This icy, dirty snowball from the outer solar system, known formally as C/2013 US10 (Catalina), rounded the sun last month and is now headed for its closest approach to Earth on Jan. 17. The comet poses no threat to Earth, as it will pass a comfortable 67 million miles (108[Read More…]
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Convicted Felon from Hickory Hills Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Rifles and a Shotgun
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015. A convicted felon from southwest suburban Hickory Hills pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to charges he illegally possessed firearms whose serial numbers had been obliterated. STEVEN RILEY, 24, sold a 20-gauge shotgun, two rifles and 40 rounds of assorted ammunition to an individual[Read More…]
Study Says U.S. Childhood Asthma Rates May Be Leveling Off, But Not Among The Poor
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015. A federal study suggests the childhood “asthma epidemic” may be levelling off or even declining after years of steady increases, but not among poor children. Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics analyzed asthma rates between 2001 and 2013 for the study, “Changing[Read More…]
Children With Epilepsy Need Plans To Stop Prolonged Seizures At School
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015. To prevent a child with epilepsy from having a prolonged seizure that becomes a medical crisis, a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical report says health providers, families and schools should collaborate on plans for managing the child or adolescent with epilepsy, which[Read More…]
New NIH-funded Memory Drug Moves Into Phase 1 Clinical Study
Collaboration between NIH and Tetra Discovery Partners leads to development of treatment that may affect cognition Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015. An experimental drug that may improve memory is now being tested in a Phase 1 safety trial. The compound, BPN14770, was developed by Tetra Discovery Partners, with support from the[Read More…]
Wildlife Feel Squeeze as 322 Million Americans Ring in New Year
North Carolina, Florida Endangered Species Threatened by Population Milestones TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015. This New Year’s Eve there are more than 322 million people in the United States — 2.5 million more than the number that rang in the New Year in 2015, according the U.S. Census Bureau. Among the[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Dec. 26, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 287,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 267,000. The 4-week moving average was 277,000, an increase of 4,500 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: New Year Brings New Laws
Nursing home cameras; protections for sexual assault survivors, crime victims and workers effective Jan. 1 Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today highlighted new laws initiated by her office that will go into effect Jan. 1. In 2016 Illinois will become the fourth state to explicitly allow electronic[Read More…]
Rochester Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015. Emanuel L. Lutchman, 25, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000[Read More…]
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Riverside Man on Charges of Conspiring with Shooter in San Bernardino Terrorist Attack to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
Defendant also Charged with Being ‘Straw Purchaser’ of Two Assault Rifles Later Used in San Bernardino Attack that Killed 14 People Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 30, 2015. Enrique Marquez Jr., 24, of Riverside, California, a longtime friend of Sayed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack, was[Read More…]
