Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 March 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that targeted a park in Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding over 100, including many women and children. In a statement issued by[Read More…]
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections
Victory: Court leaves rules in place that protect Tongass rainforest wildlands from damaging logging, road construction The Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Earleliason/iStock Photo Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear a last-ditch effort by the State of Alaska to exempt America’s largest national forest from[Read More…]
Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law
ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Equality NC sue on behalf of LGBT North Carolinians RALEIGH –(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal, and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S.[Read More…]
United States Provides an Additional $20 Million in Response to Europe Refugee and Migration Crisis
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. The United States announces $20 million to support efforts by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent (IFRC) to respond to increased protection, shelter, and other lifesaving assistance[Read More…]
Secretary of State Kerry’s Interview With CBS Face the Nation’s John Dickerson, March 27, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2016 MR DICKERSON: We sat down earlier with Secretary of State John Kerry, who is just back from Brussels. We asked him how worried he was about another terror attack in Europe. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I think everybody’s concerned, because for several years now foreign fighters have[Read More…]
Tennessee and New York-Based Defense Contractors Agree to Pay $8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Involving Defective Countermeasure Flares Sold to the U.S. Army
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. The Department of Justice announced today that Kilgore Flares Company and one of its subcontractors, ESM Group Inc., have agreed to pay a total of $8 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by selling or conspiring to sell defective infrared countermeasure flares[Read More…]
Trader Joe’s Issues Voluntary Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Chocolate Orange Sticks and Chocolate Raspberry Sticks
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. Trader Joe’s of Monrovia, California is voluntarily recalling all codes of Trader Joe’s Chocolate Orange Sticks (UPC 00847162) and Trader Joe’s Chocolate Raspberry Sticks (UPC 00847122) because the products may contain more than the stated “traces of milk” on the label. All affected product[Read More…]
‘Step Back into a 1950s Easter’ Through April 23
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2016. The 1950s Park Forest House Museum at 227 Monee Road, (inside St. Mary’s Catholic Church) Park Forest, spring exhibit, “Step Back into a 1950s Easter,” will run from March 12 through April 23. Decorations include Easter die cuts, honeycomb rabbits and baskets, plastic and tin[Read More…]
Annual Park Forest Hall of Fame Induction to be Held on April 10
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2016. The Park Forest Historical Society will hold its annual Park Forest Hall of Fame induction ceremony and reception Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. in Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Blvd, Park Forest. The Class of 2016 Inductees represent, once again, some of the finest people[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Defeating ISIL, March 26, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2016 This week, our hearts are with the people of Belgium, as terrorist attacks claimed the lives of more than thirty people. Yesterday, we learned that at least two Americans were killed. We pray for their families and loved ones. At least fourteen Americans were injured. And we pray for[Read More…]
