Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Sepember 10, 2015. A young Florida boy and his family are reeling after a routine termite treatment resulted in a devastating outcome. Ten-year-old Peyton McCaughey of Palm City, Florida has been in the hospital for weeks following a severe reaction to chemicals used to fumigate his family’s home. According[Read More…]
Latest News
Bee Activists Attempt to Save Brunch
Thousands urge Ace and True Value to remove bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2015. Over the month of August, more than 2,000 people across the country urged Ace Hardware and True Value to “save brunch” and stop selling bee-killing pesticides. As part of a national month of action organized[Read More…]
Report Details Obama’s Authority to Keep 450 Billion Tons of Greenhouse Gas Pollution in Ground
Laws Allow President to Ban New Oil, Gas and Coal Leases on Public Lands, Ocean Areas WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity released a report today detailing the forms of legal authority that President Obama, as well as future U.S. presidents, possesses to stop new federal fossil fuel[Read More…]
Owner of Dietary Supplement Company Sentenced to Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Adulterate Dietary Supplements
Company’s Executive Vice President Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of an Agency Investigation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Sepember 9, 2015. The owner and president of a dietary supplement manufacturing company in Flanders, New Jersey, was sentenced to prison today for the sale of diluted and adulterated dietary ingredients and supplements, the Department of Justice[Read More…]
Russian Agent Pleads Guilty to Leading Scheme to Illegally Export Controlled Technology to Russian Military
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2015. Alexander Fishenko, 49, of Houston, and a dual citizen of the United States and Russia, pleaded guilty today to acting as an agent of the Russian government within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General, conspiring to export and illegally exporting controlled microelectronics[Read More…]
Guilty Plea in Case of Disabled Adults Held in Subhuman Conditions
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Linda Weston, 55, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to all charges in a racketeering and hate crimes case that involved holding disabled adults captive in locked closets, basements and attics in Philadelphia’s Tacony section and in other states. Weston pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, kidnapping[Read More…]
US Labor Department Promotes Pay Transparency Among Federal Contractors
Prohibits discrimination against workers who discuss pay WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. Ensuring that women earn equal pay for equal work is essential to improving the economic security of our families and the strength of our middle class. In too many workplaces around the country, however, a culture of secrecy keeps[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Sept. 5, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending September 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 275,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 282,000 to 281,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton’s Statement on the Endorsement from the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Hillary Clinton made the following statement after the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers announced their endorsement. The Union represents 80,000 skilled masonry-trowel trades craftworkers and their endorsement comes after previous backing from the American Federation of Teachers and the Machinists Union. “As a longtime[Read More…]
Calvary United Protestant Church to Host ‘Waffles and the Word’ on Sept. 27
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Calvary United Protestant Church, 425 North Orchard Boulevard, Park Forest, will host ‘Waffles and the Word’ on September 27 at 10 a.m. in the Church’s Fellowship Hall. Come and eat and explore an informal worship setting. Source: Calvary United Protestant Church
