Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 282,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 274,000 to 275,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
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White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, May 27, 2015
En Route Miami, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2015 – 2:14 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard Air Force One en route to Miami, where tomorrow, the President will visit the National Hurricane Center to receive the annual hurricane briefing and tour the center. The meeting will showcase mapping tools developed by federal[Read More…]
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2015. Leon Nathan Davis, 37, of Augusta, Georgia, pleaded guilty earlier today to an information charging him with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, specifically the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P.[Read More…]
Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption
The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Seven Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas for Four Individual Defendants and Two Corporate Defendants Also Unsealed Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2015. A 47-count indictment was[Read More…]
Identity Theft and Other Scams Are Issues Facing Summer Job Seekers, Warns Better Business Bureau
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Finding a summer job is always a top priority for college and high school students. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers of seasonal job scams, which can lead to identity theft. Signs of these scams include fake postings that require little effort for the job or claim[Read More…]
Marriage Equality Backdating To Sunset June 1
Fee waiver continues for conversions to marriage, backdating ends Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- June 1 marks the one-year anniversary of marriage equality in Illinois, and a portion of the law allowing same-sex couples to backdate their marriage date to the date of their civil union will sunset, Cook County Clerk David Orr[Read More…]
Investigation of Shots Fired at Carnival Yields No Evidence, No Injuries
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest police posted information on their Facebook page on May 23 regarding a report of possible shots fired during a fight that broke out Friday at Main Street and Victory Drive, north of the Park Forest Carnival. According to Police Chief Pete Green, officers present at[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for May 27, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Ace Hardware Commits to Action on Bee-killing Pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, announced it is willing to move away from products containing neonicotinoids — a leading driver of global bee declines. Frank Carroll, Vice President of Merchandising at Ace Hardware Corporation said in a release today, “Ace Hardware[Read More…]
Senior Member of Al-Qaeda Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill U.S. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda
Defendant Tried to Lure American Solders to a Compound in Afghanistan that Was Rigged with Explosives; Also Facilitated the Entry of an American Citizen into Al-Qaeda Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. Earlier today, Saddiq al-Abbadi, 40, a Yemeni national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder U.S. nationals abroad, providing and conspiring[Read More…]
