Four Nursing Homes Using Kindred/RehabCare to Pay an Additional $8.225 Million Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2016. Contract therapy providers RehabCare Group Inc., RehabCare Group East Inc. and their parent, Kindred Healthcare Inc., have agreed to pay $125 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging that they violated the False Claims Act[Read More…]
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El Chapo’s Capture: A Distraction From the Disaster That Is the Drug War and Peña Nieto’s Presidency
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2016 By: Daniel Robelo The internet is aflame with chatter about the recent recapture of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, the world’s most wanted man twice escaped from maximum security prison. The cacophony of commentary and ridiculous coverage about the event miss the real point: El Chapo’s[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Chicago Woman Convicted of Medicaid Fraud
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Chicago woman was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for Medicaid fraud. Debra Gaines, 55, of Chicago, was convicted of Theft of State Property, in this case Medicaid funds, and Vendor Fraud in July[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Haiti Travel Alert, Jan. 11, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. The State Department alerts U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to Haiti to exercise caution and remain abreast of the security situation throughout the current electoral period. The Haitian government has rescheduled the final round of elections, which were originally scheduled for December 27, 2015. The new[Read More…]
U.S. Citizen Indicted for Supporting and Receiving Military Training from Al Shabaab
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. Maalik Alim Jones, 31, of Maryland, was indicted based on his alleged support of al Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization based in Somalia that is allied with al Qaeda. Jones, a U.S. citizen, was presented before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas of the Southern[Read More…]
CAIR-Chicago Seeks Police, FBI Probe of Fake Islamophobic Mosque Website
WHEATON, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 11 2016 – The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today urged state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate a fake website purporting to represent the Islamic Center of Wheaton (ICW) in Wheaton, Ill., which contains hate-filled and defamatory claims about Islam and the[Read More…]
Governors State Athletic Department Names Fall Semester Honor Roll
UNIVERSITY PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. Eighteen student-athletes were named to the fall semester Athletic Department Honor Roll at Governors State University. This academic acknowledgement is given to athletes who earned a minimum GPA of 3.00 for the semester, with High Honors going to those with at least a 3.50 GPA.[Read More…]
South Suburban College Bulldogs Baseball Program to Host Adult-Child Baseball Camps
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. The South Suburban College Baseball Program and Head Coach Steve Ruzich will be conducting Adult-Child Baseball Camps in February for boys and girls ages 6 thru 14. The camps will feature sessions for pitching, catching, hitting and fielding while providing adults and children the opportunity[Read More…]
South Suburban College Readies For Jazz Festival Concert on Jan. 13
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. South Suburban College will be hosting their Jazz Festival Concert on Saturday, February 13. The concert will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Kindig Performing Arts Center. Admission to the event is free of charge. This year’s Jazz Festival Concert will feature performances by the[Read More…]
UN Rights Experts Urge US to Close Guantánamo Detention Centre and End Impunity for Abuses
Photo: UNHCR/V. Tan GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–11 January 2016 – Human rights experts from the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) today called on the United States Government to promptly close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and end impunity for abuses in the so-called ‘global war on[Read More…]
