Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2016 It’s been less than a week since the deadliest mass shooting in American history. And foremost in all of our minds has been the loss and the grief felt by the people of Orlando, especially our friends who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. I visited[Read More…]
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U.S. State Dept. Updates Ukraine Travel Warning, June 17, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all travel to Crimea and the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and recommends those U.S. citizens currently living in or visiting these regions to depart. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Ukraine dated December 14, 2015. Russia-backed[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement on One – Year Anniversary of the Charleston Church Shooting
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. Today, Representative Jan Schakowskyreleased the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the hate crime that killed nine parishioners at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.: “One year ago today, nine Charleston residents were brutally gunned down during Bible study[Read More…]
Jury Convicts Lockport Contractor of Defrauding City of Chicago’s Women-Owned Business Entity Procurement Program
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. A federal jury today convicted a Lockport subcontractor on fraud charges for scheming to help a general contractor falsely satisfy its female hiring requirement on city of Chicago construction projects. As the owner of a certified Women’s Business Enterprise, ELIZABETH PERINO agreed to allow her[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Says Congressional Inaction on Gun Safety is an Outrage and Must End
Proposed Reforms to Address Threat of Terrorist Shootings Will Help Address Daily Gun Violence in Chicago CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. In response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and the ongoing gun violence that plagues Chicago, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called for Congressional action on[Read More…]
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth Announces 2016 Military Service Academy Appointments
Schaumburg, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced three Eighth District students will attend Military Service Academies this fall after she recommended them for consideration. Students applying to the service academies are required to have a Congressional nomination for a complete application. “I’m so proud of these Eighth[Read More…]
Mussel Shells Much Thinner Than 50 Years Ago
Tatoosh Island, where Prof. Cathy Pfister and her colleagues collected and analyzed some of the mussel shells. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016 By Matt Wood California mussel shells collected off the coast of Washington state in the 1970s are, on average, 32 percent thicker than modern specimens, according to a new study[Read More…]
Book Chronicles Rise of Urban Planning in Ancient Egypt
University of Chicago Assoc. Prof. Nadine Moeller (left) sorts pottery sherds with graduate students at the excavation site of Tell Edfu in Egypt. Courtesy of Nadine Moeller CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016 By William Harms The pyramids and temples of Egypt, which still stand as magnificent monuments to ancient Egyptian civilization, were[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton: An open letter to Charleston a Year After Mass Shooting
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016 By: Hillary Clinton Friends — One year ago today, our nation lost nine precious lives. They were mothers and fathers, students and coaches, pastors and choir members. They were men and women of faith, each filled with passion and love, and with so much left to[Read More…]
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Interstate Prostitution
FLOIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that Abdullah Hamidullah, 42, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; two counts of enticing a person to travel in interstate[Read More…]
