Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017 Recall Summary: Name of product: NOOK® Tablet 7” Hazard: The power adapter casing can break when plugged into an electrical outlet, exposing its metal prongs, posing an electric shock hazard. Consumer Contact: Barnes & Noble toll-free at 877-886-5025 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET, Monday[Read More…]
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Black History Month: Exploring African American Heritage at National Parks
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017 Harriet Tubman National Historical Park commemorates the work and later years of Harriet Tubman, the fearless Underground Railroad conductor and active proponent of women’s suffrage and other causes. The park is located at the site where Tubman lived and worshiped in Auburn, New York, caring for[Read More…]
Robert’s Rules of Order Seminar at South Suburban College on Friday, February 10
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. South Suburban College will host a 3-hour Seminar on Robert’s Rules of Order on February 10 from 6:00-9:00pm in the MB Financial Room at the college’s main campus. Robert’s Rules of Order is a book that is intended to be a guide for conducting[Read More…]
Study Finds American ISIS Fighters Likely to Be U.S. Born, Engaged in Society
Research challenges widely held assumptions about American face of ISIS CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. A new study from the Chicago Project on Security and Threats at the University of Chicago and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Counter-Terrorism Policy Center finds striking patterns among individuals in the United States considered ISIS supporters,[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center: Trump’s Planned Changes to Government’s ‘Countering Violent Extremism’ Program are Politically Motivated, Dangerous
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. The following statement is by Heidi Beirich, director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project. “The changes that President Trump is reportedly considering to the government’s Countering Violent Extremism program are dangerously misguided, for two important reasons. “First, by changing the name to Countering Violent Islamic Extremism, he is[Read More…]
Senator Duckworth to Defense Secretary Mattis: Stand Up to Trump’s Executive Order, American Troops Are at Risk
WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. U.S. Senator and combat Veteran Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) called on U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to stand up to President Trump’s executive order (EO), which endangers both our national security and the safety of our currently-deployed troops by limiting travel from certain Muslim-majority countries.[Read More…]
Independent Federal Investigation of Potentially Illegal Trump Travel Ban Launched at Senators Duckworth & Durbin’s Request
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Following a request from U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) launched an investigation into the Federal Government’s chaotic and potentially illegal implementation of President Trump’s “travel ban” executive order.[Read More…]
Arab American Action Network Announces Oak Park Rally on Saturday, February 4 to Resist Trump’s Muslim Ban
Residents, Activists, urge Village Board and Mayor to adopt Stronger Welcoming Village Ordinance Following President Trump’s attacks on Immigrant Community OAK PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2017. On Saturday, February 4, from noon to 2 p.m., Oak Park residents and others will rally at Scoville Park urging Village Trustees and the Mayor[Read More…]
US Should Lift Measure Suspending Refugee Resettlement, Says UN Chief Guterres
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2017 – Reacting to the recent suspension by the United States of its longstanding refugee programme, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday said resettlement is often “the only possible solution” for people fleeing conflict and persecution, and that the US policy, which bars entry of Syrians into[Read More…]
Stem Cell Transplants May Induce Long-Term Remission of Multiple Sclerosis
Encouraging results help set stage for larger studies. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. New clinical trial results provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can induce sustained remission of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks[Read More…]
