Month: October 2016

Mike Pence Won’t Pardon an Innocent Man

INDIANA–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016 By babblin5 Keith Cooper (Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune) In 1997, Keith Cooper was arrested and convicted for an armed robbery in Elkhart, Indiana. After serving 10 years for the conviction, DNA evidence pointed to another man, already in custody for a similar crime. Every eyewitness account[Read More…]

New York Attorney General’s Office Issues Notice Of Violation Directing Trump Foundation To Cease And Desist New York Solicitations

  NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016.   On Friday, September 30, the Office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a Notice of Violation to the Donald J. Trump Foundation (“Trump Foundation”) and directed the entity to cease and desist from soliciting contributions in New York. The notice[Read More…]

Southern Poverty Law Center Award Honors Documentary Film at Charlotte Film Festival

From left to right: Lecia Brooks, SPLC Outreach Director, Moises Serrano, Heather Mathews, and Tiffany Rhynard. NORTH CAROLINA–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016.  The SPLC recognized the documentary film Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America with its first-ever filmmaking award at the eighth annual Charlotte Film Festival in North Carolina on Saturday. The Social[Read More…]

South Suburban College Foundation Annual Scholarship Donor Drive Critical for Local College Student Success

Jarrett M. Adams, Attorney, Innocence Project, NY, NY, former scholarship recipient addresses South Suburban College Foundation (SSCF) supporters at their most recent fundraiser. After serving nearly 10 years for a wrongful conviction, Jarrett was exonerated with the assistance of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. As a first step, Jarrett literally walked[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel Launches First Phase Of Mentoring Initiative By Immediately Expanding Becoming A Man Mentoring Program To Reach More Than 4,000 Male Youths This School Year

Fall 2016 Expansion of Proven BAM Model to Deliver on Priority of Comprehensive Public Safety Plan; Corporate Partners Support Mayor’s Three-Year Plan to Provide More than 7,000 At-Risk Youth with High-Quality Mentoring Mayor Emanuel CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016.  Following his comprehensive speech outlining his public safety plan last week, Mayor Rahm[Read More…]

Children Who Received Some Forms of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Care Less Likely to be Vaccinated for Flu

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016.  U.S. children who have used certain forms of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) that may put them in contact with CAM providers documented as being vaccine-hesitant are less likely to receive influenza vaccinations, according to a new study published in the November 2016 Pediatrics.[Read More…]

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