WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today called the Department of Education’s approval of more than $28 million in federal student loan debt relief of 1,312 students of former Heald College – which was part of the collapsed Corinthian Colleges, Inc. system[Read More…]
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Senator Durbin Requests DOJ Investigation of Chicago Police Department Policies & Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Following a meeting at the White House on criminal justice reform, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to request a Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigation of the Chicago Police Department (CPD)’s policies and practices. Durbin asked for[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth on Whether Women Can Succeed in Combat Roles: ‘Of Course’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), one of the first Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom, today responded to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s decision to finally allow women to serve in all military roles, combat or otherwise, without exception. Until now, America’s female[Read More…]
New Insights into Solar Flares
Cambridge, MA-(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers have made a significant step toward confirming a proposed explanation for how solar flares accelerate charged particles to speeds nearly that of light. This important advance was made possible by the new capabilities of the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope.[Read More…]
‘Step Back into a 1950s Christmas!’ Exhibit, 1950s Park Forest House Museum
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. The 1950s Park Forest House Museum, 227 Monee Road, Park Forest, Illinois, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, invites you to “Step Back into a 1950s Christmas!” exhibit, open December 2, 2015 through January 2, 2016. Call to confirm open hours for Saturday, December 26. The[Read More…]
Unprecedented Momentum to End the Drug War: Top Stories of 2015
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015 By: Tony Newman Over the last few years there has been undeniable momentum to end our country’s disastrous war on drugs. Both voters and elected officials are looking for alternatives to the unwinnable drug war. 2015 continued the trend. Here are some of the top stories[Read More…]
Environmental Working Group: Fewer Taxpayer Giveaways Would Cut the Fat, Not ‘Cripple’ Crop Insurance
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. The proposed $3 billion cut in crop insurance subsidies in the recent federal budget deal would not “kill the crop insurance program,” contrary to claims by the crop insurance industry and its allies in Congress. It would merely cut the fat from the industry’s cost[Read More…]
Half of Those Who Need Them Not Taking Cholesterol-lowering Medications
Blacks, Mexican Americans less likely to be taking recommended cholesterol-lowering medication Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. More than a third of American adults are eligible to take cholesterol-lowering medications under the current guidelines or were already taking them – but nearly half of them are not, according to a report by[Read More…]
Yemen: Nine Wounded in Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrike on Doctors Without Borders Clinic in Taiz
AMSTERDAM/TAIZ, YEMEN—(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Airstrikes carried out yesterday by the Saudi-led coalition hit a clinic in southern Yemen run by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and wounded nine people, including two MSF staff members. According to local sources, at 11:20 a.m. local time on[Read More…]
Children Under Five Account for One Third of Deaths from Foodborne Diseases – New UN Report
Thirty per cent of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age of 5 years, despite the fact that they make up only nine per cent of the global population. Photo: WHO/PAHO GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 December 2015 – Diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for more than half of all foodborne[Read More…]
