Agency to Determine if Graco Failed to Report Safety Defect in a Timely Manner WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) yesterday announced that it opened an investigation into the timeliness of Graco Children’s Products, Inc.’s (Graco) reporting of a safety defect[Read More…]
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UN Rights Experts Call on U.S. to Commute Death Sentence of Mentally Ill Prisoner
Photo: IRIN GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–2 December 2014 – Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the United States Government and the authorities in Texas to halt the execution of Scott Panetti, a prisoner with proven psychosocial disabilities, due to be carried out on 3 December. “The death penalty may only be[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Details Economic Agenda for America
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today outlined a progressive economic agenda to reverse a 40-year decline of the American middle class and the growing gap between the very rich and everyone else in the United States. In a Senate floor speech, Sanders detailed measures to create millions[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks During the Interfaith Service and Community Forum at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Thank you all for being here. It is my honor to bring warm greetings from President Obama, who asked that I share his best wishes with you this evening. I’d like to thank Reverend [Raphael] Warnock, and his colleagues and counterparts throughout Atlanta’s thriving community of[Read More…]
President Obama’s Remarks on Building Trust Between Communities and Local Police
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014 – 4:52 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: As I said last week in the wake of the grand jury decision, I think Ferguson laid bare a problem that is not unique to St. Louis or that area, and is not unique to our time, and that is[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Dec. 1, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014 – 1:26 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:Good afternoon, everybody.I trust you all had a peaceful and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday. Q We did. MR. EARNEST:Glad to hear it. Q And yours? MR. EARNEST:It was very nice.Thank you for asking.We did not, at the end of last week, put[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Dec. 1, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY KERRY’S TRAVEL QATAR IRAQ COUNTERTERRORISM TURKEY/SYRIA DEPARTMENT/COUNTERTERRORISM TURKEY/SYRIA EGYPT IRAQ/ISIL IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN IRAN EGYPT TAIWAN HONGKONG AZERBAIJAN MIDDLE EAST PEACE/REGION PAKISTAN NORTH KOREA SYRIA/UNITED NATIONS TRANSCRIPT: 1:21 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I just[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Strengthening Community Policing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and around the country have highlighted the importance of strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities they protect. As the nation has observed, trust between law enforcement agencies and the people they protect and serve is essential to the[Read More…]
Uruguayan Presidential Election Result Safeguards Marijuana Legalization
Frente Amplio Candidate Tabaré Vázquez Wins, Promises He Will Implement The Law Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. In a Sunday presidential run-off election in Uruguay, Frente Amplio (Broad Front) candidate Tabaré Vázquez beat opposition candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou by 53.6 to 41.1 percent, a vote that had major implications for the[Read More…]
Violence in Iraq Kills at Least 1,232 People in November 2014 — UN
Refugees in the Bahirka Camp near Erbil in Northern Iraq. Photo: UNAMI NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 December 2014 – Some 1,232 people – mostly civilians – were killed by violence in Iraq in November, the top United Nations official there said today as he called on Iraq’s political, religious and social leaders[Read More…]
