Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015 Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY’S TRAVEL IRAN JAMAICA IRAN CHINA IRAN YEMEN TRANSCRIPT: 1:22 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Thank you so much and thank you, everyone, for joining the phone briefing today. I hope everyone can hear me. If you can’t, let me know when you[Read More…]
Day: March 30, 2015
Mayor Emanuel And Sprint Announce More Than 300 Jobs And Major Infrastructure Investment Coming To Chicago
Investments Will Create more than 300 Jobs for Residents Throughout the City and First in the Nation Upgrade to New, Faster Network CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced a series of investments in Chicago that will bring jobs and infrastructure investments to the city over[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Spring Clean And Green Day Of Service To Beautify Neighborhoods Across Chicago
Residents Can Help To Clean Their Communities On April 18 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) and the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) today announced the spring Clean and Green day of service will be held on Saturday, April 18 in neighborhoods[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Announces Over $1.1 Million To Preserve Illinois Historical Sites
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the National Park Service (NPS) will award $1,143,967 in grant funding to help preserve Illinois’ historical sites. The funding was made possible through NPS’s Historical Preservation Fund and will be used to support programs that safeguard Illinois’ 56[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Announces $250,000 Investment In Chicago Clean Energy Sector To Spur Innovation And Development
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Clean Energy Trust (CET) in Chicago, Illinois to help spur entrepreneurship and boost economic development. In 2014, Durbin wrote a[Read More…]
Boko Haram ‘Weakened’ but Still Committing ‘Horrendous’ Acts, Says UN Regional Envoy
A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as Special Representative Mohammed Ibn Chambas (on screen), addresses the meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by the extremist group Boko Haram. UN Photo/Loey Felipe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2015 – As the Security Council met this morning to discuss[Read More…]
Deputy UN Chief Calls for ‘Hydro-diplomacy’ as World Faces Growing Water Shortages
Photo: UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2015 – The international community must gear up for a new era of “hydro-diplomacy” as the threat of water scarcity risks plunging the world into a period of geopolitical tension and stunted development, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told delegates gathered at the General[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Joins Effort to Increase Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding to Protect Synagogues, Temples from Violent Extremists
CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—March 30, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky joined over three dozen members of Congress writing the House Appropriations Committee to request $25 million for Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding. These funds would aid those who strive to secure Synagogues, Temples and other institutions from hateful attacks. Rep. Schakowsky released the[Read More…]
New Analysis of Breast Cancer Subtypes Could Lead to Better Risk Stratification
Annual Report to the Nation shows that mortality and incidence for most cancers continue to decline Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015. For the first time, researchers have used national data to determine the incidence of the four major molecular subtypes of breast cancer by age, race/ethnicity, poverty level, and several other[Read More…]
Former Federal Agents Charged With Bitcoin Money Laundering and Wire Fraud
Agents Were Part of Baltimore’s Silk Road Task Force Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 30, 2015. Two former federal agents have been charged with wire fraud, money laundering and related offenses for stealing digital currency during their investigation of the Silk Road, an underground black market that allowed users to conduct illegal transactions[Read More…]