Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- For the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, it’s been a long time between dinners. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found that the black hole ate its last big meal about 6 million years ago, when it consumed a large clump of infalling gas.[Read More…]
Day: March 9, 2017
Operation Inherent Resolve: Counter-ISIS Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq, March 9, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, conducting 22 strikes consisting of 82 engagements against ISIS targets yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments[Read More…]
AARP Opposes Special Interest Health Care Bill
Legislation would weaken Medicare, hike insurance premiums on those who can least afford it, and give tax breaks to big drug companies. Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2017. In a statement AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond announced AARP’s opposition to the House plan that would make harmful changes to our[Read More…]
ACLU Challenges Warrant to Search Data of Facebook Page for Group Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline
Warrant Served on Facebook is Overbroad and Violates First and Fourth Amendments, ACLU Argues in Court Filing BELLINGHAM, Wash. —(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion to quash a warrant issued to police to search a Facebook community page for a broad range of information[Read More…]
On International Women’s Day, Chicago Women Workers Celebrate Victory Against Sexual Harassment
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2017. More than 50 child care providers, caregivers and house cleaners gathered Wednesday evening to speak out against the pervasive problem of sexual harassment in their work. Although the Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights now offers the state’s first-ever sexual harassment protections for household workers,[Read More…]
Governor Rauner: ‘We Cannot Stay Silent on Hate’
IL Governor Rauner Rauner Administration Takes Steps to Combat Anti-Semitism and Strengthen Illinois’ Hate Crime Laws CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. Governor Bruce Rauner announced today at the Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards dinner a number of steps the administration is taking to combat hate crimes and growing anti-Semitism in Illinois.[Read More…]
Attorney General Sessions Directs Federal Prosecutors to Target Most Significant Violent Offenders
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. Attorney General Jeff Sessions today directed federal prosecutors nationwide to engage in a focused effort to investigate, prosecute and deter the most violent offenders. This builds on the announcement last week of the creation of the U.S. Department of Justice Task Force on Crime Reduction and[Read More…]
American Medical Association Says Republican’s American Health Care Act is Critically Flawed
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2017. In a letter to congressional leaders, the American Medical Association (AMA) today outlined provisions of the American Health Care Act that would have an adverse impact on patients and the health of the nation. Largely due to the decline in health insurance coverage the bill would likely[Read More…]
American Society of Civil Engineers Releases 2017 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2017. Every family and business needs infrastructure to thrive – from the road you travel to work, to the pipes that deliver clean drinking water, to the inland waterways and rail that move goods from coast to coast. Our nation is at a crossroads. Deteriorating infrastructure is[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: A *Day* Without A Woman?
Today I hold up the overlooked, forgotten and disappeared, all 110,000 of them, who are surviving behind bars. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2017 By: Melissa Franqui A day without a woman? What about two weeks? What about three months ― a year even? These are the lengths of time that families[Read More…]
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