Update: The juvenile has been located safe. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Have you seen this missing teen? Park Forest Police issued a statement Monday afternoon asking for the public’s help locating Karolyn Buie. The statement follows: “Karolyn Buie, age 15, has been reported as missing/run-away. She was reported to have been[Read More…]
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Nepal: UN Continues to Support Sustainable Post-disaster Earthquake Recovery
In Nepal, mountain infrastructure such as hydropower plants, roads, bridges and communication systems are at risk with climate change and more variability in water runoff. Photo: UNEP GRID Arendal/Lawrence Hislop GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–25 April 2016 – A year after a series of major earthquakes devastated large areas of Nepal, the United Nations[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Pilot To Address Chronic Homelessness With Viable Housing Options For Residents
Mayor’s Homeless Task Force launches pilot seeking to initially house 75 chronically homeless residents and identify more long-term housing solutions for homeless CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced the launch of a pilot program aimed at housing residents experiencing chronic homelessness. The Mayor’s new citywide task force dedicated[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces 250th Business Is Awarded Microloan Through Chicago’s Microlending Initiative
Neighborhood Small Businesses Have Received Support for Nearly 1,000 Jobs Since 2012 CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced the latest milestone from the Chicago Microlending Institute (CMI), the city’s first-in-the-nation initiative to support small businesses that would otherwise have difficulty accessing necessary capital. The program just disbursed its[Read More…]
DePaul University Art Museum features Tony Fitzpatrick’s ‘The Secret Birds’
Exhibition is the largest presentation of artist’s work to date Tony Fitzpatrick’s “Winter Martins (a dervish delight)” — Image courtesy of the artist CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016. Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick will bring his signature brand of witty visual repartee to the DePaul Art Museum this spring with a display[Read More…]
Black Lung Benefits Act Final Rule Protects Coal Miners’ Health
Changes give miners greater access to health info, improve claims safeguards WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs today issued a final rule to strengthen safeguards for the health of coal workers. The rule makes significant revisions to the regulations implementing the[Read More…]
With Saudi Reforms Underway, Next President Has Chance to Reframe the U.S.-Saudi Relationship
Saudi youth play soccer in a park during a dust storm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 25, 2015. Source: AP/HasanJamali Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2016. With the president of the United States fresh off of an important trip to Saudi Arabia and meetings with the Saudi king and[Read More…]
Tens of Thousands Call for Repeal of North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law As Legislature Returns
RALEIGH, N.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016. More than 150,000 signatures demanding the repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT House Bill 2 were delivered to the office of Gov. Pat McCrory today by a collection of civil rights, faith, business, and advocacy groups as the state legislature returns for the first time since[Read More…]
Justice Department Files for Contempt and Requests Receiver to Operate Orleans Parish Jail
LOUISIANA–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016. The Justice Department has filed for contempt against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman regarding his non-compliance with a consent decree governing conditions of confinement at the Orleans Parish Jail in New Orleans, and has requested that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana appoint[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Address to the People of Europe, April 25, 2016
Hannover, Germany–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016 – 11:22 A.M. CEST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Guten tag! It is wonderful to see all of you, and I want to begin by thanking Chancellor Merkel for being here. (Applause.) On behalf of the American people, I want to thank[Read More…]
