Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. Eight additional individuals were indicted for participating in a securities fraud scheme that targeted the elderly. U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida, and Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Miami Field Office made[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Remarks by President Obama to the People of Africa, July 28, 2015
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015 – 2:07 P.M. EAT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Madam Chairwoman, thank you so much for your kind words and your leadership. To Prime Minister Hailemariam, and the people of Ethiopia — once again, thank you for your wonderful hospitality[Read More…]
South Suburban College Bulldogs Student-Athletes Earn Transfer Scholarships
SSC student-athletes sign their commitment letters: Mariah Middleton, Alyssa Gebo, Kelsie Brezinski, Lavell Boyd, Jerry Davis, III, and Tevin Parker are part of at least 16 Bulldogs who will be advancing on to play their respective sports on scholarship in 2015-16. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–-(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015. South Suburban College proudly[Read More…]
Boy Scouts of America Amends Adult Leadership Policy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. On Monday, July 27, the National Executive Board ratified a resolution that removes the national restriction on openly gay adult leaders and employees. Of those present and voting, 79 percent voted in favor of the resolution. The resolution was recommended for ratification by the Executive Committee earlier[Read More…]
Protest on Tuesday, July 28 to Demonstrate Chicago Solidarity with Rojava after Suruç Massacre
Local Turkish and Kurdish residents, supporters of Rojava Movement to remember the lives of unarmed activists massacred by ISIS and to protest the negligence and active encouragement of violence by the Turkish government.’ CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 28, 2015 — Supporters of the Rojava movement are staging solidarity protests around the world in[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report Ceremony
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. SECRETARY KERRY: Sarah, thank you very, very much. Thank you all for being here this morning and witnessing my first three yards on one crutch in public. (Laughter.) If my doctor sees that, I’m in serious trouble. (Applause.) Not supposed to do that till next week,[Read More…]
Detroit-Area Home Health Care Agency Owners Convicted in $33 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. Two home health care agency owners were convicted today of various offenses based on their roles in a $33 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of[Read More…]
Inspired by Student’s Story, Chicago Lawyer Donates Valuable Piano to Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. Nancy Hablutzel was moved to action when she read about violinist Krissy Cooper’s courageous struggle to graduate earlier this year from Roosevelt University in a front-page story in the Chicago Tribune. A lawyer who has practiced and taught disability law in Chicago, Hablutzel understood Cooper’s difficulty in trying[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on Malaysia being upgraded in the State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the State Department’s decision to upgrade Malaysia in the Trafficking in Persons Report, which was released today: “I am disappointed that the State Department has chosen to upgrade Malaysia in this year’s Trafficking in Persons[Read More…]
Statement from Reps. Gutiérrez, Roybal-Allard, and Lofgren on Court Order to Release Immigrant Families from Detention
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. U.S. Representatives Luis V. Gutiérrez (D- Ill.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement after U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee ruled late last week that the detention of immigrant women and children violated the terms of the Flores Settlement: “Friday’s[Read More…]
