Day: March 10, 2016

Report Shows Health Risks of Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, Other ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Used by Police

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND –(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016. The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union, and Physicians for Human Rights yesterday released Lethal in Disguise: The Health Consequences of Crowd-Control Weapons, a report documenting the health effects of tear gas, rubber bullets, flashbang grenades, and other[Read More…]

ACLU Statement Regarding Pro-Discrimination Legislation Forced Out of the Missouri Senate After Record-Breaking Filibuster

MISSOURI –(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2016. The Missouri Senate forced a vote and passage of SJR 39, a constitutional amendment that would allow discrimination in the name of religion, after a record-breaking 39.5 hour filibuster. Executive Director of ACLU of Missouri Jeffrey Mittman issued the following statement regarding pro-discrimination legislation being forced out of[Read More…]

Reclaim Chicago Set for Primary Push on Saturday, March 12 after Bernie Sanders’ Upset Win in Michigan

Kim Foxx, Other Endorsed Candidates Speak at Rally on Saturday, March 12 as 150 Volunteers Kick Off Get-Out-The-Vote Effort CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2016. With their endorsed candidate for president, Bernie Sanders, picking up steam, Reclaim Chicago’s army of volunteers will head over to Bridgeport at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 12,[Read More…]

Wonderful Pistachios Voluntarily Recalls Pistachios Due to Possible Health Risk

LOST HILLS, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2016.  Wonderful Pistachios announced that it is voluntarily recalling a limited number of flavors and sizes of in-shell and shelled pistachios due to a risk of Salmonella contamination. Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people,[Read More…]

Jury Finds Air Force Veteran Guilty in First Conviction After Trial in the United States for Attempting to Travel Overseas to Join ISIL

Former U.S. Air Force Airplane Mechanic Convicted of Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists and Obstruction of an Official Proceeding NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2016.  A jury in the Eastern District of New York today found Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 48, of Neptune, New Jersey, a veteran of the U.S.[Read More…]

Senior Auction Official at Beverly Hills Gallery Pleads Guilty in Connection with $1 Million Wildlife Smuggling Conspiracy

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2016.  Joseph Chait, the senior auction administrator of a Beverly Hills, California, gallery and auction house, pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle wildlife products made from rhinoceros horn, elephant ivory and coral with a market value of at least approximately $1 million, announced Assistant Attorney General John[Read More…]

U.S.-Canada Joint Statement on Climate, Energy, and Arctic Leadership

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016.  President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau share a common vision of a prosperous and sustainable North American economy, and the opportunities afforded by advancing clean growth.  They emphasize and embrace the special relationship between the two countries and their history of close collaboration on[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, March 9, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2016 – 12:46 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I do not have any announcements at the top, so we can go straight to questions.  Darlene, would you like to start? Q    Yes, thanks.  Do you have anything to add to reports that United States[Read More…]

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