Day: September 15, 2017

Bear and Rydell

Gov. Rauner Announces Recipients of 2018 Order of Lincoln Award

SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—September 15, 2017 “This year’s Order of Lincoln recipients are an extraordinary group of individuals that truly embody President Lincoln’s relentless and passionate spirit for public service,” Gov. Rauner said. “They have positively changed their communities in numerous ways, and their contributions will impact Illinois and the world for generations[Read More…]

Whitewanderer

UChicago Glaciologist Provides Sounds to Chicago Art Installation About Icebergs

Art Deco building appears cracked in half to illustrate climate change CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 15, 2017 By: Andrew Bauld and Louise Lerner In 2000, UChicago Prof. Doug MacAyeal tracked the world’s largest iceberg, called B-15, as it broke off from an ice shelf in Antarctica. MacAyeal placed seismic sensors into the iceberg[Read More…]

Daria Mastikasheva

Ukraine: Woman Detained, Held Incommunicado, Tortured

Ensure Due Process; Investigate Torture, Liberty Violations Berlin –(ENEWSPF)—September 15, 2017.  Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) arbitrarily detained a Ukrainian woman, held her incommunicado, and tortured her, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities charged the woman, Daria Mastikasheva, with treason, and a court in Dnipro has ordered her pretrial detention[Read More…]

Blumenauer and Rohrabacher

Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Medical Cannabis Protections Temporarily Extended

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017. President Donald Trump reached an agreement late last week with Congressional leadership to enact a three-month continuing resolution that maintains present federal spending levels and priorities through December 8, 2017. The resolution extends medical cannabis patient protections imposed by the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment until that date. The[Read More…]

Blood Stained Men

Human Rights Activists to Protest American Academy of Pediatrics’ Harmful Exploitative Circumcision Policy

Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017.  No one should alter the body of an un-consenting person without acute medical need. The Bloodstained Men and Their Friends will be sharing this message while protesting the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) at its annual conference this weekend at McCormick Place Convention Center in[Read More…]

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