Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- David Hogg is mad as hell, and none of us have the right to tell him how to speak or what he says. No adult has the right to tell David Hogg he should be more polite, label him profane, tell him to[Read More…]
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UN: Seven Years of War in Syria has Left ‘Colossal Human Tragedy’ in its Wake
SYRIA—(ENEWSPF)—09 March 2018. After seven years of brutal conflict in Syria, there are no clear winners, “but the losers are plain to see,” the United Nations refugee agency chief said Friday, describing the “colossal human tragedy” that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, driven 6.1 million people from their[Read More…]
Court Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs, Rejects Trump’s Attempt to Evade Constitutional Climate Trial
San Francisco—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2018 By: Julia Olson and Philip Gregory Yesterday, Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas, writing for a unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s “drastic and extraordinary” petition for writ of mandamus in the landmark climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States,[Read More…]
CFPB Issues Final Rule to Help Mortgage Servicers Communicate With Borrowers Facing Bankruptcy
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2018 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued a final rule to help mortgage servicers communicate with certain borrowers facing bankruptcy. The final rule gives mortgage servicers more latitude in providing periodic statements to consumers entering or exiting bankruptcy, as required by the CFPB’s 2016[Read More…]
US Aircraft Carrier Carl Vinson Arrives in Vietnam for Historic Visit
DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) –(ENEWSPF)—March 5, 2018 BY: Carl Vinson Strike Group Public Affairs USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a scheduled port call March 5, marking the first time a U.S. aircraft carrier has visited the country in more than 40 years. The aircraft[Read More…]
Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Brink of Decriminalizing Marijuana
Marijuana Decriminalization Gaining Momentum in the South, As Baton Rouge Looks to Join Atlanta, Nashville, New Orleans, and Jackson, Mississippi LOUISIANA—(ENEWSPF)—March 2, 2018 By: Tony Newman This week, the East Baton Rouge Metropolitan City Council voted 8-4 in favor of an ordinance to decriminalize marijuana in East Baton Rouge Parish,[Read More…]
Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan Deprived of the Most Basic Needs – UNICEF
Eighty five per cent of Syrian refugee children in Jordan are living below the poverty line and a staggering 94 per cent of those under five in “multidimensional” poverty, meaning that they are deprived of some of the most basic needs such as education, health or protection, an assessment by[Read More…]
ACLU Challenges Trump Administration Practice of Forcibly Separating Asylum-Seeking Parents and Young Children
7-Year-Old Daughter Separated From Mother for Nearly Four Months SAN DIEGO —(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2018 By: ACLU Media The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today seeking to reunite an asylum-seeking mother and her 7-year-old daughter fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, only to be forcibly torn[Read More…]
Private Corporation May be Sued for Role in Abu Ghraib Torture, Judge Rules
Horrific Treatment of Victims Constitutes Torture and War Crimes Alexandria, VA –(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2018 By: [email protected] Yesterday, a Virginia federal judge ruled that the treatment of three Iraqi individuals formerly detained at the infamous “hard site” at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq constitutes torture, war crimes, and cruel, inhuman and degrading[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Army Casualty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced the death of a soldier supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Sgt. Christina Marie Schoenecker, 26, of Arlington, Kansas, died February 19 in Baghdad, from a non-combat related incident. Schoenecker was assigned to the 89th Sustainment Brigade, Wichita,[Read More…]
