CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. A federal judge today convicted a Chicago marketer of taking illegal payments in exchange for referring elderly patients to a Skokie-based home healthcare company. JENETTE GEORGE was convicted on two counts of violating the federal Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute, and one count of conspiracy to[Read More…]
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CAIR Slams Cruz’s Comments on ‘Muslim Neighborhoods,’ Trump’s Naming of Islamophobic Adviser
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s call for law enforcement to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods” and the naming of notorious Islamophobe Walid Phares as one of leading GOP[Read More…]
Bernie Wallops Trump by 20 Points
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. –(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday campaigned in Idaho, Utah and Arizona drawing big crowds to rallies as a new national poll gave him a whopping 20-point lead over Republican front-runner Donald Trump. A new CNN/ORC poll found that if Sanders becomes the Democratic Party[Read More…]
Nature Programs for Groups at Thorn Creek Nature Center Sponsored By Thorn Creek Audubon Society
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 22, 2016. Calling all schools, home school groups, day cares, preschools, youth, adult and family groups! Nature Education Programs are offered at Thorn Creek Nature Center throughout the year where your group can discover the plants and animals of Thorn Creek Woods. These Nature Education Programs are[Read More…]
Blizzard To Threaten Travel Shutdowns In Central US This Week
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist AccuWeather.com AccuWeather Global Weather Center-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports a storm will deliver heavy snow from Colorado to Michigan, with the potential for blizzard conditions in part of the north-central United States, during Wednesday and Thursday. The storm will hit hard and fast from the eastern slopes of the Rockies to the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama to the People of Cuba, March 22, 2016
Havana, Cuba–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016 – 10:10 A.M. CST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Muchas gracias. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. President Castro, the people of Cuba, thank you so much for the warm welcome that I have received, that my family have received, and that our delegation[Read More…]
Interior Department Releases Report Underscoring Impacts of Climate Change on Western Water Resources
New, interactive basin-by-basin visualization tool also released following World Water Day White House Summit WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. Putting the national spotlight on the importance of water sustainability, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation released a basin-by-basin report that characterizes the impacts of climate change[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Highlights High Rate of Debt Collection Complaints from Servicemembers and Their Families
CFPB Enforcement Actions Returned Over $5 Million to Servicemembers in 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an annual report today from the Office of Servicemember Affairs highlighting complaints submitted in 2015 and CFPB enforcement actions that directly impacted the military community. The report[Read More…]
UN Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombings in Brussels, Calling it ‘An Attack on Us All’
European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Carmen Cuesta Roca NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 March 2016 – Senior United Nations officials have strongly condemned today’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, extending condolences to the victims and their families while expressing solidarity with the people and Government of Belgium. A statement issued by Secretary-General[Read More…]
U.S., Cuba Agree on Efforts to Improve Maritime Navigation Safety
Memorandum of Understanding signed in Havana CUBA–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, and Col. Candido Alfredo Regalado Gomez, Chief of Cuba’s National Office of Hydrography and Geodesy (ONHG), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve maritime navigation safety and[Read More…]
