NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2017 – Reacting to the recent suspension by the United States of its longstanding refugee programme, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday said resettlement is often “the only possible solution” for people fleeing conflict and persecution, and that the US policy, which bars entry of Syrians into[Read More…]
Month: February 2017
Stem Cell Transplants May Induce Long-Term Remission of Multiple Sclerosis
Encouraging results help set stage for larger studies. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. New clinical trial results provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can induce sustained remission of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending January 28, 2017
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2017 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 246,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 259,000 to 260,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Obituary: Paul “Biggie” Edward Arola
Always the story teller, humorist, and lover of making others laugh, Biggie is now playing at a different venue and has a new audience. He is swapping stories with the angels, and singing in a choir where he no longer needs to just mouth the words. Paul (Biggie) Edward Arola,[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Seeks Muslim Ban Legal Docs Under Freedom of Information Act
New York –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with three Department of Justice offices: the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), the Office of the Attorney General, and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, seeking the administration’s purported[Read More…]
Global Coalition Stages Protests and Bank Closures Across the Globe to Defund Dakota Access Pipeline
While Trump, Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics race to complete the pipeline, over 500,000 people representing over $2.3 billion in personal investments say no. New York, Madrid, Munich, San Francisco, Tokyo, Amsterdam -(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 29017. On January 24, Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum fast tracking the Dakota Access[Read More…]
Report: Only 30 Vaquita Porpoises Remain on Earth
Extinction Imminent Unless Mexico Halts All Gillnet Fishing LA JOLLA, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Scientists announced this week that only an estimated 30 vaquita porpoises remain in the world. In a new report, the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita recognizes that the extinction of the vaquita —[Read More…]
Congressman Chaffetz Backs Off Bill to Sell America’s Public Lands After Enormous Public Outcry
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. After massive public outcry, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) announced late Wednesday night on Instagram that he was withdrawing his bill to sell “excess” public lands. The bill, H.R. 621, would have required the federal government to sell 3.3 million acres of federal public lands in 10 western[Read More…]
Class-Action Lawsuit Argues Muslim Ban Unlawfully Targets U.S. Residents Seeking Citizenship and Immigration Status
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Tens of Thousands of Immigrants Living in U.S. Legally SEATTLE —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Civil and immigrant rights groups asked a federal court last night to lift the unconstitutional ban blocking Muslim immigrants lawfully living in the United States from becoming U.S. citizens, permanent residents,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan & Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Jewish Community Center Bomb Threat & Hate Crimes
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday joined with the Anti-Defamation League and the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights to condemn Tuesday’s bomb threat against a Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Lake Zurich. The JCC Chicago reported that an employee of a JCC daycare facility in Lake[Read More…]
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