NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wants a federal district judge to bar the disclosure of the identity of the U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of killing Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a Mexican teenager gunned down while peacefully walking down a Mexican street near the U.S.-Mexico[Read More…]
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Pennsylvania City Agrees to Repeal Law that Jeopardizes Safety of Domestic Violence Survivors
Norristown Will Pay $495,000 to Settle Case on Behalf of Woman Threatened with Eviction for Calling Police NORRISTOWN, Pa. –(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. The city of Norristown voted to repeal a municipal ordinance that punishes innocent tenants and their landlords for requesting police assistance as part of a settlement announced today.[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Public Health Watching for Possible Outbreaks of Circulating Virus
Cases of an uncommon enterovirus found in the Midwest SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. Several hospitals in Illinois and Missouri have recently reported clusters of severe respiratory illness in community members, especially children. Testing of some cases by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified an enterovirus, EV-D68. While there are[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Sept. 8, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT / TRAVEL ISIL / IRAQ / REGION UKRAINE / RUSSIA FLIGHT MH 17 UKRAINE / RUSSIA AFGHANISTAN ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS AZERBAIJAN SOMALIA EMBASSY SECURITY NORTH KOREA SAUDI ARABIA BENGHAZI BAHRAIN ZALMAY KHALILZAD TRANSCRIPT: 1:42 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone.[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against School District of Philadelphia
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement with the School District of Philadelphia that resolves a religious accommodations lawsuit filed in March 2014. In its lawsuit, the United States alleged that the school district violated Title VII of the[Read More…]
New York Property Owner and Manager Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Violate the Clean Air Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. John Francis Mills, 64, the owner of more than a dozen properties in Malone, New York, and Terrance Allen, 57, the maintenance manager of Mills’ properties, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy to serve 21 months each in prison for conspiring to[Read More…]
Justice Officials Meet with Key Stakeholders on Launch of Elder Justice Website
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. Earlier today, Associate Attorney General Tony West, Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery for the Civil Division and members of the Department’s Elder Justice Initiative met with stakeholders in the field of elder abuse and financial exploitation to launch the Elder Justice website in an effort to[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Kent State University for Discrimination Against Students with Disabilities in University Housing
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the Kent State University, the Kent State University Board of Trustees and university officials for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against students with disabilities in student housing. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for[Read More…]
United States Pursues Claims Against Neurosurgeon, Spinal Implant Company, Physician-Owned Distributorships and Their Non-Physician Owners for Alleged Kickbacks and Medically Unnecessary Surgeries
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. The United States has filed two complaints under the False Claims Act against Michigan neurosurgeon Dr. Aria Sabit, spinal implant company Reliance Medical Systems, two Reliance distributorships—Apex Medical Technologies and Kronos Spinal Technologies—and the companies’ owners, Brett Berry, John Hoffman and Adam Pike, the Justice Department[Read More…]
Newly-formed Governors State University Chorale Announces 2014 – 2015 Season
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. The 130-voice Governors State University Concert Chorale, under the direction of Albert M. Jackson, has announced their 2014 – 2015 season. The group, which operated for the past 16 seasons under the name South Suburban Chorale, recently moved to GSU. “We are very glad[Read More…]
