STScI, Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence for what could be the first discovery of a possible moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. This moon candidate, which is 8,000 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation, orbits a gas-giant planet[Read More…]
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United States Secures Judgment Forfeiting $396,589 Associated with Iranian Money Laundering Efforts
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The United States has secured a judgment in a civil action seeking the forfeiture of $396,589 associated with a United Arab Emirates-based company, Royal Pearls General Trading, that allegedly engaged in money laundering and other illegal business dealings involving a company in Iran, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K.[Read More…]
AIM HIGH: Illinois Students Can Get Free or Reduced Tuition at Governors State
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- AIM HIGH, Illinois. Beginning in the fall of 2019, new, qualified Governors State University (GSU) freshman and transfer students can reap the benefits of a generous scholarship program, funded in part by the state, that will cover between 25% to 100% of their college tuition for up to four years,[Read More…]
To the Editor: I was sexually assaulted 40 years ago.
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This letter and commentary was vetted. Our publisher knows who wrote it and agreed to publish it anonymously. The hearings of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh opened wounds still raw and painful for many women. And for this woman, who was sexually assaulted 40 years ago. She[Read More…]
Senators Duckworth, Durbin Statement on Investigation into Rauner Administration’s Response to Legionnaires’ Outbreaks at IVH Quincy
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2018 By: Senator Duckworth Communications U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that her office has opened a criminal probe into the Rauner Administration’s response to the multiple Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at Illinois Veterans’[Read More…]
Congresswoman Kelly Statement on the Verdict Reached in the Fatal Shooting of Laquan McDonald
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2018 Contacts: James Lewis and Mary Paleologos Congresswoman Robin Kelly, a member of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group, released this statement on the verdict reached in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald: “Today, justice was served. While no verdict can bring Laquan McDonald back to[Read More…]
Human Rights Watch: Don’t Approve Kavanaugh Nomination
Unresolved Allegations and Concerns Should be Disqualifying Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2018 Contact: Nicole Austin-Hillery The United States Senate should not confirm the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to US senators. It is the first time in its[Read More…]
“The Mask Behind The Mask” Photographs by David Hauptschein at South Suburban’s Photo Four Gallery
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 4, 2018 By: South Suburban College Media The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College is pleased to announce a special guest artist exhibition titled ‘The Mask Behind the Mask,’ Photographs by David Hauptschein, in the Photo Four Gallery from now through its closing reception[Read More…]
Chicago Council of Lawyers Releases its 2018 Judicial Evaluations for Judges Seeking Retention and Judicial Candidates Seeking to Fill Vacancies
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 4, 2018 Contact: Malcolm Rich Judges make all kinds of decisions, from the very personal, such as child custody decisions, to those with much broader impact. The decisions that judges make affect our lives, both directly and indirectly, often for many years to come. We never know when a[Read More…]
Chicago Council of Lawyers Supplemental Comments on Judge Kavanaugh
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 4, 2018 Contact: Malcolm Rich The Chicago Council of Lawyers issued its Supreme Court Nominee Report: Judge Brett Kavanaugh on August 31, 2018, days before Judge Kavanaugh sat before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee for a week of testimony on his judicial record, his judicial philosophy, and his respect[Read More…]
