Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. The former owner of a Los Angeles-based medical supply company was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
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Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Cleveland to Reform Cleveland Division of Police Following the Finding of a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. The United States Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland announced today that they have entered into a court enforceable agreement to address the department’s findings that the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force in violation[Read More…]
Texas Resident Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. A criminal complaint has been unsealed in the Southern District of Texas following the arrest of a Spring, Texas, man on allegations he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery Exhibit to Highlight Golden Age of Photography at Chicago Reader
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. For more than 30 years, the Chicago Reader was a trailblazer and signature example of the kind of creative freedom in both photography and design that alternative weekly newspapers all over the country came to embrace and showcase. Now, in a new exhibit that runs from June[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Honors National Guard Hero at 96th Annual Tribute to Veterans
Memorial Day Ceremony Honors the Brave Men and Women Who Have Served in the Armed Forces ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today honored Sergeant Lee Seimer at a Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington Heights. Sgt. Seimer, of Genoa, Ill., served as a National Guard combat[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on Immigration Ruling, May 26, 2015
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. Today a federal appeals court denied the Obama administration’s request to lift a hold on the administration’s executive actions on immigration while the matter is being litigated. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement in response: “I am disappointed by the ruling of United States Court[Read More…]
Lockport Pharmacist Indicted For Allegedly Falsely Billing $2.4 Million For Prescription Claims
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. A southwest suburban pharmacist was indicted on federal charges for health care fraud, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, WALTER BEICH, the owner and licensed pharmacist at Lockport Pharmacy, Inc. operating as Corwin Pharmacy, was charged in a twelve-count indictment returned by a federal[Read More…]
UN Launches Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Set to Target Nearly 5.7 Million Iraqi Children
A health worker administers a dose of oral polio vaccine to a boy in the Bajeed Kandala camp in Iraq. Photo: UNICEF/ Wathiq Khuzaie GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–26 May 2015 – Aiming to target 5.7 million children under the age of five, the United Nations today launched a mass polio vaccination campaign in[Read More…]
Some 500,000 Homes and Temples Across Nepal Damaged by Earthquake, UN Official Says
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, after the earthquake. Photo: UNDP Nepal/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi NEPAL–(ENEWSPF)–26 May 2015 – As teams of trekkers and Nepalese sherpas are now reaching remote, high-altitude villages with humanitarian aid, a senior United Nations development official today drew attention to the post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction needs of more than[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez: 5th Circuit Ruling is ‘Disappointment but Not Unexpected’
“I am confident millions of immigrants will eventually apply for DAPA and DACA” Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) responded to news that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had refused to issue a stay of the injunction that has delayed implementation of some of[Read More…]
