Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2015. SUMMARY: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Toyota Avalon vehicles manufactured February 9, 2010, to October 22, 2012. In the affected vehicles, the sub-woofer speaker located in the trunk may experience an intermittent electrical short, causing damage to the integrated[Read More…]
Day: February 12, 2015
Thirty Two Defendants Facing Federal Or State Charges Alleging The Laundering Of Over $100 Million In Narcotics Proceeds Through Cash-For-Gold Scheme
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015. Thirty-one defendants face federal money laundering charges for their roles in a conspiracy that allegedly laundered more than $100 million in drug proceeds for the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel by purchasing gold, reselling it to companies in Florida and California, then transmitting the money from the United[Read More…]
Former Federal Prison Chaplain Pleads Guilty To Passing Messages For Convicted Killer Frank Calabrese, Sr.
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015. A former federal prison chaplain who ministered to convicted killer Frank Calabrese, Sr., pleaded guilty today to passing messages from Calabrese concerning the recovery of a hidden violin from a residence Calabrese once owned in Williams Bay, Wis., federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant,[Read More…]
Prairie State College Presenting 27th Annual Jazz Fest Feb. 20
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015. Some of the nation’s top jazz artists will perform at Prairie State College’s (PSC) 27th annual Jazz Fest at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St.[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts Presents Triple Bill of Operatic Fables on Feb. 28 and March 1
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015. A triple bill of operatic fables will be staged in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Feb. 28 and March 1 by Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA). Some of CCPA’s most talented students, including the entire graduate class of voice majors, members of the CCPA/Chicago Opera[Read More…]
DoD Releases Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies, Feb. 11, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015. Today, the Department of Defense released its Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies for Academic Program Year (APY) 2013 – 2014, and announced five directives to further strengthen the academies’ and department’s prevention and response programs. This year’s report includes[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the Proposed Authorization for Use of Military Force
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2015. I welcome the president’s proposed resolution for the “Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)” and urge Congress to pass it. While existing AUMFs provide legal authority for our ongoing military operations in Iraq and Syria,[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on War Powers Resolution
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after President Barack Obama formally asked Congress to authorize a military campaign against the Islamic State terrorist group: “The Islamic State is a brutal and dangerous terrorist organization which has murdered thousands of innocent men, women and[Read More…]
Council on American-Islamic Relations Seeks Motive in Shooting Deaths of 3 North Carolina Muslims
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement authorities to address speculation about a possible bias motive for the killing of three young Muslims who were shot in the head yesterday in Chapel[Read More…]
Senators From Both Parties Back ACLU, New York Times in FOIA Lawsuit for Drone Memos
Four Senators File Brief Calling for Release of Memos Authorizing “Targeted Killing” of U.S. Citizens NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2015. A bipartisan group of senators filed a brief late last night in federal appeals court in support of the American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times’ lawsuits seeking[Read More…]