Year: 2016

Court Finds Mandatory Drug Testing of College Students Unconstitutional

State Technical College of Missouri No Longer Allowed to Require Testing of Incoming Students ST. LOUIS –(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016. A federal appeals court yesterday found that requiring college students to take a drug test as a condition of enrollment violates the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU of Missouri and the national[Read More…]

CAIR Welcomes President Obama’s Decision to End Dormant NSEERS Tracking Program

Civil rights group pledges to challenge any Trump administration attempts to revive Muslim registry WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, yesterday welcomed President Obama’s decision to permanently dismantle the regulatory framework behind the National Security Exit-Entry Registration[Read More…]

United States Sues Barclays Bank to Recover Civil Penalties for Fraud in the Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The United States Department of Justice today filed a civil complaint in the Eastern District of New York against Barclays Bank PLC and several of its United States affiliates (together, Barclays), alleging that Barclays engaged in a fraudulent scheme to sell residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) supported[Read More…]

Virginia Man Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL

VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Lionel Nelson Williams, 26, of Suffolk, Virginia was charged today with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Williams was arrested yesterday in Suffolk. Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary B. McCord,[Read More…]

Keep Holiday Food Safe with These Four Safety Steps

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016 – Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukah all fall within three days of each other this year. As friends and families gather together this season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service has four food safety tips to ensure a healthy and safe holiday. Even on Holidays, Always[Read More…]

Herr Foods Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Herr’s Brand Potato Chip Products

Complete list of all recalled products is below Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016. Herr Foods Inc. is announcing a voluntary recall of Smoked Chipotle flavored Kettle Cooked Potato Chips under the Herr’s Brand and Smoke Dried Chipotle flavored Kettle Cooked Potato Chips under the Peddler’s Pantry Brand. These products were[Read More…]

Bickel’s Snack Foods Notice of Voluntary Recall of Several Snack Products

Complete list of all recalled products is below Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016.  Bickel’s Snack Foods, Inc., of York, PA is voluntarily recalling all snack products that were made with milk ingredients supplied by one of its’ secondary seasoning component suppliers, Valley Milk Products LLC, due to Salmonella contamination. On[Read More…]

In Case You Missed It — Huffington Post: Drug War Slurs Will Never Justify Police Killings

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016 By:  Michael Collins Policy Manager, Drug Policy Alliance Office of National Affairs Trayvon Martin. Sandra Bland. Keith Lamont Scott. Terence Crutcher. And now Philando Castile. Last Thursday, Minnesota media reported that charges against the Minnesota police officer who killed Castile could be dropped because attorneys claim[Read More…]

Trump Inaugural: If Hobby Lobby Did the Macy’s Parade

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2016 By annieli If past inaugurals of Republican victors are any guide, there will be plenty of country music personalities in the mix, too. Trump Inaugural Music Lineup: 1. The distant echo of sobbing children2. A raccoon knocking over a trash can3. Breezes4. Kid Rock — Jason[Read More…]

Kellyanne Conway Named as Trump Consigliere

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By Barbara Morrill Rudy and Chris must be so jealous: President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announced Thursday that his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway would join his incoming administration as counselor to the president. Conway says she is “humbled and honored.” America, on the other hand, continues[Read More…]

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