Month: September 2015

Every 9 Minutes, Someone in the World Dies of Rabies

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. A human death from rabies is a tragic but rare thing in the United States and most developed nations. It’s just as tragic but sadly common in parts of the world where some 3 billion people are at risk of being bitten by a rabid dog.[Read More…]

Governors State University and Prairie State College Announce Groundbreaking Male Success Initiative

Minority Men to Benefit from Expanded Partnership between the Two Schools UNIVERSITY PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. Governors State University and Prairie State College are partnering in a groundbreaking initiative that will create a model for the community college-to-university pathway for male success.  The agreement will create the Dual Degree Program-Male[Read More…]

Ten Puerto Rico Police Officers Indicted for Allegedly Running Criminal Organization Out of Police Department

Officers Charged with Racketeering, Robbery, Extortion, Firearm, Narcotics, Civil Rights and Theft Charges Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015.  Ten Puerto Rico police officers have been indicted for their alleged participation in a criminal organization, run out of the police department, that used their affiliation with law enforcement to make money through[Read More…]

Kenyan Child Pornography Producer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Participation in Dreamboard Website

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015.  A Kenyan child pornography producer was sentenced late yesterday to life in prison for participating in the Dreamboard child sexual exploitation website, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley of the Western District of Louisiana.[Read More…]

Fewer U.S. Women of Reproductive Age Were Uninsured in 2014

NEW  YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015. The percentage of women of reproductive age who were uninsured dropped sharply between 2013 and 2014, the first full year of implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The decrease among women aged 15–44, calculated by the Guttmacher Institute, mirrors broader national trends reported by the[Read More…]

U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Awards Nearly $18 Million to Combat Violence Due to Methamphetamine, Heroin and Gangs

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015. Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates today announced nearly $18 million in COPS Office grant funding aimed at addressing and reducing violent crime through programs focused on methamphetamine use and production, the distribution of heroin and other opioids and gang activity.  “The funding awarded through these[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama at U.N. Peacekeeping Summit

New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015 – 3:09 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good afternoon.  Mr. Secretary General, heads of state and government, distinguished representatives.  The word “peacekeeping” does not appear in the Charter of the United Nations.  But for the past seven decades, our collective ability to “maintain international peace[Read More…]

Study: New Framework Helps Measure, Define Global Homelessness

Institute of Global Homelessness bridges international efforts Experts in homelessness listen during an international conference hosted by the Institute of Global Homelessness at DePaul University. Efforts to collaborate on ending homelessness have sometimes stalled because of a lack of shared definitions, but a new framework from the institute aims to[Read More…]

Senator Bernie Sanders Sends Letter to USTR on Affordable Drugs in Developing Countries

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 28, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the chief trade representative for the United States to ensure people in the poorest countries around the world have access to low-cost medicines. “Making sure people in poor countries have access to life-saving medicine is our moral responsibility,” Sen. Sanders[Read More…]

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