Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 16, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense announced this week the death of Staff Sgt. Reymund Rarogal Transfiguracion, a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Staff Sgt. Transfiguracion, 36, from Waikoloa, Hawaii, died August 12, 2018, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated[Read More…]
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Pittsburgh Priests Listed in Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, Noting Those I Knew
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- About that Pennsylvania grand jury report. Here are the names of the priests from the Diocese of Pittsburgh, including those I knew. I was not familiar with these accusations when I knew them — with the exception of one. And I knew that guy in the red zucchetto, pictured[Read More…]
NLGJA Announces Karen Hawkins as First Recipient of the NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award
Washington, DC-(ENEWSPF)- NLGJA – The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announces that Rebellious Magazine for Women founder and editor-in-chief Karen Hawkins is the inaugural recipient of the new NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award. The award recognizes the achievement of an LGBTQ woman for a current body of work in journalism and/or opinion, with an emphasis[Read More…]
U.S. Receives Fallen Service Members’ Remains From North Korea
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2018 By: DoD News The United Nations Command with support from U.S. Forces Korea today repatriated 55 cases of remains of fallen U.S. service members returned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, according to a news release. A U.S. cargo aircraft[Read More…]
Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Demand State Department Ban Publication of Gun Blueprints
Cite extreme danger of 3-D-printed guns to the public Washington –(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2018 Contact: Alex Macfarlane Today Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Mike Thompson (CA-05), and Vice Chairs Rep. Jose Serrano (NY-15), Rep. David Price (NC-04), Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-04), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Rep. Grace[Read More…]
Syria: Scaled-up Assistance, ‘Sustained Access’ Needed to 140,000 Made Homeless
SYRIA—(ENEWSPF)—20 July 2018 By: UN Media Following a Government-led assault on Syria’s opposition-held areas, an estimated 140,000 people in the country’s south-west remain homeless and in need of help, the United Nation Refugee Agency (UNCHR) said on Friday, calling for sustained access to displaced communities. “A new scaling-up of assistance[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army and Air Force Casualties
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 13, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and an airman who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Andrew Celiz, 32, from Summerville, South Carolina, died, July 12, in Afghanistan, of[Read More…]
U.S. Navy Identifies Casualty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 By: U.S. Fifth Fleet Public Affairs A Sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) died from injuries sustained while conducting small boat training July 8. Ensign Sarah Mitchell, 23, of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, was medically evacuated to a hospital in Aqaba,[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Army Casualty in Afghanistan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense has announced that Cpl. Joseph Maciel, a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel has died. Cpl. Maciel of South Gate, California, died July 7, 2018, in Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan from wounds sustained during an apparent[Read More…]
Yemen: ‘No Justification for this Carnage,’ says UNICEF Chief, as Children in Need Now Outnumber Population of Switzerland
GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)—July 3, 2018 By: United Nations Media The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a nation already on the brink “deep into the abyss,” said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief on Tuesday, after returning from a four-day visit to the war-torn country. “Social services are barely functional. The[Read More…]
