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White House Weekly Address: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service, August 20, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2016. Hi everybody. Earlier this summer, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I headed west—to the national parks at Carlsbad Caverns and Yosemite. And I’ve got to say, it was a breath of fresh air. We explored hundreds of feet underground, standing beneath dripping stalactites in New Mexico. We[Read More…]

Red Cross Work in Louisiana Just Beginning; Donations needed

Relief could cost at least $30 million; 4,000 Still in Shelters; Others Return Home to Devastation Tenisha Longmire keeps a watchful eye over her 2-year old, Derrick, in a Red Cross Shelter in Baton Rouge. Red Cross Photo by Nicholas Small. WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016 — A week after[Read More…]

California Woman Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export Fighter Jet Engines and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to China

FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016.  Wenxia Man, aka Wency Man, 45, of San Diego, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for conspiring to export and cause the export of fighter jet engines, an unmanned aerial vehicle – commonly known as a drone – and related technical data to the People’s[Read More…]

Syrian Regime Airstrikes Near Hasakah Put Coalition Forces at Risk

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016 By:  Cheryl Pellerin U.S. planes were scrambled yesterday over northeastern Syria after two Syrian air force SU-24 attack planes conducted strikes near Hasakah while coalition forces were conducting operations there as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, Defense Department spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said today. Sailors[Read More…]

Roosevelt University Historian Named National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016.   Erik Gellman, associate professor of history with expertise on social movements and urban history, has been selected to receive the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholar grant award for the 2016-17 year. A scholar of African American, labor and modern U.S. history, Gellman will[Read More…]

Hillary for America Releases Ad Lifting Working Families Up

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016. Today, Hillary for America launched a new television ad entitled “For Those Who Depend on Us,” highlighting Clinton’s plan to lift Latino working families up and ensure they get ahead and stay ahead. While Donald Trump is painting Latinos as “criminals,” demeaning immigrants and doubling down[Read More…]

Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery to Host Annual Photographer of the Year and Student Exhibition

Featuring Kellie Lachata Card image design by Kellie Lachata CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—UPDATED: August 25, 2016.  Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery will host the Annual Photographer of the Year and Student Exhibition from Monday, August 22 through Thursday, September 15.  An Artists’ Reception will be held on Wednesday, August 31 from noon[Read More…]

Statement from Hillary for America Campaign Manager Robby Mook on Paul Manafort’s Resignation and Trump’s Continued Pro-Kremlin Ties (Video)

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016.  Today, Hillary For America Campaign Manager Robby Mook issued the following statement on the resignation of Trump’s Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and the many continuing ties between Trump and his campaign and pro-Kremlin forces: “Paul Manafort’s resignation is a clear admission that the disturbing connections between[Read More…]

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