25 Communities Added to Program that Expands Education and Employment Opportunities for Veterans COSTA MESA, CA –-(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) yesterday announced the expansion of a program aimed at increasing education and employment opportunities to America’s Veterans to an additional to 25 new communities. The[Read More…]
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On International Day, UN Highlights Urban Sustainability and Inclusiveness of Older Persons
Two elderly retirees chat on park bench. Photo: World Bank/Celine Ferre NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 October 2015 – The United Nations is today urging countries to improve older persons’ accessibility to urban infrastructure, facilities and services as two phenomena – rapid urbanization and ageing populations – are combining to dramatically change the[Read More…]
O’Hare Airport Workers Join Nationwide Campaign to Raise Standards for Airport Workers in the Fight for $15 Movement
With O’Hare workers joining the fight, campaign to raise standards for contracted out airport workers around the country now will reach airports handling 393 million passengers annually CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Hundreds of workers at O’Hare Airport, joined by community and faith leaders, rallied yesterday to add their voices to the[Read More…]
NASA Provides Various Views of Hurricane Joaquin
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Hurricane Joaquin continued to intensify in the Bahamas on October 1 and NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing valuable data on the storm. NASA’s GPM and Terra satellites and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite provided rainfall, cloud extent, cloud height and other data to forecasters. Joaquin became[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Suit Against City of Des Plaines for Refusing to Allow Islamic Center to Operate in Vacant Office Building
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2015. The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the City of Des Plaines, alleging that the northwest suburb violated federal law when it refused to allow an Islamic group to operate a place of worship in a vacant office building. The suit contends that Des Plaines[Read More…]
Rockford Resident Convicted On Gun Charge As A Convicted Felon
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2015. A Rockford resident was convicted yesterday after a two-day jury trial on a federal gun charge. The defendant, MARTEZ DICKSON, 29, was found guilty by a federal jury following a trial before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: To My Republican Colleagues — Stop Going After Women, Start Focusing on Creating Good Jobs and Improving Income for American Families
WASHINGTON D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2015. Last night, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz admitted on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer that there is no evidence that Planned Parenthood has broken any laws. Earlier in the week, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Fox News that a[Read More…]
Enbridge Energy Company Partners with Prairie State College to Promote Manufacturing
Enbridge Director, Chicago Region John Gauderman is shown giving scholarship donation to PSC President Terri L. Winfree, and PSC Foundation Executive Director Deborah Havighorst. CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Prairie State College students residing in the Villages of Crete and Sauk Village now have a new scholarship opportunity thanks to a[Read More…]
Dormant Viral Genes May Awaken to Cause ALS
NIH human and mouse study may open an unexplored path for finding treatments Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health discovered that reactivation of ancient viral genes embedded in the human genome may cause the destruction of neurons in some forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[Read More…]
Drug Used to Treat HIV Linked to Lower Bone Mass in Newborns
NIH study finds mothers’ use of tenofovir tied to lower bone mineral content in babies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Infants exposed in the womb to a drug used to treat HIV and reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child, may have lower bone mineral content than those exposed[Read More…]
