A student at St. Francis of Assisi School and other girls, check their smart phones after classes in the Central Visayas city of Cebu, Philippines. Photo: UNICEF/Joshua Estey NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 June 2016 – Eight out of ten 18-year-olds believe that young people are in danger of being sexually abused or[Read More…]
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Allow Marijuana For Vets With PTSD, U.S. Voters Say 10-1, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Slim Majority Says Legalize Marijuana In General
CONNECTICUT–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. U.S. Veterans Administration doctors should be allowed to prescribe marijuana in pill form to veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, American voters say 87 – 9 percent in a Quinnipiac University National poll released today. Voters in military households, where at least one member is a veteran[Read More…]
LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations
LISA Pathfinder in space EU–(ENEWSPF)–7 June 2016. ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory.Results from only two months of science operations show that the two cubes at the heart of the spacecraft are falling freely through space under the influence of[Read More…]
NASA Sees Colin Come Calling on the U.S. Southeast
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Tropical Storm Colin moved fast after making landfall in northwestern Florida on June 6 and by the morning of June 7, it was centered off the coast of North and South Carolina. NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite provided a look at the storm[Read More…]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Expansion Proposed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016 Building on more than 30 years of scientific studies, including numerous reports released in the last decade and in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, NOAA today announced a proposal to expand Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to protect additional critical[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce New Tourism Chief
Industry Veteran and Former Brand USA CMO David Whitaker to Oversee Choose Chicago and Continue Drive to Meet Mayor Emanuel’s Goal of 55 Million Visitors by 2020 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago Board Chair Desiree Rogers today named David Whitaker as President and CEO of Choose[Read More…]
Secretary Hillary Clinton to Keynote ‘Lifting As We Climb’ International Women’s Luncheon Hosted by Mrs. Jacqueline Jackson at 50th Annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition Convention in Chicago
Chicago–(ENEWSPF0–June 7, 2016- Hillary Clinton will be the keynote speaker, Monday, June 27, 2016, for the International Women’s Luncheon at the 50th annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago. The theme of the luncheon is “Lifting As We Climb” and “that is exactly what Hillary has done her[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Obama Administration Withdraws Dangerous Fossil Fuel Leasing Near Chaco Canyon National Park
Farmington, NM –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew three parcels of public land totalling 2,122 acres near Chaco Canyon National Park from consideration for fossil fuel development. In April, the Sierra Club along with members of the Navajo Tribe and a broad coalition of national[Read More…]
State Representative Al Riley’s Bill to Expedite Weber Road Construction Passes the General Assembly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. A major Will County transit project is a step closer to reality as a result of legislation passed by state Rep. Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields, which will help local officials expand Weber Road and reduce traffic congestion around Interstate 55. “The county’s current acquisition[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Releases Progressive Policy Agenda to Cut Poverty and Expand Mobility
A woman walks with her 2-year-old daughter in Sullivan City, Texas, on September 16, 2015. Source: AP/Eric Gay Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. New analysis by the Center for American Progress finds that if not for the dramatic rise in economic insecurity since 2000, nearly 13 million fewer Americans[Read More…]
