Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement in support of a new petition filed by United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The petition was filed at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking relief[Read More…]
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‘No one goes to work to die’ – USW Observes Workers Memorial Day
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- The United Steelworkers released this statement from International President Leo W. Gerard on Workers Memorial Day: “Today on Workers Memorial Day, the United Steelworkers pauses to remember 28 men and women who died in the past year at workplaces in the United States and Canada where we are[Read More…]
Watch: NASA’s Fermi Telescope Helps Link Cosmic Neutrino to Blazar Blast
By Francis Reddy NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Nearly 10 billion years ago, the black hole at the center of a galaxy known as PKS B1424-418 produced a powerful outburst. Light from this blast began arriving at Earth in 2012. Now astronomers using data from NASA’s Fermi[Read More…]
Probing Dark Energy with Clusters: “Russian Doll” Galaxy Clusters Reveal Information About Dark Energy
Cambridge, MA-(ENEWSPF)- These four galaxy clusters were part of a large survey of over 300 clusters used to investigate dark energy, the mysterious energy that is currently driving the accelerating expansion of the Universe, as described in our latest press release. In these composite images, X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory[Read More…]
Highland Resident Sentenced For Child Pornography Offenses
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 29, 2016, Richard Hogg, 56, Highland, IL, was sentenced on an Indictment charging him, in Count 1, with Distribution of Child Pornography; in Counts 2 and 3, with Receipt of[Read More…]
Pro-Drug Policy Reform Police Officer Wins Free Speech Case
Victoria Police Department Ordered to Pay Highest-Ever Award for Injury to Dignity in a Political Belief Case in Canada Victoria, B.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) speaker and board member Constable David Bratzer won a free speech case against his employer, the Victoria Police Department (VicPD), for discrimination against his political beliefs.[Read More…]
HRC Alabama Calls for Full Repeal of Oxford, Alabama’s Horrific, Anti-Transgender Ordinance
City Council to discuss recalling the measure at special meeting tomorrow MONTGOMERY, ALA.-(ENEWSPF)- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Alabama responded to the Oxford, Ala., City Council’s decision to hold a special meeting tomorrow to consider the fate of a horrific, anti-transgender ordinance by calling for repeal of the measure,[Read More…]
IKEA, AIG Join Growing List of Nearly 200 Major Business Leaders Against HB 2
Momentum in North Carolina: IKEA, AIG Join Growing List of Nearly 200 Major Business Leaders Against HB 2 as McCrory & Berger Double Down on Discrimination Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC announced that executives from 23andMe, Instacart, The Honest Company, United Guaranty Corporation, Cabot Creamery,[Read More…]
Ketamine Lifts Depression Via A Byproduct Of Its Metabolism (Video and Text)
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks downketamine likely holds the secret to its rapid antidepressant action, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and grantees have discovered. This metabolite singularly reversed depression-like behaviors in mice without triggering any of the anesthetic, dissociative, or addictive side[Read More…]
Federal Court Orders Rice Noodle Company To Stop Selling Products Until It Complies With Food Safety Regulations
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- On April 27, 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Kun Wo Food Products Inc., located in San Francisco, and its co-owners, Zi Xing Liu and Zi Chen Liu (“Kun Wo”), after the U.S. Food and[Read More…]
