Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]
Day: August 15, 2016
Trader Sentenced in Case Involving Manipulation of Market Prices
First Federal Spoofing Prosecution Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016. It’s often referred to as “spoofing”—but it’s definitely no joke. Using computer algorithms or other means to manipulate commodity market prices in order to line your own pockets is a federal crime, a provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and[Read More…]
Yemen: UN Chief Condemns Attack on School that Killed at Least 10 Children
A classroom in Sa’ada, Yemen, was badly damaged in the recent conflict in April 2016. Photo: UNICEF/UN026956/Madhok NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 August 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the attack, reportedly an airstrike, on a school in northern Yemen that killed at least 10 children and injured many more[Read More…]
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL in Iraq, Syria
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army Casualty, August 14, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Wilbur, 36, of Granite City, Illinois, died Aug. 12 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from a non-combat-related injury. The incident is under investigation. Wilbur was assigned to[Read More…]
President Obama Signs Louisiana Disaster Declaration
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016. The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding beginning on August 11, 2016, and continuing. The President’s action makes federal funding[Read More…]
Statement from Hillary for America Campaign Manager Robby Mook on Trump Campaign Chair Pro-Kremlin Ties
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2016. After more reports of Donald Trump’s campaign chair’s ties to pro-Kremlin elements in Ukraine, Hillary for America Campaign Manager Robby Mook released the following statement: “On the eve of what the Trump campaign has billed as a major foreign policy speech, we have learned of more[Read More…]
CPS Students to Rally for Fired Teachers and Staff on Monday, August 15
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016. In response to the recent firing of one thousand teachers and staff employed by Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Chicago students are holding a rally and demonstration outside the Thompson Center at 100 W. Randolph St., on Monday, August 15th, at 3:00 PM. The event will[Read More…]
The Facts: What You Need To Know Before Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016. Donald Trump is set to give an address on terrorism tomorrow in Youngstown, and if recent history is any indicator, it’s sure to be filled with fiction and hypocrisy. Perhaps he’ll finally reveal the content of his secret ISIS plan, but more likely he’ll just re-up[Read More…]