State-based Campaigns to Significantly Reduce Prison Population Will Focus on Presidential Battleground States NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. The Open Society Foundations today awarded a grant of $50 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in support of its nationwide campaign to end mass incarceration. The campaign seeks to[Read More…]
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Department of Justice Seeks Recovery of Approximately $100,000 in Bribes Paid to Former Chad Ambassador
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. The Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint made public late yesterday seeking the forfeiture of $106,488.31 in allegedly laundered funds traceable to a $2 million bribe payment made by a Canadian energy company to Chad’s former Ambassador to the United States and Canada[Read More…]
Virginia Resident Indicted in Connection with Fraudulent Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. A grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia returned an indictment yesterday charging a Jamaican citizen who was residing in Virginia in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Increases by 214,000 in October 2014; Unemployment Rate Edges Down to 5.8%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 214,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged down to 5.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in food services and drinking places, retail trade, and health care. Household Survey Data Both the unemployment rate[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Nov. 6, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014 – 12:57 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. I don’t have any announcements at the top. We’ll go straight to questions. Julie. Q Thanks, Josh. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the President sent a letter last month to[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders: Access to Malaria Treatment Must Be Increased in Western South Sudan
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. A malaria epidemic in South Sudan has gone neglected due to the political crisis raging throughout the country, leading to insufficient distribution of antimalarial drugs in many peripheral health centers and an increase in the number of severe life-threatening cases of the disease, said[Read More…]
Ebola: UN Says Experimental Vaccine Trials in West Africa Could Begin by January
Clinical trials of this candidate Ebola vaccine will take place in the US, Germany, Gabon and Kenya. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 November 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said the Ebola crisis response “needs to scale up, get better and perform faster,” as the UN health[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Cuts Ribbon on Mary Lyon School Playground and Turf Field
Mayor Emanuel joins Mary Lyon students and staff to cut the ribbon on the new playground and turf field. Photo Credit: Patrick Pyszka // City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut the ribbon today at the Mary Lyon Elementary School playground and turf field. The City of[Read More…]
Governors State University is on the Move with a New Dance Company
Presenting its Inaugural Production DANCE FUSION on November 16 University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. Governors State University debuts a new Dance Company in its inaugural production, Dance Fusion: Fall Dance Festival on Sunday, November 16 at 3:30 p.m. Dance Fusion offers an eclectic mix, including Bollywood, musical theater,[Read More…]
New Initiative in 34 CPS Middle Schools Aims to Increase Students’ Likelihood of Future Success
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute, the Lefkofsky Family Foundation today announced a new initiative – the Success Project – providing students in 34 CPS neighborhood schools with the academic preparation, social support and college counseling necessary for success in high school and[Read More…]
