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North Carolina Man Convicted of Attempting and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 21 March 2018 21 March 2018
Akron, Ohio - Erick Jamal Hendricks, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was convicted today by a jury in Akron, Ohio, of attempting and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Learning Care Group Inc. to Resolve ADA Violations
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 21 March 2018 21 March 2018
Washington, DC - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Learning Care Group (LCG), the second largest for-profit child care provider in North America, headquartered in Novi, Michigan. LCG owns and operates over 900 child care centers nation-wide operating under seven brand names including, but not limited to: La Petite Academy, Childtime Learning Centers, Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Centers, The Children’s Courtyard, Montessori Unlimited, Everbrook Academy, and Creative Kids Learning Center.
Indian Nationals Sentenced for Roles in Alien Harboring Scheme Involving Labor Exploitation
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 21 March 2018 21 March 2018
Omaha, Nebraska - Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, of Kimball, Nebraska, and Indian nationals unlawfully residing in the United States, were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Omaha after previously pleading guilty on December 18, 2017, to alien harboring for financial gain and conspiracy to harbor an alien, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Joe Kelly for the District of Nebraska, and Special Agent in Charge Tracy Cormier of ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Majority of Single Parents Lack Crucial Life and Retirement Tools to Protect their Families
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- Written by Kate Peifer Kate Peifer
- Published: 21 March 2018 21 March 2018
Phoenix, Arizona - Today, March 21, is National Single Parent Day, an opportunity to celebrate the unwavering devotion and hard work of single parents across the country and a day to help ensure single parents have the tools they need to protect their families.
NCAA wrestling champ Zahid Valencia is just getting started
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- Written by Craig Morgan, theSunDevils.com Craig Morgan, theSunDevils.com
- Published: 21 March 2018 21 March 2018
Tempe, Arizona - After the emotion of winning the NCAA championship had subsided, after he had ascended and then descended the awards podium, after the champions' photos had been taken, and after the post-tournament reception had died down well after midnight at The Metropolitan at the 9 hotel in Cleveland, Zahid Valencia went back to his room, laid on his bed and exhaled.
NIH-supported international team confirms new genetic mutation link to ALS
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 21 March 2018 21 March 2018
Washington, DC - Kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A), a gene previously linked to two rare neurodegenerative disorders, has been definitively connected to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by an international team from several of the world’s top ALS research labs. The findings identify how mutations in KIF5A disrupt transport of key proteins up and down long, threadlike axons that connect nerve cells between the brain and the spine, eventually leading to the neuromuscular symptoms of ALS.
A third of young adults have ridden with an impaired driver
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- Written by Meredith Daly Meredith Daly
- Published: 21 March 2018 21 March 2018
Washington, DC - Roughly a third of recent high school graduates have ridden in a motor vehicle with a substance-impaired driver, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The study found that during the first two years after high school graduation, 23 percent of young adults had ridden with a marijuana-impaired driver at least once, while 20 percent had ridden with an alcohol-impaired driver, and 6 percent had ridden with a driver impaired by glue or solvents or harder, illicit drugs, such as amphetamines, opioids, cocaine.