Fresno, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012.  Today parents and physicians sued the Clovis Unified School District over its high school abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education. The lawsuit charges that the district is violating California law and putting teens’ health at risk by teaching students misinformation and denying them critical instruction about condoms and contraception.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012. Sheila Birnbaum, Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), released the following statement on the final rule by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to include certain cancers into the World Trade Center Health Program:  “As previously stated, the September[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012. I welcome and strongly support today’s announcement by the International Steering Group that international supervision of Kosovo’s independence has come to an end.  After nearly four and a half years, fulfillment of the provisions of the Comprehensive Settlement Proposal is a major achievement for all citizens[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012 – 12:42 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  I was going to say I see some faces who were with us on our long trip.  (Laughter.)  Welcome to the White House.  It’s good to be back.  We don’t do that all — do this all that frequently these[Read More…]

Entering the Endgame in Springfield OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012.  On Monday, September 10th, the Springfield City Council will consider three amendments to the marijuana law reform ordinance they passed on August 27th, as well as a full repeal. The three amendments are listed by the council member who proposed it and in[Read More…]

Chadian Government Must Curtail Atrocious Treatment of Inmates, Human Rights Organization Says New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012.  In a harsh new report on prisons in Chad, Amnesty International found severely overcrowded, unventilated and filthy cells where prisoners are chained 24 hours a day and temperatures reach up to 118 degrees Fahrenheit.[Read More…]

Poet Profiled in Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” Javier Sicilia and Other Drug War Violence Survivors from Mexico & U.S. Will Conclude Cross-Country Journey in Washington Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2012.  On September 10th, the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity will arrive in Washington, D.C. on the last stop of its 25-city journey across the United States to[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012—As conflict in Syria reaches critical levels, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has donated a shipment of relief items and medical supplies to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Damascus. The donated supplies, which include surgical and first aid kits, complements[Read More…]

Vladivostok, Russia–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2012. SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everybody. Well, first, let me say how pleased I was to visit Vladivostok, and to see the new university for this APEC meeting. I was very delighted to attend on behalf of President Obama. Let me just highlight a few of the[Read More…]

Melbourne, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2012 – 11:55 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  How’s it going, Florida?  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Well, look, I am so thrilled to be here!  (Applause.)  It is good to be back in Florida.  And I am so grateful to Mary, not only for[Read More…]