RICHTON PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)–November, 23, 2016—A Southland College Prep Charter High School college counselor who champions the belief that all youth have the potential to graduate from high school, earn a four-year college degree and have adequate scholarship aid to make higher education a reality, was honored today by the Southland[Read More…]
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H.J. Heinz Co. Recalls Products Incorrectly Labeled As Pork Gravy Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 22, 2016 – H.J. Heinz Co., a Muscatine, Iowa, establishment, initiated a recall on Nov. 19, 2016, of approximately 5,022 pounds of bistro au jus gravy product that is incorrectly labeled as pork gravy due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection[Read More…]
President Obama Commutes the Sentences of 79 More People, Bringing His Total to More than 1,000
Drug Policy Alliance: Thousands More People Deserve To Be Set Free Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. Today, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 79 people incarcerated in federal prison, almost all of whom were serving time under outdated and harsh drug sentences. This round of commutations brings the number of prisoners whose[Read More…]
Sabra Dipping Company’s Recall Prompts Secondary Recall of Vegetable Products
Complete listing of all recalled products is below. Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. Following the Sabra Dipping Co., LLC’s (“Sabra’s”) recall where select Sabra’s products were recalled due to the potential of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, Taylor Farms Tennessee, Inc., Taylor Farms Texas, Inc. and Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc.[Read More…]
Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have determined. Scientists examined part of Mars’ Utopia Planitia region, in the mid-northern latitudes, with the orbiter’s[Read More…]
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Condemns White Nationalist Conference Rhetoric
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is deeply alarmed at the hateful rhetoric at a conference of white nationalists held on November 19 at the Ronald Reagan Building just blocks from the Museum. According to press reports, Richard Spencer, the leader of the National Policy[Read More…]
Chicagoland South-Side Alumni Group Remembers the Late Harold Washington with New Roosevelt University Student Lounge
Leticia Ransom leads the alumni association campaign to honor one of Roosevelt’s own, Harold Washington. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. A group of Roosevelt University alumni from Chicago’s south side and south suburbs is marking more than 30 years since the election of the late Chicago mayor and fellow alumnus by naming[Read More…]
Iraq: Government-Backed Forces Detain, Beat Villagers
A man walks on a road east of Mosul with a large herd of sheep to flee ISIS-controlled territory. © 2016 John Beck Robbed Them of Village’s Flock of Sheep Beirut –(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. A prominent group within the Iraqi government-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), detained and beat shepherds, including a boy, from a[Read More…]
VA Lauded by National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable for Screening Rates
Approximately 4,000 Veterans are diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer each year WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has received Hall of Fame recognition by the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCR) for achieving an 82 percent colorectal cancer screening rate, which exceeds the NCCR goal of 80 percent[Read More…]
NOAA Research Links Human-Caused CO2 Emissions to Dissolving Sea Snail Shells Off U.S. West Coast
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. For the first time, NOAA and partner scientists have connected the concentration of human-caused carbon dioxide in waters off the U.S. Pacific coast to the dissolving of shells of microscopic marine sea snails called pteropods. Commercially valuable fish such as salmon, sablefish and rock sole make[Read More…]
