Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Twenty-six candles grace NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s birthday cake this year, and now one giant space “balloon” will add to the festivities. Just in time for the 26th anniversary of Hubble’s launch on April 24, 1990, the telescope has photographed an enormous, balloon-like bubble being blown into space by[Read More…]
Day: April 22, 2016
Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers have uncovered a near-record-breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in an unlikely place: in the center of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of the universe. The observations, made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini telescope in Hawaii, could indicate that these monster[Read More…]
Remarks by the President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron in Joint Press Conference, April 22, 2016
London, England–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016 – 5:00 P.M. BST PRIME MINISTER CAMERON: Good afternoon, and welcome. It’s great to welcome President Obama again, on his fifth visit to the United Kingdom. Barack has been President for more than seven years; I’ve been Prime Minister for nearly six years. And our two[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Open Applications For ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza 2016
Annual Program Will Host 200 of the Nation’s Top Technology and Engineering Students in Chicago; Program to Expand Number of Student Participants by an Additional 75 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza is now accepting applications for participation in the fourth annual installment of the successful[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Calls on Congress to Invest Savings from Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Legislation in Underserved Communities
Mayor Calls on Congress to Seize the Opportunity to Break the Cycles of Violence in Hardest Hit Communities CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today called on Congress to pass bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation and seize the opportunity to invest billions of dollars in projected savings from this type[Read More…]
Lansing Kmart To Close
Lansing, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Claiming that it is attempting “to accelerate its transformation and its return to profitability,” Sears Holdings announced that it is closing 68 Kmart and 10 Sears stores this summer. Slated to close is the Lansing Kmart, 17355 Torrence Ave. According to the statement, “In February, the company said that[Read More…]
Baghdad Suicide Bombing an Act of ‘Unparalleled Criminality’– Senior UN Official
Worshippers gather at a mosque in Iraq. Photo: UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi (file) IRAQ–(ENEWSPF)–22 April 2016 – The most senior UN official in Iraq has strongly condemned a terrorist suicide bombing that targeted worshippers at a mosque in Radwaniya in southern Baghdad today, killing and injuring many innocent civilians. “Targeting innocent people[Read More…]
Ecuador: Government and UN Launch Emergency Appeal to Kick-start Post-quake Assistance
Chamanga, Ecuador after the 16 April 2016 earthquake. Hundreds of people have been killed and widespread damage has been reported up to 190 miles away from the epicentre. Photo: UNHCR/Santiago Arcos GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–22 April 2016 – The Government of Ecuador and the United Nations today launched an urgent $72.7 million appeal[Read More…]
‘Today is an Historic Day,’ Says UN Secretary General Ban, as 175 Countries, Including the U.S., Sign Paris Climate Accord
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and President François Hollande of France brief the press. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 April 2016 – As 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement at United Nations Headquarters today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the next critical step is to ensure that the landmark accord for[Read More…]
Message from the Veterans Administration Under Secretary for Health Regarding Delays in Veteran’s Access to Healthcare
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Statement from David J. Shulkin, M.D., VA Under Secretary for Health: On April 19, I testified before the House Veteran Affairs Committee during a hearing related to delays in Veteran’s Access to Healthcare. In the course of that hearing, a member of the Committee said that[Read More…]