City of Chicago to receive $3.125 million to help hire 25 officers focused on community policing CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program has awarded the City of Chicago $3,125,000 in funding to hire twenty-five community[Read More…]
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Oak Lawn Real Estate Executive Arrested for Trying to Hire a Hit Man to Murder Attorney Who Filed Cases Against Him
Northern District of Illinois Courthouse CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016. An Oak Lawn real estate executive was charged today with trying to hire a hit man to murder an attorney who was involved in litigation against him. LYLE ANASTOS, 35, of Oak Lawn, was arrested yesterday afternoon. He is charged with[Read More…]
DePaul University Researchers Describe New Large Prehistoric Shark
The new shark species named ‘paradoxodon,’ or paradoxical teeth, comes from the fact that the shark appears to have emerged suddenly in the geologic record with a yet unresolved nearly 45-million-year gap from when Megalolamna possibly split from its closest relative Otodus. The international research team who based their discovery[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending October 1, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 249,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 254,000. The 4-week moving average was 253,500, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Experts Analyze Voting & Demographic Trends A Month Away From Election
A voter marks a ballot for the New Hampshire primary inside a voting booth, February 2016. Source: AP/David Goldman Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016. In an update to last year’s groundbreaking report, new analysis from demographers Ruy Teixeira, John Halpin, and Rob Griffin released today explores in detail the national[Read More…]
Hillary for America Highlights Her Commitment to Fighting for Children and Families (Video)
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Today, Hillary for America released a new ad highlighting Hillary Clinton’s commitment to fight for children and families as president. “Measure” is about how our country measures its greatness. Hillary Clinton believes it’s not the height of our skyscrapers or the size of our bank accounts that makes[Read More…]
South Carolina, Florida Guard Prepare for Hurricane Matthew
South Carolina National Guard members prepare to assist in the response to Hurricane Matthew by partnering with the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Highway Patrol in West Columbia, S.C., Oct. 5, 2016. Hurricane Matthew peaked as a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean, and was projected[Read More…]
Alaska Offshore Oil Discovery Could Further Imperil Polar Bears, Lock in Disastrous Climate Change Scenarios
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. This week’s announcement by Caelus Energy that it discovered, and intends to develop, a massive offshore oil field in Alaska’s Smith Bay could push polar bears closer to extinction and help lock in the worst climate change scenarios predicted by scientists, the Center for Biological[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Reaches $3.5 Million Settlement with Lender for Selling Product with Hidden, Sky-High Interest Rates
Attorney General Madigan Bans Company from Selling Expensive Loan Product in Illinois and Cracks Down on Other Lenders Operating Illegally in the State Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced she is cracking down on lenders in Illinois that are illegally selling small-dollar loans riddled with hidden[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, October 5, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016 – 1:36 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. I apologize for keeping you waiting this afternoon. You all had an opportunity to hear from the President a little bit earlier today who traveled to FEMA and got an update from officials at DHS, including the[Read More…]
