Wheelchairs, Braille Materials, Hearing Aids, and Other Vital Devices Are Often Denied in Solitary NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union published the first-ever nationwide report documenting the special dangers of solitary confinement for people who are blind or deaf, can’t walk without assistance, or have other[Read More…]
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Volunteers Across Illinois Set To Make Martin Luther King Day A ‘Day On, Not A Day Off’
Illinois also seeking nominations for the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. Governor Bruce Rauner has proclaimed January 16, 2017 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in the state of Illinois. The Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service (Serve Illinois) today encouraged people across[Read More…]
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Syrian Officials In Connection With Regime’s Use Of Chemical Weapons On Civilians
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action in response to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – United Nations (UN) Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) findings that the Syrian regime used industrial chlorine as a[Read More…]
FDA Warns Cancer Patients Not to Use PNC-27 Products for Treatment
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to purchase or use PNC-27, a product promoted and sold through http://PNC27.com, as a treatment or cure for cancer. An FDA laboratory discovered the bacteria Variovorax paradoxus in a PNC-27 solution sample for inhalation. Consumers who[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Survey Finds Over One-In-Four Consumers Contacted By Debt Collectors Feel Threatened
CFPB Also Releases Study of Consumer Risks in Online Debt Sales, Consumer Stories of Debt Collection Experiences WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report released today found that over one-in-four consumers contacted by debt collectors felt threatened. The report was drawn from the first-ever national[Read More…]
Volkswagen AG Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $4.3 Billion in Criminal and Civil Penalties; Six Volkswagen Executives and Employees are Indicted in Connection with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests
VW to Pay $2.8 Billion Criminal Fine in Guilty Plea and $1.5 Billion Settlement of Civil Environmental, Customs and Financial Violations; Monitor to Be Appointed to Oversee the Parent Company Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017. Volkswagen AG (VW) has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a[Read More…]
Chip’n Dipped Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in ‘Dark Chocolate Crunch Bar’
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017. Chip’n Dipped of Huntington, NY, is recalling its 2.9-oz. bar, Dark Chocolate Crunch because they may contain undeclared milk. People who have allergies to milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products. The recalled “Dark Chocolate Crunch” was[Read More…]
American Honda Regarding Expands Recall of Takata Non-desiccated Passenger Front Airbag Inflators
Photo Source: hondanews.com Phase 2 of recall includes certain Honda and Acura vehicles and Honda Gold Wing motorcycles TORRANCE, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2017 In the second phase of planned recalls first announced by NHTSA in May 2016 and based on recent Defect Information Reports (17E-001, 17E-002, and 17E-003) from the[Read More…]
Sen. Cory Booker Introduces Budget Bill Amendments to Protect Medicaid Expansion, Increase Access to Care, and Hold Down Premium Costs
Over half a million New Jerseyans could lose health coverage if Medicaid expansion is repealed WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017. As Senate Republicans continue efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, today U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a series of amendments that would protect provisions under the landmark health[Read More…]
People’s Action: Trump Diverts Attention From Massive Conflicts of Interests, Wall Street Takeover of Washington
WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017. Today, President-elect Donald Trump held his first formal news conference since July 27, 2016. In response, LeeAnn Hall and George Goehl, co-directors of People’s Action, a national grassroots advocacy organization, issued the following statement: “Mr. Trump likes to point fingers but fails to take responsibility.[Read More…]
