Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. It is easy to forget just how large Saturn is, at around 10 times the diameter of Earth. And with a diameter of about 72,400 miles (116,500 kilometers), the planet simply dwarfs its retinue of moons. One of those satellites, Tethys (660 miles or 1,062 kilometers[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel and CPS Announce New Summer Transition Program for All Incoming Freshmen; Summer Intensive Program for At-Risk Eighth-Graders
Funds generated by tobacco tax to provide high school preparation for 20,000 incoming freshmen CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Chief Education Officer Janice K. Jackson today introduced two new programs designed to ensure that all students begin their freshman year of high school prepared[Read More…]
Researchers Discover Three Glaucoma-related Genes
NIH-funded genetics analysis of glaucoma is largest to date Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. An analysis funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has identified three genes that contribute to the most common type of glaucoma. The study increases the total number of such[Read More…]
UK Researchers Find Bee-Killing Pesticide Cocktail in Hedgerows and Wildflowers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. Scientists at Sussex University in the United Kingdom (UK) have found that bumble bees and honey bees are exposed to a harmful chemical cocktail when collecting pollen from wildflowers and hedgerows that border neonicotinoid-treated crops in UK farmland. After testing oilseed rape croplands during blooming season,[Read More…]
Detainee Transfer Announced, Jan. 11, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the repatriation of Muhammed Abd Al Rahman Awn Al-Shamrani from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On Sept. 11, 2015, the Periodic Review Board consisting of representatives from the Departments of[Read More…]
Federal Trial Begins Over Voting Rights in Ferguson, Missouri
ACLU: Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Electoral Process Undermines African-American Vote ST. LOUIS —(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. A federal trial gets underway today over voting rights and race discrimination in Ferguson, Missouri. The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s at-large electoral system, charging it locks African-Americans out of the[Read More…]
Good Earth Egg Company Voluntarily Recalls Shell Eggs Because Of Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. Good Earth Egg Company, LLC of Bonne Terre, Missouri has announced a voluntary recall of its shell eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of January 10, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2016. Park Forest’s new Teen Zone will join City Year Chicago for a day of service on Monday, January 18th by embracing Dr. Martin Luther King’s philosophy of celebrating through a series of service projects. Last year volunteers performed a total of 33 service projects in[Read More…]
New Exhibit at Tall Grass Art Association ‘Getting There’ Opens on Jan. 23
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2016. Tall Grass Arts Association’s, 367 Artists Walk, Park Forest, first exhibit of 2016 is ‘Getting There’ which opens with an artist’ reception on Saturday, January 23 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The exhibit will run through February 27. Both the exhibit and reception are[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders-Supported Hospital Bombed in Northern Yemen
SANA’A, YEMEN–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2016 – A hospital in northern Yemen supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was hit by a projectile this morning, killing four people, wounding 10 and causing the collapse of several buildings of the medical facility. Three of the injured are[Read More…]
