IKEA HYBY ceiling lamp Recall Summary Name of product: Ceiling lamps Hazard: The plastic retaining clips that secure the glass shades to the lamp housings can break and allow the glass shades to fall, posing a laceration hazard. Remedy: View Details Refund Consumer Contact: IKEA toll-free at 888-966-4532 anytime or[Read More…]
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Sweeping Court Order Lays Bare the Smear Campaign Against Planned Parenthood
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2016. A U.S. District Court Friday granted the National Abortion Federation (NAF) a preliminary injunction prohibiting David Daleiden and a number of other anti-abortion extremists from releasing recordings and materials they illegally obtained at NAF conferences. This came a day after Daleiden turned himself in to[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Streamlines Chicago’s Early Learning System to Expand Access to Full Day Programs and Simplify Enrollment
Savings from structural reforms will be reinvested to expand full-day programming to roughly 1,000 additional children; launch universal online application to improve ease of enrollment CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced reforms that will streamline the administration of early learning programs and invest the savings in extending full-day[Read More…]
Tick Genome Reveals Secrets of a Successful Bloodsucker
NIH-funded study could lead to new tick control methods. Ixodes scapularis tick engorged with blood CDC Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2016. With tenacity befitting their subject, an international team of nearly 100 researchers toiled for a decade and overcame tough technical challenges to decipher the genome of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes[Read More…]
Earthjustice: Global Airplane Carbon Rules Too Weak to Protect Climate
Proposed international guidelines would not reduce carbon emissions below business as usual Greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes threaten human health and contribute to climate change. Momente / Shutterstock Montreal —(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2016. The first international standards for carbon pollution from airplanes recommended today by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Cybersecurity National Action Plan
Taking bold actions to protect Americans in today’s digital world Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2016. From the beginning of his Administration, the President has made it clear that cybersecurity is one of the most important challenges we face as a Nation, and for more than seven years he has acted comprehensively[Read More…]
President Obama Proposes New Funding to Build Resilience of Alaska’s Communities and Combat Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2016. When the President visited Alaska in August, he described the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate as “a challenge that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other.” Last year broke the record set by 2014 as the warmest year[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Feb. 8, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2016 – 12:46 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s nice to see you all. I hope you had a good weekend. I see we have some Broncos paraphernalia in the crowd today. So congratulations on the big victory, guys. As many of you may have[Read More…]
Illinois State Museum to Reopen to the Public
Director Rosenthal Announces Sustainable Model to Prepare the ISM System for the Future The Illinois State Museum (Mike Linksvayer / Flickr) SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2016. Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Director Wayne A. Rosenthal announced today that an agreement has been reached to reopen the Illinois State Museum[Read More…]
Wife of Dead ISIL Leader Charged in Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
Defendant Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2016. Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, aka Umm Sayyaf, 25, an Iraqi citizen and wife of Abu Sayyaf, a senior leader within the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) until his death last year, was charged[Read More…]
