Rome, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016. FOREIGN MINISTER GENTILONI: (In progress) we are now beginning this third ministerial meeting of the so-called Small Group of the international anti-Daesh coalition, and I think that one of the issues that we could discuss and deliver today is to have even more frequent meetings of[Read More…]
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White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Feb. 1, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016 – 12:52 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good Monday afternoon, everybody. Happy Caucus Day. Nice to see you all. I see you all are avoiding the snows of Iowa to join me here today, and I appreciate that. I do not have any announcements to make at[Read More…]
Braga Organic Farms Issues Voluntary Recall of Pistachios Due to Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016. Braga Organic Farms announces the voluntary recall of pistachios due to potential contamination with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella can experience[Read More…]
Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa
By:LYLE MULLER, CLINTON OLSASKY, BRITTANY ROBB AND KRISTA JOHNSON Hillary Clinton came to Iowa in 2016 to exorcise what plagued her 2008 failure to win the Democratic presidential precinct caucuses but ended up with yet another fight she could not avoid. “I support Senator Sanders because he has been super[Read More…]
North Carolina Man Indicted for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
NORTH CAROLINA–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016. A North Carolina man has been charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and related offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose[Read More…]
Lumber Liquidators Inc. Sentenced for Illegal Importation of Hardwood and Related Environmental Crimes
Virginia Hardwood Flooring Company to Pay $13 Million, Largest Lacey Act Penalty Ever VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016. Virginia-based hardwood flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators Inc. was sentenced today in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, and will pay more than $13 million in criminal fines, community service and forfeited assets related to its[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Investing in the National Cancer Moonshot
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016. During his 2016 State of the Union Address, President Obama called on Vice President Biden to lead a new, national “Moonshot” initiative to eliminate cancer as we know it. Today, the White House is announcing a new $1 billion initiative to jumpstart this work. Too many[Read More…]
DePaul University Names Linda Blakley Vice President for the Office of Public Relations and Communications
Linda Blakley will serve as the next vice president of the Office of Public Relations and Communications, effective April 1. She currently serves as assistant vice president for the OPRC. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—February 1, 2016. DePaul University has selected Linda Blakley, an accomplished communications professional, as the next[Read More…]
It’s Not Too Late to Register for Spring Courses at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016. There is still time to register for spring semester courses at Prairie State College. Busy work schedules, family obligations, and changing life situations can make it difficult to start college classes at the beginning of the semester. For those who were unable to begin classes in[Read More…]
House Democrats Call for Robust Funding of Services Essential to Nation’s Older Americans
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016. Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Representative Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Member of the Committee on Education and the[Read More…]
