WEST VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. The Perseids show up every year in August when Earth ventures through trails of debris left behind by an ancient[Read More…]
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NOAA Establishes International Marine Mammal Bycatch Criteria for U.S. Imports
Fish and fish products must meet protection standards comparable to the U.S. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Nations exporting fish and fish products to the United States will have to meet fishing standards for protecting marine mammals equal to those American fishermen follow, under a final rule published yesterday by NOAA[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – New York Times: How Much Does Donald Trump Pay in Taxes? It Could Be Zero
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016 By: James B. Stewart Mr. Trump has said in the past that highly paid corporate executives “get away with murder” on their taxes while boasting that he pays as little as the law allows. At the same time, he has insisted that his federal income tax[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement: EPA Fracking Conclusion Not Based on Science, Say Advisors
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Today, the EPA’s Science Advisory Board released recommendations that the EPA should revise its conclusion report that fracking poses no “widespread, systemic” threat to drinking water in last year’s fracking and water to reflect the agency’s own science. In response, Lena Moffitt, director of the Sierra[Read More…]
Rabbit Creek Products Recalls Certain Flavors of Bread, Muffin and Brownie Mixes
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Rabbit Creek Products of Louisburg, KS is recalling certain flavors of Bread mixes, Muffin mixes and Brownie mixes under the Rabbit Creek Products and other Private label brand names due to the potential presence of Escherichia coli O121 (E. coli O121). People usually get sick[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – Politifact: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire Claim that Barack Obama ‘Founded’ ISIS, Hillary Clinton was ‘Cofounder’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016 By: Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman Donald Trump has found a ferocious way to describe President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton: as the founder and cofounder of ISIS, the terrorist group behind beheadings of Americans and lethal attacks around the world. Speaking to thousands[Read More…]
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL in Connection with Planned New Year’s Eve Attack
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Emanuel L. Lutchman, 26, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. of the Western District[Read More…]
Mississippi Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
MISSISSIPPI–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, of Starkville, Mississippi, was sentenced today to serve 144 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S.[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against New Mexico State University Alleging Discrimination in Pay Against Female Coach
NEW MEXICO–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that New Mexico State University and its Board of Regents (NMSU) discriminated against a female former assistant track coach on the basis of sex by paying her less than similarly-situated men in violation of[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on DEA’s Decision Not to Reschedule Marijuana
Portland, OR. –(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the announcement from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that the U.S. will affirm its prohibition on medical marijuana. “Today’s announcement from the DEA is a huge disappointment to people in the 27 jurisdictions across the[Read More…]
