Day: April 8, 2016

Norwegian Shipping Company Sentenced in Alabama to Pay $2.5 Million for Illegally Discharging Oil into the Ocean

ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016.  The Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping (DSD) was sentenced to pay a total corporate penalty of $2.5 million as a result of its convictions in Mobile, Alabama, for obstructing justice, violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), tampering with witnesses and conspiring to commit these[Read More…]

Statement by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice on the Entry Into Force of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016.  Today marks an important step forward in the Obama Administration’s efforts to secure nuclear material globally.  Nicaragua and Uruguay deposited their instruments of ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials.  In doing so, they joined Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire,[Read More…]

Roosevelt University to Award Scholarships to Exceptional Mikva Challenge Teens

Attending the historic signing of an agreement on April 7 between Roosevelt University and MIkva Challenge, above, are (from left): Roosevelt’s Israel Vargas, director of community engagement and government relations; Jennifer Tani, assistant VP of community engagement and government relations; June Lapidus, associate professor of economics and director of Social Justice Studies;[Read More…]

SpaceX CRS-8 Lifts Off from Cape Canaveral (Video)

FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016.  The SpaceX CRS-8 Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station sending a Dragon spacecraft on the company’s eighth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:43 p.m. EDT. NASA Cargo Headed to Space[Read More…]

Senator Warren Introduces Legislation to Address Concerns About Flight Noise in Local Communities

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016.  Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the FAA Community Accountability Act to give local communities a voice in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision-making process for flight paths. The bill was also filed as an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016,[Read More…]

Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation on The Joy of Love

ROME–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016.  The Vatican on Friday published Pope Francis’ eagerly-awaited Apostolic Exhoratation on the family, drawing together almost three years of consultations with Catholics in countries around the world. The lengthy document, entitled ‘Amoris Laetitia’, or The Joy of Love, affirms the Church’s teaching that stable families are the[Read More…]

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