Key protections part of larger effort to safeguard those living in fear in their homes WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016. When a home is a place of violence, residents are vulnerable to losing their housing through eviction, coercion, or abuse. Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development finalized a[Read More…]
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Interior Secretary Jewell, Google Announce Donation to Connect Kids to National Parks
Let’s Move! Outside Campout Part of Nationwide Movement Inspiring Youth to Play, Learn, Serve and Work on Public Lands KIRKLAND, Wash. –(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Google Executive Eric Young to announce Google’s $165,000 donation to the National Park Foundation’s Open OutDoors[Read More…]
In War-Torn Syria, Three Million Children Out of School or at Risk of Dropping Out – UNICEF
In eastern Aleppo, a young girl returns home from school. Photo: UNICEF/Rami Zayat SYRIA–(ENEWSPF)–24 October 2016 – With the start of the school year and the number of school attacks exceeding 4,000 in war-ravaged Syria, more than 1.7 million children there remain out of school and another 1.3 million are[Read More…]
RN Report: Pharma Giants Spend Far More on Marketing, Sales Than They Do on Research and Development
Sen. Bernie Sanders with CNA Co-President Zenei Cortez at a Yes on 61 rally in Los Angeles. CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016. In justifying skyrocketing drug prices, the pharmaceutical industry typically claims that it needs massive profits to conduct research and development (R&D) for critical new medications. But the drug giants actually[Read More…]
Neonicotinoid Insecticide Exposure Reduces Bumblebee Colony Size
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016. Systemic neonicotinoid (neonic) exposure is associated with reductions in colony size and changes in foraging behavior, according to a recent field study done by a team of scientists at Imperial College London. The senior author of the study, Richard Gill, Ph.D., stated that when neonicotinoid “exposure[Read More…]
Department of Justice Announces Expansion of Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases
Department of Justice Tribal Access Program Will Continue to Improve the Exchange of Critical Data Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016. The Department of Justice is expanding the Tribal Access Program (TAP) for National Crime Information which provides federally-recognized tribes access to national crime information databases for both civil and criminal purposes.[Read More…]
Details on Free Concert by Jon Bon Jovi in Pittsburgh for Hillary Clinton
Jon Bon Jovi NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2016. On Thursday, October 27, award-winning singer and songwriter Jon Bon Jovi will host a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) performance for Hillary Clinton in Pittsburgh as part of Hillary for America’s “Love Trumps Hate” performance series. At the event, Bon Jovi will tell Pennsylvanians “it’s now or never” to go vote[Read More…]
Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Iraq, Syria
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2016. On October 20, 2016 the Department of Defense announced the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, 34, of Anaheim, California, died Oct. 20 in northern Iraq, of wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device blast. He[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Taking Action to Spur Competition in the Airline Industry and Give Consumers the Information They Need (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2016 Hi everybody. I’m going to be honest with you – one of the best parts of being President is having your own plane. And I’m going to miss it. A lot. Because up until I ran for this office, I was mostly flying coach. So I[Read More…]
