Month: September 2017

INVICTUS Games

U.S. Army Veteran Cycles to Recovery, Runs to Gold at Invictus Games

TORONTO—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2017 By: Robert A. Whetstone, Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs For U.S. Army veteran Sean Johnson, his first Invictus Games have been nothing short of awesome. “It’s like Warrior Games (DoD) at a whole different level,” said Johnson. “This is really athletes at their best.” Johnson, who[Read More…]

UChicago Moore Statue

UChicago Launches Commemoration of Landmark Discovery with Oct. 1 Event on New Nuclear Landscape

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017. The University of Chicago’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction will begin Oct. 1, with a conversation on the new nuclear landscape and its implications for international security. The event at Mandel Hall will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Taking[Read More…]

Durbin and Duckworth

Senators Durbin, Duckworth Press AG Secretary To Quickly Provide Puerto Rico With Food Aid

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2017 By: Office of Senator Dick Durbin U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and five additional colleagues in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to request that he use all available resources to swiftly provide[Read More…]

marijuana

Report: The Marijuana ‘Gateway’ Theory Is A Fallacy

New Paltz, NY—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Scientific evidence does not support claims that marijuana experimentation often serves as a ‘gateway’ to the use of other substances, particularly cocaine and heroin, according to a report issued by the Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives at SUNY[Read More…]

Dominica

UN Agency Provides ‘Badly Battered’ Dominica with Critical Food Supplies, Telecom Support

DOMINICA—(ENEWSPF)–29 September 2017 – Emergency supplies from the United Nations food relief agency are being delivered to Dominica as people face “huge challenges in their lives” in the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, which ripped through the small Caribbean island last week. “Dominica has been badly battered[Read More…]

USNS Comfort

USNS Comfort Departs for Puerto Rico

NORFOLK (NNS)—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 By: Military Sealift Command Public Affairs The Military Sealift Command hospital ship, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), departed Naval Station Norfolk today and is now underway and making final preparations to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. USNS Comfort can arrive[Read More…]

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