Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015. The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from fair to good condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time. For more information, please see related links. About the NIH Clinical[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
White House Fact Sheet: Administration Announces Actions To Protect Communities From The Impacts Of Climate Change
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015. President Obama is committed to combating the health impacts of climate change and protecting the health of future generations. We know climate change is not is not a distant threat, we are already seeing impacts in communities across the country. And while most Americans see climate change[Read More…]
New Polling Shows Millennials Overwhelmingly Support Comprehensive LGBT Nondiscrimination Protections
Opponents of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act march outside Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the NCAA Final Four, in Indianapolis on April 4, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Doug McSchooler Washington, D.C. — Despite historic progress on marriage equality over the past decade, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, individuals still lack basic,[Read More…]
USDA Under Fire for Rules Permitting Agribusiness Interests like Monsanto to Intimidate Scientists
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015. Scientists working with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) don’t have adequate protections from pressure and retaliation when researching issues that threaten the interests of powerful agrichemical corporations like Monsanto, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which filed a petition for rule-making with[Read More…]
Fourth Brooklyn, New York, Resident Charged With Attempt and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Defendant Allegedly is Part of ISIL Foreign Fighter Local Support Network; Travelled to Kennedy Airport on Feb. 25 to Provide Cash to Co-Defendant Shortly Before Co-Defendant Was Arrested Attempting to Board Flight to Turkey to Join ISIL Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2015. U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the 21st Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015 Twenty-one years ago today, a genocide began that would claim the lives of more than 800,000 Rwandan men, women, and children and mark the beginning of one hundred days of horror for Rwanda’s people. Today is a day to commemorate those who lost their lives, to[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Vice President Biden at Easter Prayer Breakfast, April 7, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015 – 9:30 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House. Religious leaders, lay faithful, it’s an honor — it’s an honor to join you in a morning of prayer and reflection, and it’s a delight to have many of you[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 6, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2015 – 12:22 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. So I hope everybody had a good weekend — the unofficial start of spring — with all the holidays, opening day in baseball. To mark that occasion here at the White House, we’re not just going to[Read More…]
Hidden Ponds Hike in Thorn Creek Woods on April 19
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015. Spend some time in Thorn Creek Woods and you will notice little patches of color making its way into the brown and gray woodland. Spring beauties are poking their little white and pink heads out, the greens of the wild leeks and onions are becoming[Read More…]
NOTICE: Emergency Polling Place Relocation
Polls open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Due to a quarantine at a senior facility in Palatine, the Clerk’s office must relocate a polling place at the last-minute for tomorrow’s election. Voters in Palatine Township Precinct 14 – previously at St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly, 80[Read More…]
