Chicago & Northern Illinois Regional Red Cross CEO, Celena Roldán Deploys to Louisiana to Aid in Recovery Effort Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- One month after deadly floods ravaged communities in Louisiana, the American Red Cross continues to support thousands of people beginning to rebuild their lives. Last month’s record flooding caused by a[Read More…]
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Owner of Illinois Home Health Company Admits Paying Illegal Kickbacks to 20 Medical Directors
For Referrals of Medicare Patients Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of a home health care company headquartered in Lemont admitted in federal court today that he paid illegal kickbacks to procure referrals of elderly patients on Medicare. ROMY MACASAET JR. paid kickbacks to medical directors to obtain referrals of Medicare beneficiaries to[Read More…]
HERA, the ‘Cosmic Dawn’ Telescope, Receives Major NSF Support
Charlottesville, VA-(ENEWSPF)- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved $9.5 million in funding to expand the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) – a multinational experiment to study how primordial galaxies forever changed the very early universe. This investment will increase the number of HERA antennas from 19 to 240 by[Read More…]
NASA Television to Air Launch of Next International Space Station Crew
NASA-(ENEWSPF)- Three crew members headed to the International Space Station are scheduled to launch on Friday, Sept. 23. Live launch coverage will begin at 1:15 p.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, along with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will[Read More…]
Third Annual Mental Health Conference at Prairie State College Sept. 29
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)-Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the Third Annual Mental Health Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday Sept. 29, in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Illinois Senator Michael E. Hastings of the 19th Legislative District[Read More…]
Detailed Age Map Shows How Milky Way Came Together
Notre Dame, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, University of Notre Dame astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago. Astrophysicist Daniela Carollo, research assistant professor in the Department[Read More…]
PSC Christopher Art Gallery Celebrating 20th Anniversary with Special Reception
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Christopher Art Gallery and unveiling of the E. Timothy Lightfield Hall of Honor during a special event from 4:30 to 7 p.m.,Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Conference Center of the college’s main campus[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton’s Comprehensive Plan to Defeat ISIS and the Threat of Radical Jihadism
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016. The threat we face from terrorism is real, urgent, and knows no boundaries. Hillary Clinton knows that ISIS cannot be contained, it must be defeated. Doing so takes more than empty talk and a handful of slogans. It takes a real plan, real experience, and real leadership.[Read More…]
Court Orders Fish & Wildlife Service to Reexamine Lynx Critical Habitat
Feds Failed to Protect Key Habitat in Colorado MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016. Today the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana ordered the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to reconsider its decision to exclude the Canada lynx’s entire southern Rocky Mountain range, essential for the wildcat’s recovery,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly to Host Veterans Housing Symposium on Saturday, September 24
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 7, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly will host a Veterans Housing Symposium on Saturday, September 24, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Vodak-East Side Public Library, 3710 E. 106th St., Chicago. Speakers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Cook County Assessor’s Office and others will talk about[Read More…]
