Portland, OR –-(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2015. United Salad Co., the distributor of Portland, Oregon, is initiating a voluntary recall of Champ’s Sliced Crimini Mushrooms, product of Canada, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children,[Read More…]
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Top Fin Plastic Aquarium Heaters Recalled by PetSmart Due to Electrical Shock Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2015. Top Fin Plastic Aquarium Heaters Recall Summary Name of product: Top Fin Plastic Aquarium Heaters Hazard: An electrical problem with the aquarium heaters, poses a risk of fire or electrical shock to the consumer. Remedy: View Details Refund Consumer Contact: PetSmart toll-free at (888) 839-9638 from[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Creating New Pathways of Opportunity for Americans Like You
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2015 Hi, everybody. As President, I spend most of my time focused on what we can do to grow the economy and grow new pathways of opportunity for Americans like you to get ahead. And we’ve made progress. More than 12 million new private sector jobs in[Read More…]
Hawaii Makes History by Raising Tobacco Age to 21
HAWAII—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015. Today, with the stroke of Governor David Ige’s pen, Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to raise their tobacco sales age to 21. This courageous step in the face of a powerful tobacco lobby represents a milestone for tobacco prevention and public health[Read More…]
State Department Briefing: Country Reports on Terrorism 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. AMBASSADOR KAIDANOW: Good morning, everyone. Okay. All right. Well, again, thank you all very much for coming this morning. Today the State Department is issuing the Country Reports on Terrorism 2014, which fulfills an important congressional mandate and provides us also with an opportunity to review[Read More…]
U.S. Citizen Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL and Other Federal Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Amir Said Abdul Rahman Al-Ghazi, 38, a U.S. Citizen, was arrested this morning in North Olmstead, Ohio, on charges that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), possessed a firearm as a convicted felon and trafficked marijuana.[Read More…]
Oregon Resident Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison in Connection with 2009 Suicide Bombing of ISI Headquarters in Pakistan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Reaz Qadir Khan, 51, a naturalized U.S. Citizen living in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman of the District of Oregon in connection with the May 27, 2009, suicide bomb attack at Pakistan’s intelligence[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, June 19, 2015
En Route Los Angeles, California–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015 – 1:43 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard Air Force One en route to Los Angeles. I don’t have any announcements at the top, so I am happy to take your questions. Q In the remarks the President made at the White[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing with Brigadier General Thomas D. Weidley
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Presenters: Brigadier General Thomas D. Weidley, chief of staff, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. COLONEL STEVE WARREN: Good morning, members of the press corps. Great to see you here on Friday. We finally made it to Friday. Today, we have Brigadier General Thomas Weidley, the[Read More…]
Author of ‘Soundless Roar,’ Ava Kadishson Schieber, to Speak at DePaul University on June 23
Ava Kadishson Schieber artist, poet and author of “Soundless Roar: Stories, Poems, and Drawings,” will offer reflections of survival during the Nazi occupation in a talk at DePaul University June 23. (Photo courtesy of Ava Kadishson Schieber) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Artist and poet Ava Kadishson Schieber, who as an[Read More…]
