Day: April 27, 2017

Recently Discovered Solar System Could Seed Life Between Adjacent Exoplanets

Research simulates whether organisms could survive space travel Illustration shows what each of the TRAPPIST-1 planets may look like, based on available data about their sizes, masses and orbital distances. Illustration by: NASA/JPL-Caltech CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017 By: Greg Borzo After NASA announced in February the discovery of a solar system[Read More…]

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Belvidere Physician Sentenced to Nine Years and Ordered to Pay More Than $2.7 Million for Health Care Fraud

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017.  A suspended physician was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on charges of federal health care fraud. CHARLES S. DEHAAN, 62, of Belvidere, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.  He was also ordered to[Read More…]

Syria: ‘Glimmers of Humanity’ Overshadowed by Brutality of Increasing Attacks on Civilians, Says UN Aid Chief

Families evacuated from East Ghouta, Syria, congregate in the courtyard of the Dahit Qudsayya collective shelter for basic aid. Photo: OCHA/Josephine Guerrero SYRIA–(ENEWSPF)–27 April 2017 – With fighting intensifying on numerous fronts in Syria over the past months, the top United Nations humanitarian official today urged consolidation of the nationwide[Read More…]

On AG Sessions’ Campaign To Make Immigrant “Filth” America’s “Public Enemies Number 1”

“Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump want more immigrants criminalized, felonized, and deported.” Washington, DC – (ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke on the House floor about the Attorney General’s campaign “to paint immigrants as criminals, rapists, gang members and ‘cartel henchmen.’”  The Congressman from Illinois noted[Read More…]

Senators Durbin, Duckworth Introduce Legislation to Address Youth Unemployment in High Poverty Areas

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today introduced two pieces of legislation to expand and increase access to employment opportunities for at-risk youth.  The Helping to Encourage Real Opportunity (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act and the Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act will increase federal[Read More…]

Osprey Recalls Child Backpack Carriers Due to Fall Hazard

Recalled Osprey Backpack- Blue Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017 Recall Summary: Name of product: Poco child carriers Hazard: A child seated in the carrier can slip through the leg openings, posing a fall hazard to children. Consumer Contact: Osprey toll-free at 866-951-5197 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through[Read More…]

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