ST. LOUIS –-(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. Years before Ferguson erupted in the summer of 2014, the St. Louis NAACP had been receiving reports of corruption and abusive policing in St. Louis County municipalities and reached out to the American Civil Liberties Union for help. Today, the ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit[Read More…]
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State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, April 21, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015 Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY KERRY’S TRAVEL VIETNAM IRAN EGYPT TURKEY/SYRIA/REGION IRAN BANGLADESH GREECE HONDURAS YEMEN/IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA/REGION PHILIPPINES/CHINA YEMEN/IRAN CYPRUS/REGION ARMENIA JAPAN UKRAINE/RUSSIA CUBA ARMENIA TRANSCRIPT: MS HARF: Welcome to the daily briefing, everyone. I have two items at the top. First, a travel update. Secretary[Read More…]
United States Files Suit against Michaels Stores Inc. for Failing to Report Serious Safety Hazard in Shattering Glass Vases
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. The Department of Justice and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) jointly announced today the filing of a complaint against Michaels Stores Inc. and its subsidiary Michaels Stores Procurement Co. Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Michaels is a publicly[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Investigations of the Ville Platte, Louisiana, Police Department and the Evangelnie Parish Sheriff’s Office
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that it has opened pattern or practice investigations into the use of investigative holds by the Ville Platte Police Department (VPPD) and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office (EPSO). The investigations will focus on allegations that VPPD and EPSO officers use “investigative[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama Honoring the NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Kevin Harvick
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015 – 2:53 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Please have a seat. Welcome to the White House on this beautiful day. And congratulations to Kevin Harvick, the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. Hey! (Applause.) It is always wonderful to have the NASCAR family here. We’ve got[Read More…]
Wyden, Lofgren, Paul Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Aaron’s Law to Reform Abused Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation today to better target serious criminals and curb overzealous prosecutions for non-malicious computer and Internet offenses. The legislation, inspired by the late Internet innovator and activist Aaron Swartz, who[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders: White House GOP Hopefuls Should Renounce Senate Budget’s Tax Breaks for Rich
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders today asked Republican presidential candidates to renounce a “grossly unfair” Senate budget proposal to give the wealthiest 5,400 American families another $269 billion in tax breaks while paving the way for a tax hike on working families. “At a time of massive wealth[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission Take Action Against Green Tree Servicing for Mistreating Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Green Tree to Pay $48 Million in Borrower Restitution and $15 Million Fine for Servicing Failures WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took action against Green Tree Servicing, LLC, for mistreating mortgage borrowers who were trying to save their[Read More…]
At UN, Religious and Political Leaders Weigh Strategies to Stem Rising Tide of Intolerance, Extremism
High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation: Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and Countering Violent Extremism, gets underway. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 April 2015 – Senior United Nations officials today called on the international community “in the name of our shared humanity to unite in courage and resolve” against[Read More…]
‘Swift, Courageous’ Action Needed to Stem Tide of Illegal Migration — UNICEF
Onboard an Italian ship, a Syrian father holds his one-year-old son as they wait to be checked by doctors. They were rescued in the middle of the Mediterranean. Photo: UNHCR/A. D’Amato GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–21 April 2015 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the international community to commit to “swift,[Read More…]
