Sentences with phrase «called for action after»

Lake County School Board member Bill Mathias backtracked from social media comments labeling as an «imposter» a student who called for action after a mass - shooting at his South Florida high school.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for action after the horrific school shooting in Florida the day before that left at least 17 people dead and more than a dozen injured.

It took the public's call for action after the Parkland shooting to shame Scott and the Florida Legislature into passing the state's first new gun restrictions in decades.

Those are sensible restrictions that the Legislature only passed because of the public's call for action after the Parkland shooting.

Not exact matches

State lawmakers in New York and Washington recently passed measures restricting the use of so - called non-disclosure agreements for sexual harassment claims after the attorneys general of all 50 states urged legislative action in February to ensure that victims can bring lawsuits before judges rather than being forced into arbitration.

UNITED NATIONS / TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters)- The United States threatened unilateral action against Iran on Monday after Russia vetoed a western bid for the United Nations Security Council to call out Tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of Yemen's Houthi group.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the action Tuesday against the company, which is now called Altaba after its email and other digital services were sold to Verizon Communications for $ 4.48 billion last year.

After identifying a founder as a constant learner, Elman looks for «a step I call «Deliberate Action,» which is they don't sit around and deliberate that much.

-- CONGRESSIONAL ACTION: Two congressional subcommittees have promised to call GM CEO Mary Barra back to Washington for further hearings after the Valukas report is released.

-- CONGRESSIONAL ACTION: Two congressional subcommittees promised to call GM CEO Mary Barra back to Washington for further hearings after GM released its report.

Users have called for Twitter to take action to combat abuse and harassment repeatedly, and the demands for better management of the platform and the community intensified after the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

In the weeks after the deadly Parkland, Florida, school shooting, Trump has, at turns, been sympathetic to student survivors who are demanding action to address gun violence, and he has sought to appease gun - rights proponents who are impervious to calls for reform.

Shortly after Mr. Schneiderman filed the lawsuit, Mr. Dimon called the action «unfair» during a talk at an event in Washington for the Council on Foreign Relations.

After leading the March for Our Lives in Washington, now they're taking their call for action to the home turf of U.S. representatives and senators — ...

Simpson noted that the site took action after a Russian - controlled Facebook group was caught running ads for a 2016 event called «Stop Islamification of Texas» but suggested that when the news cameras were not paying attention, similar content was ignored.

A U.S. senator on Sept. 12 called for a criminal investigation of Equifax executives who sold stock shortly after the breach was discovered, saying their actions were comparable to insider trading.

A Christian conservation charity has called for action from individuals and government after new figures revealed the amount of waste we're sending to landfill or incineration has doubled in the last three years.

A Christian conservation charity has called for action from individuals and government after new figures... More

After initially defending the actions of the arresting officers, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross issued an apology for the way police responded to Starbucks» call.

But instead, he lays hold of Fuchs» concept of Jesus» conduct as God's goodness in action, and comes to the conclusion that Jesus» message is after all grace, i.e. «after all a hidden or secret Christian preaching»: «Such calls for decision as Matt.

Dewey, who died in 1952 after reigning for more than fifty years as America's most influential public philosopher and educator, appreciated that the churches had not gone out of business, and that they could even be useful in promoting peace, fighting economic injustice, and, more generally, in «stimulating action» for what he called «a divine kingdom on earth.»

Apart from the undertakings that present the self with its arena for action and so its true calling, the self inevitably collapses into itself as it chases about panting after its own productions.

A conservative Church of England group is calling for action against the Bishop of Buckingham after he spoke out in favour of gay marriage.

Obviously, there are people who are unwilling to acknowledge or confront their privilege and continue to wound even after they've been told that their words, attitudes, and actions are hurtful; they should be called out, and in some cases avoided for the sake of creating safe communities for the people they hurt.

A range of measures to deter activists will now be considered after Ealing councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday night to support a motion calling for action to be taken.

The upcoming debate by Ealing Council comes after more than 3,500 people signed a petition by the pro-choice group Sister Supporter, calling for action to deter groups like Good Counsel Network from operating outside abortion clinics.

Leading sugar and health expert group Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, is calling for colour - coded «traffic light» front of pack (FOP) 1 nutrition labelling to be introduced across all food and drink products after exposing many perceived «healthy» cereal brands who have failed to include the Department of Health endorsed colour - coded labelling -LSB-...]

Paul Robinson is a man that probably didn't expect to be mentioned in this again, but the veteran shot - stopper is back after being called into action for Burnley against Manchester City as he pulled off one stunning save in particular to deny Sergio Aguero.

Perhaps the late call - up to the Spain national team after the injury to Jordi Alba and Monreal's subsequent appearance in their game away to Albania has left the 30 - year old a bit jaded for club action this weekend, but I do not see why as Spain played that match last Sunday.

Petr Cech was called into action soon after as a long ball to Kamil Grosicki caught out the Arsenal defence and the Poland international crossed for Niasse, who header was pushed behind.

A year after the Innocenti Declaration of 1990 formally recognized the unique nature of breastfeeding, came the call for concerted global action.

Consumer groups call for more action after another death from tipping IKEA dressers is made public.

In an interview with the New York Times, Bharara called his firing months after Trump told him he could stay on the job «a direct example of the kind of uncertain helter - skelter incompetence, when it comes to personnel decisions and executive actions, that was in people's minds when this out - of - the - blue call for everyone's resignation letter came.»

State Sen. Joseph Griffo and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, who had called for Kaloyeros» removal after the charges were announced, again called for decisive action Tuesday.

Critics are calling for stronger action against Mrs Miller after claims she was uncooperative with an inquiry into her expenses claims, but Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps says it is time to move on.

After he detailed the $ 137.2 billion spending plan for the state on Tuesday, Cuomo's office sent out a press release that proclaimed the budget «more than numbers,» calling it «an innovative action plan that will build and shape a brighter future for all New Yorkers.»

He also shared an online petition calling for Dudley North MP Ian Austin to face the «strongest disciplinary action possible» from the Labour party after he heckled Mr Corbyn in a Commons debate.

«Sometimes you (radio) are tempted to only talk and only call for action but this time you are going further to be part of the solution», Ablakwa told Citi News shortly after he made a cash donation towards the station's Relief Items for Sierra Leone's project.

ALBANY, N.Y. — As future protections for young undocumented immigrants are in question after President Donald Trump called on Congress to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Albany County officials are pledging to protect local DACA kids.

Yesterday it emerged that Lord Stoneham, who was Director of Operations at Lib Dem HQ, — and therefore head of HR — during the period that some of the alleged offences took place, called one of the female victims after the news story broke, not to express concern or offer her support, but to criticise her for her actions and «angrily remonstrated» her down the telephone.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on Sunday called his effort to gain more «flexibility» over the budget after its approval a «major sticking point» with lawmakers, but a necessary move given the potential for federal actions that could negatively impact the state.

«While Senate Democrats were prepared to take action to bring New York's budget into balance, the Governor failed to submit legislation in time for thoughtful consideration and review — delivering a final bill two hours after the start of the extraordinary session he called two weeks ago.»

The government has called for urgent international action to tackle climate change, after a new United Nations report found «unequivocal» evidence for global warming.

As future protections for young undocumented immigrants are in question after President Donald Trump called on Congress to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Albany County officials are pledging to protect local DACA kids.

At 1 p.m., Rep. Carolyn Maloney and George Venizelos, former assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York Division, will gather with members of the Jewish community to call for Federal Action after anti-Semitic sentiment and actions, Park East Synagogue, 163 East 67th St., Manhattan.

The calls for action came a few hours after release of a poll by Siena Research Institute showing that 93 percent of New Yorkers believe that corruption in Albany is a serious problem.

Jointly published by Soundings, Social Liberal Forum and Compass, After the Crash is a call to arms for a coalition of ideas and action on the centre left, working together to find common ground for change.

Cuomo, who successfully advocated for the passage of gun control legislation after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, called for «real action» following the most recent school shooting.

In Western New York, the call was for action, after so many prayers.

The ruling came three days after Mr. de Blasio, in his State of the City speech, predicted a court victory on the issue, and criticized what he called the «landlord lobby» for being behind the legal action and a separate court challenge to a rent freeze approved by the Rent Guidelines Board.