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014 – 2:49 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst! (Applause.) Thank you, General Martin, for the introduction and for your great leadership of the Air Force Expeditionary Center. I want to thank all the outstanding leaders for coming to welcome me here today, including General Maggie Boor[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, Dec. 15, 2014
En Route Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014 – 1:45 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Let me just do a short topper on the event today, and then we’ll get to your questions. This afternoon, the President will deliver remarks to approximately 3,000 servicemembers and Department of[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of the First Newborn Screening Test to Help Detect Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the EnLite Neonatal TREC Kit, the first screening test permitted to be marketed by FDA for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in newborns. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 40 to100 new[Read More…]
FDA Clears Test That Helps Predict the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
Study data show test predicts risk better in black women Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared a new screening test that predicts a patient’s risk of future coronary heart disease (CHD) events, such as heart attacks. FDA cleared the test for use in[Read More…]
CDC Year in Review: ‘Mission: Critical’
The 10 most challenging public-health threats of 2014 Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014. It’s been an unprecedented year for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as America’s public health agency continues its emergency response to the most complex Ebola epidemic in history. Ebola, however, is far from the only[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Finds Continued Decline in College Credit Card Agreements
Most Colleges with Credit Card Agreements Do Not Make Them Easily Accessible to Students WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report on college credit card agreements, which shows a nearly 70 percent decline in the number of agreements since Congress passed[Read More…]
Final Year-End Federal Spending Bill Prohibits Justice Department from Undermining State Medical Marijuana and Hemp Laws
Spending Bill Allows Legalization of Marijuana Possession in Washington, D.C. to Move Forward, but Prevents Taxing and Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol; Momentum Builds Nationally to End the Failed War on Drugs WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. The final “cromnibus” federal spending bill that Congress passed over the weekend contains historic[Read More…]
