Day: January 12, 2017

First-Ever National Report on How Solitary Confinement Harms People With Physical Disabilities

Wheelchairs, Braille Materials, Hearing Aids, and Other Vital Devices Are Often Denied in Solitary NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017.  The American Civil Liberties Union published the first-ever nationwide report documenting the special dangers of solitary confinement for people who are blind or deaf, can’t walk without assistance, or have other[Read More…]

Volunteers Across Illinois Set To Make Martin Luther King Day A ‘Day On, Not A Day Off’

Illinois also seeking nominations for the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017.  Governor Bruce Rauner has proclaimed January 16, 2017 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in the state of Illinois.  The Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service (Serve Illinois) today encouraged people across[Read More…]

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Syrian Officials In Connection With Regime’s Use Of Chemical Weapons On Civilians

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017.  Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action in response to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – United Nations (UN) Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) findings that the Syrian regime used industrial chlorine as a[Read More…]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Survey Finds Over One-In-Four Consumers Contacted By Debt Collectors Feel Threatened

CFPB Also Releases Study of Consumer Risks in Online Debt Sales, Consumer Stories of Debt Collection Experiences WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017.  A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report released today found that over one-in-four consumers contacted by debt collectors felt threatened. The report was drawn from the first-ever national[Read More…]

Volkswagen AG Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $4.3 Billion in Criminal and Civil Penalties; Six Volkswagen Executives and Employees are Indicted in Connection with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests

VW to Pay $2.8 Billion Criminal Fine in Guilty Plea and $1.5 Billion Settlement of Civil Environmental, Customs and Financial Violations; Monitor to Be Appointed to Oversee the Parent Company Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017.  Volkswagen AG (VW) has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a[Read More…]

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Two Arrested In Park Forest In Connection With Vehicular Hijackings, Armed Robberies

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police announced the arrest of two men in connection with vehicular hijackings and armed robberies in the multi-family areas near Western Avenue and Main Street. According to a statement released by the Park Forest Police Department, between December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2017, “two[Read More…]

Chip’n Dipped Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in ‘Dark Chocolate Crunch Bar’

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017.  Chip’n Dipped of Huntington, NY, is recalling its 2.9-oz. bar, Dark Chocolate Crunch because they may contain undeclared milk. People who have allergies to milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products. The recalled “Dark Chocolate Crunch” was[Read More…]

American Honda Regarding Expands Recall of Takata Non-desiccated Passenger Front Airbag Inflators

Photo Source: hondanews.com Phase 2 of recall includes certain Honda and Acura vehicles and Honda Gold Wing motorcycles TORRANCE, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2017  In the second phase of planned recalls first announced by NHTSA in May 2016 and based on recent Defect Information Reports (17E-001, 17E-002, and 17E-003) from the[Read More…]

icy conditions

Dangerous, Potentially Destructive Ice Storm Looms For 1,000-mile Swath Of Central Us

By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports people from Texas to Ohio are bracing for a long-duration ice storm that could turn destructive and cut power to hundreds of thousands from Friday to Sunday. A shallow layer of cold air in the atmosphere will accompany a storm over the central United[Read More…]

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