NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain[Read More…]
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Sierra Club Statement on Hillary Clinton’s Offshore Drilling Comments
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has told South Carolinians that she is “very skeptical about the need or desire for us to pursue offshore drilling off the coast of South Carolina, and frankly off the coast of other southeast states.” In response, Sierra Club Political[Read More…]
Groundbreaking New Analysis Lays Out Roadmap for Political Parties Given Rapidly Shifting Demographics of U.S. Electorate
A voting booth in a community center, November 2004. Source: AP/Julia Cumes Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. The Center for American Progress released today a groundbreaking new analysis showing the challenges that lie ahead for both political parties given the rapidly shifting demographics of the U.S. electorate. This new[Read More…]
Records Show Suspended Oregon Pesticide Spray Company Continues Operations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. On September 25, Applebee Aviation’s license to spray pesticides commercially was suspended for one year, after an employee complained of chemical exposure and violated worker protection rights. After Applebee Aviation’s one-year suspension was issued, it continued to operate and illegally sprayed at least 16 sites, according to[Read More…]
Court Dismisses Challenge to Racist Arizona Abortion Ban
Ninth Circuit Rules Women Have No Standing to Challenge Law That Forces Doctors to Racially Profile NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2015. In an unpublished decision issued yesterday, a federal appeals court dismissed a challenge to Arizona’s ban on race- and sex-selection abortions for lack of standing. The ACLU, who filed[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Israel, The West Bank and Gaza Travel Warning, Dec. 16, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2015. The security environment remains complex in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. U.S. citizens need to be aware of the continuing risks of travel to areas described in this Travel Warning where there are heightened tensions and security risks. The security situation can change day to day,[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders CarHop to Pay $6.4 Million Penalty for Jeopardizing Consumers’ Credit
One of Nation’s Biggest “Buy-Here, Pay-Here” Auto Dealers Provided Inaccurate Credit Information WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking action against CarHop, one of the country’s biggest “buy-here, pay-here” auto dealers, and its affiliated financing company, Universal Acceptance Corporation, for providing damaging, inaccurate[Read More…]
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. Mufid A. Elfgeeh, 31, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford of the Western District of[Read More…]
Upstate New York Man Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to Terrorists
Conspired to Modify Lethal Radiation Device to be Used to Kill Muslims in New York State NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2015. Eric J. Feight, 55, of Hudson, New York, was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for providing material support to terrorists. The sentence was announced by Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Dec. 12, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 271,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 282,000. The 4-week moving average was 270,500, a decrease of 250 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
