University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Governors State University (GSU) Communications For the seventh consecutive year, The Chicago Community Trust is supporting Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts (CPA) Made in Chicago series. The grant, awarded in the amount of $20,000, will help present and introduce some of the[Read More…]
Day: October 16, 2017
VoteVets Responds to Trump Admission That He Hasn’t Bothered To Contact Families of the Fallen
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: VoteVets In a stunning admission, Donald Trump today admitted he hadn’t yet contacted the families of American troops who were killed in Niger, nearly two weeks ago. After falsely claiming that President Obama never called family members, Trump struggled to explain why he hadn’t[Read More…]
LIGO Announces Detection of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Neutron Stars
UChicago physicists calculate expansion rate of universe using breakthrough research CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Louise Lerner About 130 million years ago, two incredibly heavy, dense neutron stars spiraled around each other. Their dance brought them closer to one another and made them spin faster, until they were circling more than[Read More…]
Izembek Land Transfer Would Jeopardize Globally Important Bird Habitat
Backroom deal to carve road through wildlife refuge would set dangerous precedent. ANCHORAGE, Alaska —(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Audubon Society The Washington Post reported yesterday that the Department of the Interior is planning to implement a land transfer with King Cove Corporation in order to facilitate the building of a[Read More…]
Harvard Study: More Than Half of Police Killings Not Officially Documented on U.S. Death Certificates
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Official death certificates in the U.S. failed to count more than half of the people killed by police in 2015—and the problem of undercounting is especially pronounced in lower-income counties and for deaths that are due to[Read More…]
Spicely Organics Recalls Organic Tarragon Because Of Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Organic Spices, Inc. dba Spicely Organics of Fremont, CA is recalling 0.4 oz. Organic Tarragon Lot No. OTW100134 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections[Read More…]
At UN Event in Rome, Pope Francis Urges Action on Climate Change, Conflicts to End Global Hunger
ROME—(ENEWSPF)–16 October 2017 By: United Nations Press Centre Food security for all requires tackling climate change and ending conflicts, His Holiness, Pope Francis, stressed Monday at an official ceremony for World Food Day held at the Rome headquarters of the United Nations agriculture agency. “It is clear that wars and[Read More…]
‘Hoopin’ For a Hero’ to Benefit Park Forest Police Officer Tim Jones
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Prairie State College Communications The Prairie State College Athletic Department will host, “Hoopin’ For A Hero”, a charity basketball game to benefit injured police officer Tim Jones of the Park Forest Police Department, at 4 p.m., Saturday, October 28, in the PSC Fieldhouse (at 100[Read More…]
LIFTED: Park Forest Public Works Precautionary Water Boil Advisory LIFTED Wednesday, Oct. 18
LIFTED! The Village of Park Forest advised eNews Park Forest that, shortly after 9:00 a.m., the boil order has been lifted. Residents may resume normal water usage. N.B. A previous report from the Village of Park Forest suggested that the entire Village was under a boil alert. This is not[Read More…]
La Terra Fina Recalls Spinach Artichoke & Parmesan Dip & Spread
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) La Terra Fina is voluntarily recalling its 10 oz. containers of Spinach Artichoke & Parmesan Dip & Spread with the date of BEST BY NOV-01-2017 due to undeclared egg. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to[Read More…]