ATLANTA—(ENEWSPF)– September 9, 2014 — The Home Depot®, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, yesterday confirmed that its payment data systems have been breached, which could potentially impact customers using payment cards at its U.S. and Canadian stores. There is no evidence that the breach has impacted stores in Mexico[Read More…]
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Israel: Thousands Coerced Into Leaving the Country
Sudanese, Eritreans Seeking Protection Faced With Indefinite Detention Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. Israeli authorities have unlawfully coerced almost 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into returning to their home countries where they risk serious abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Some returning Sudanese have faced torture, arbitrary[Read More…]
Job Openings Steady at 4.7 Million in July 2014; Hires and Separations Also Steady
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. There were 4.7 million job openings on the last business day of July, little changed from June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.5 percent) and the separations rate (3.3 percent) were unchanged in July. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8[Read More…]
Treasury and Transportation Host Infrastructure Investment Summit
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Transportation are hosting the Infrastructure Investment Summit at the Treasury Department. At the Summit, over 100 leaders from industry, finance, philanthropy, and local and state governments will convene with senior Administration officials to highlight the growth in[Read More…]
New Report: World Leaders Call For Ending Criminalization of Drug Use and Possession and Responsible Legal Regulation of Psychoactive Substances
Former Presidents of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland Join With Kofi Annan, Richard Branson, George Shultz, Paul Volcker And Others To Make Bold, New Recommendations for Major Paradigm Shift in Global Drug Policy on the Road to UN Special Session on Drugs in 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY &[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Sept. 8, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014 – 1:41 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. I apologize for the lengthy delay in advance of today’s briefing. A lot of news to get through. So since there’s so much going on, Julie, why don’t we just go straight to questions? Q Great. Thanks,[Read More…]
Land Buy-Back Program Tops $100 Million in Payments to American Indian Landowners with Fractionated Interests
New Offers will be sent to Landowners with Interests on the Flathead, Umatilla, Coeur d’Alene, Lake Traverse and Crow Indian Reservations WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. Following Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell’s recent visit with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Deputy Secretary of the[Read More…]
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Asks Federal Court to Keep Shooter’s Identity Secret in Killing of 16-Year Old by U.S. Border Patrol
NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wants a federal district judge to bar the disclosure of the identity of the U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of killing Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a Mexican teenager gunned down while peacefully walking down a Mexican street near the U.S.-Mexico[Read More…]
Pennsylvania City Agrees to Repeal Law that Jeopardizes Safety of Domestic Violence Survivors
Norristown Will Pay $495,000 to Settle Case on Behalf of Woman Threatened with Eviction for Calling Police NORRISTOWN, Pa. –(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. The city of Norristown voted to repeal a municipal ordinance that punishes innocent tenants and their landlords for requesting police assistance as part of a settlement announced today.[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Sept. 8, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT / TRAVEL ISIL / IRAQ / REGION UKRAINE / RUSSIA FLIGHT MH 17 UKRAINE / RUSSIA AFGHANISTAN ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS AZERBAIJAN SOMALIA EMBASSY SECURITY NORTH KOREA SAUDI ARABIA BENGHAZI BAHRAIN ZALMAY KHALILZAD TRANSCRIPT: 1:42 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone.[Read More…]
