Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today said a Winnebago man was charged with disseminating child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Patrick Daigle, 33, was charged in Winnebago County[Read More…]
Day: March 28, 2016
Former President of Honduran Soccer Federation Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Corruption Charges
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Rafael Callejas, the president of the Honduran soccer federation (FENAFUTH) from 2002 to 2015, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his receipt of bribes in exchange for the awarding of contracts[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Computer Science Professor Receives Community Service Award
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. Roosevelt University Associate Professor of Computer Science Ray Wright received a community service award in March for supporting an innovative information technology program that regularly brings Chicago youths to Roosevelt for instruction. (He is pictured above, left, receiving the award from the Chicago Chapter of the Black[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s PsyD Program Recognized for Excellence
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. For the fifth year in a row, all of Roosevelt University’s PsyD students applying for competitive internships have received placements. (Many of these students are pictured above with Department of Psychology chair Cami McBride). The continuing success of Roosevelt’s PsyD students in landing prestigious internships accredited by[Read More…]
Lawmakers to National Institute for Health and HHS: Act Now on Drug Affordability
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016 – A group of Senate and House lawmakers led by Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), co-chairs of the Prescription Drug Taskforce, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), today urged the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to step in to[Read More…]
VA Awards Grants to Develop Technology to Help Veterans, Servicemembers Modify Their Specially Adapted Homes
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today the award of $784,421 in Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology (SAHAT) Grants to eligible individuals, researchers, and organizations to develop new technologies that would enhance Veterans and Servicemembers’ ability to live in specially adapted homes. The SAHAT Grant[Read More…]
UN Chief Strongly Condemns Sunday Suicide Bombing in Pakistan
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 March 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that targeted a park in Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding over 100, including many women and children. In a statement issued by[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections
Victory: Court leaves rules in place that protect Tongass rainforest wildlands from damaging logging, road construction The Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Earleliason/iStock Photo Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear a last-ditch effort by the State of Alaska to exempt America’s largest national forest from[Read More…]
Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law
ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Equality NC sue on behalf of LGBT North Carolinians RALEIGH –(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal, and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S.[Read More…]
United States Provides an Additional $20 Million in Response to Europe Refugee and Migration Crisis
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. The United States announces $20 million to support efforts by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent (IFRC) to respond to increased protection, shelter, and other lifesaving assistance[Read More…]
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