Defendants Allegedly Failed to Deliver Orders as Promised Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. The Federal Trade Commission charged a nationally advertised gold and silver marketing operation with bilking millions from consumers. The FTC seeks to recover money from the defendants to return to their customers, many of whom allegedly lost thousands[Read More…]
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Fireball Lights Pre-Dawn Sky over Arizona (Video)
ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. For a few seconds early Thursday, night turned into day as an extremely bright fireball lit the pre-dawn sky over much of Arizona, blinding all-sky meteor cameras as far away as western New Mexico. Based on the latest data, a small asteroid estimated at 5 feet (1-2 meters)[Read More…]
Hillsdale Furniture Recalls Children’s Bunk Beds Due to Fall Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Bob’s Discount Furniture
Chadwick bunk bed in white (model 1030) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016 Recall Summary Name of product: Children’s bunk beds Hazard: The bunk bed’s side mattress support rails can crack or break, posing a fall hazard. Remedy: View Details Repair Consumer Contact: Hillsdale Furniture at 800-368-0999 from 9 a.m. to 5[Read More…]
Frequent Moves During Babies’ First Year Associated With Hospitalizations
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2016. Children who move from one residence to another during their first year of life are at a substantially higher risk of being admitted to a hospital emergency room in early childhood, according to a new U.K. study that examined data on more than 237,000[Read More…]
Prevention May be Essential to Reducing Racial Disparities in Stroke
NIH-funded study provides clues to differences in stroke deaths between blacks and whites. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Blacks between the ages of 45 and 54 die of strokes at a rate that is three times greater than their white counterparts, according to the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in[Read More…]
Sierra Club Reaction to Paul Ryan’s Endorsement of Trump
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he will vote for Donald Trump for President of the United States. In response Sierra Club Political Director Khalid Pitts released the following statement: “Ryan’s GOP House has already been incessantly attacking clean air and water safeguards and refusing to take action on[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on the May 2016 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. The economy added 38,000 jobs in May 2016, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement on the May 2016 employment situation figures: Even with just 38,000 jobs added last month, today’s[Read More…]
5 Soldiers Killed When Vehicle Overturns in Flash Flooding at Fort Hood
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 03, 2016 — Five soldiers were killed and four others remain missing after a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle overturned during flash flooding at a water crossing at Fort Hood, Texas, yesterday. Emergency personnel responded to a swift-water rescue call yesterday at 11:20 a.m. when an LMTV was stuck in[Read More…]
ACLU Sues Alabama Over Abortion Restrictions That Would Severely Limit Access Statewide
State’s Newest Abortion Laws Would Shutter Clinics, Ban Medically Proven Procedures and Harm Women MONTGOMERY, Ala. —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a legal challenge to three new abortion restrictions that are part of Alabama’s years-long effort to shut down abortion clinics and impose obstacles in[Read More…]
IDNR Conducting Survey, Planning Statewide Summit on Coordinating Monarch Butterfly Conservation in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, IL –(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Identifying ways to improve and increase habitat for monarch butterflies in Illinois is the focus of a new online survey this month and a planned conservation summit meeting in Springfield this September. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), along with partners representing agriculture, transportation[Read More…]
