CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. Earning college credit for free while in high school may sound too good to be true, but it is an option through the Dual Credit Program offered by Prairie State College (PSC), in partnership with area high schools. In the Dual Credit Program, students can earn[Read More…]
Day: February 22, 2016
Kane County Woman Convicted of Witness Tampering for Hindering a Federal Investigation into Sham Marriage
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. A Kane County woman was convicted of witness tampering today for impeding a wide-ranging federal investigation into visa fraud and a sham marriage she had arranged for a Mongolian relative. After a five-day trial in federal court in Chicago, the jury convicted ENKHCHIMEG ULZIIBAYAR EDWARDS, also[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Moves To Jumpstart Development Of Old Main Post Office
Redevelopment of Deteriorating Site Would Create Thousands of Jobs; Generate Major Economic Impact CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ald. Danny Solis (25th) and the Chicago Department of Planning and Development last week moved forward with jumpstarting the long-overdue rehabilitation of Chicago’s old main Post Office building in the West[Read More…]
CAIR Says Trump’s ‘Pig’s Blood’ Remarks Endanger U.S. Muslims
GOP Presidential candidate hails hoax story about shooting Muslim prisoners with bullets dipped in pig’s blood WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s latest anti-Muslim remarks endanger ordinary American Muslims[Read More…]
Governments of Canada and the United States Announce Phosphorus Reduction Targets of 40 percent to Improve Lake Erie Water Quality and Reduce Public Health Risk
New targets to reduce toxic and nuisance algae blooms affecting Lake Erie WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna today announced that Canada and the U.S. have adopted targets to reduce phosphorus entering affected areas of Lake Erie[Read More…]
17-year-old In Critical Condition After Suffering A Gunshot Wound Sunday In Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police issued a statement Monday afternoon regarding a shooting on Gibson Road Sunday. The 17-year-old victim is in critical condition. The statement follows: On Sunday, February 21, 2016 at approximately 4pm, Park Forest Police Officers and Paramedics responded to the 100 block of Gibson Rd.[Read More…]
Sanders on Trump: Bring Him On (Video)
GREENVILLE, S.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. Bernie Sanders told more than 5,200 supporters at a rally on Sunday that he would relish the chance to run against Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner who trails Sanders in national polls but notched a win in his party’s primary fight here on Saturday. “This[Read More…]
Iraq: UN Relief Official Calls for Relocation of Civilians to Safer Areas
An increasing number of people, including families with children and the elderly, have encountered deadly ambushes as they try to escape areas controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Photo: UNAMI GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–22 February 2016 – The top United Nations humanitarian official in Iraq has said she[Read More…]
Fiji: UNICEF on Stand-by with Supplies and Personnel in Wake of Cyclone Winston
Suva, Fiji, ahead of Cyclone Winston’s landfall. The cyclone was upgraded to a category 5 on Friday 19 February as it made its way across the Pacific region, having already impacted Tonga. Photo: UNICEF/UN010591/Clements GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–21 February 2016 – In the wake of Tropical Cyclone Winston that struck the island nation[Read More…]
HPV Prevalence Among Teens Down by 64 Percent Since Vaccination Introduced a Decade Ago
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2016. For a new study in the March 2016 Pediatrics, government researchers compared human papillomavirus (HPV) infection rates among U.S. teens and young women before and after vaccination against the cancer-causing virus was introduced in 2006. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination[Read More…]
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