Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to screening procedures, travel restrictions, and reduced aviation transportation options in response to the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Mali. This Travel Alert will expire on June 2, 2015. Due to an outbreak[Read More…]
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Obama Administration’s Proposal on Building Trust Between Communities and Local Police
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and around the country have grabbed the attention of the nation and the world, and have highlighted the importance of strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities that they protect. Today, the Administration announced new steps we’re taking to strengthen[Read More…]
Consumer Advisory: Owners of Recalled GM Vehicles with Faulty Ignition Switches Urged to Bring Cars in For Free Remedy
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. General Motors (GM) reports enough parts are available to fix all the faulty ignition switches that are covered by its recent recall of more than two million vehicles. NHTSA urges owners of unrepaired GM vehicles to immediately contact their local dealer to arrange a service appointment.[Read More…]
NHTSA Opens Investigation into Graco’s Handling of Largest Child Seat Recall in U.S. History
Agency to Determine if Graco Failed to Report Safety Defect in a Timely Manner WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) yesterday announced that it opened an investigation into the timeliness of Graco Children’s Products, Inc.’s (Graco) reporting of a safety defect[Read More…]
Ebola: International Response Slow and Uneven
An MSF staff member dons personal protective equipment at the MSF Ebola Management Center in Kailahun, Sierra Leone. BRUSSELS —(ENEWSPF)–2 December 2014. The international response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa has been slow and uneven leaving local people, national governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to do most of[Read More…]
Mobility is Most Common Disability Among Older Americans, Census Bureau Reports
Download Percentage of County Population Age 65 and Over With a Disability: 2008-2012 [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Nearly 40 percent of people age 65 and older had at least one disability, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report that covered the period 2008 to 2012. Of[Read More…]
UN Rights Experts Call on U.S. to Commute Death Sentence of Mentally Ill Prisoner
Photo: IRIN GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–2 December 2014 – Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the United States Government and the authorities in Texas to halt the execution of Scott Panetti, a prisoner with proven psychosocial disabilities, due to be carried out on 3 December. “The death penalty may only be[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Details Economic Agenda for America
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today outlined a progressive economic agenda to reverse a 40-year decline of the American middle class and the growing gap between the very rich and everyone else in the United States. In a Senate floor speech, Sanders detailed measures to create millions[Read More…]
Fogo Volcano on Sentinel’s Radar
Sentinel-1 maps Fogo eruption EU–(ENEWSPF)–2 December 2014. Radar images from the Sentinel-1A satellite are helping to monitor ground movements of the recently erupted Fogo volcano. Located on Cape Verde’s Fogo island, the volcano erupted on 23 November for the first time in 19 years and has been active ever since.[Read More…]
Coast-to-Coast Coalition Urges Congress to Reject Changes to Country of Origin Labels in Budget Battle
More than 200 farm, consumer, rural, faith and other groups demand Congress to keep cool on COOL WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Today, a coalition of 207 farm, faith, environmental, labor, rural and consumer organizations delivered a letter to the Senate urging the legislators to reject any effort to repeal,[Read More…]
