Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. A U.S. airstrike on March 4, near al Shadaddi, Syria, targeted senior ISIL leader Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, also known as Abu Umar al-Shishani, and “Omar the Chechen.” Batirashvili was a Syrian-based Georgian national who held numerous top military positions within ISIL, including minister of war. [Read More…]
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Behr Iron & Steel Inc. Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation Causing Death of Employee
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. A Rockford-based company pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston to willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, resulting in the death of an employee at the company’s facility in South Beloit, Ill. BEHR IRON & STEEL INC., a high volume[Read More…]
Senators Introduce Bill to Help Ensure Patient Access to Mental Health Coverage Required by Law
Legislation Would Increase Transparency to Hold Insurers Accountable, Strengthen Consumer Protections Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Monday introduced the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act, which would increase transparency and strengthen[Read More…]
Florida House Passes Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Unanimously
Unanimous Vote in House Follows Last Week’s Unanimous Support in the Senate; Coalition of Reform Advocates and Law Enforcement Urge Gov. Scott to Sign Into Law FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. Today, the Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed SB 1044, reforming Florida’s “Contraband Forfeiture Act,” sending the legislation to Gov. Scott’s[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervision of Banks and Nonbanks Recovers $14.3 Million for Consumers
CFPB Examiners Uncover Illegal Auto Defaults of Student Loans and Other Violations WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its latest supervision report where the exams of banks and nonbanks resulted in the remediation of $14.3 million to approximately 228,000 consumers. In its examinations[Read More…]
VA Partners with PGA to Support PGA HOPE Program for Veterans with Disabilities
HOPE Offers Therapeutic Golf for Disabled Veterans and Injured Service Members WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is partnering with PGA REACH, the philanthropic arm of PGA of America, to bring a specialized golf program to disabled Veterans. The program, PGA HOPE – Helping Our[Read More…]
UN Refugee Agency ‘Concerned’ About Proposed EU Deal to Send Migrants Back to Turkey
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (second left) visits Lesvos on his first official visit to Greece. Photo: UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 March 2016 – The United Nations refugee agency today expressed a concern about any European response to the migrant crisis that involves the blanket return of all individuals[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders: European Union and Turkey Reach Inhumane Agreement on Refugees
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. In response to an agreement announced today between the European Union and Turkey on refugees and migration, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released the following statement from Aurelie Ponthieu, MSF humanitarian affairs advisor on displacement: “European leaders have completely lost track of reality, and the[Read More…]
NOAA Announces Additional Community Resilience Grants Totaling $4.5 Million
Improved regional preparation, response, and recovery from coastal hazards top goal Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2016. NOAA awarded an original $4.5 million last month, designed to help coastal communities improve their resilience to adverse events by aiding their ability to prepare for and respond to a variety of coastal threats, including[Read More…]
HHS Ships Blood Products to Puerto Rico in Response to Zika Outbreak
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2016. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it is arranging and funding shipments of blood products from the continental United States to Puerto Rico to ensure an adequate supply of safe blood for island residents as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico experiences[Read More…]
