The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
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Letter to Coffee Party Community from Founder, Annabel Park
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Note: I first met Annabel Park and Eric Byler at Netroots Nation in 2009 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The following is reprinted with Annabel’s permission. A letter from Annabel Park, founder of the Coffee Party, a wonderful organization that is[Read More…]
‘More Ticks in More Places’ Calls for National Strategy
Annapolis, MD–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015 – The Entomological Society of America (ESA) recently released a statement supporting the creation and implementation of a national strategy using Integrated Tick Management to better control tick populations and reduce the rapidly escalating impact of tick-borne diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, and Lyme[Read More…]
New Video: Attacks on Planned Parenthood Show 2016 Candidates Standing by Extremists and Domestic Terrorists
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015. In light of new polling showing a majority of voters in battleground states supporting Planned Parenthood against efforts to defund the critical health services they provide to women across the country, NARAL Pro-Choice America released a short explainer video on the anti-abortion extremists and domestic terrorists behind the[Read More…]
Yemen: Amid Food Crisis, UN Expert Warns of Deliberate Starvation of Civilians
WFP distributes food in Madinat Al Shaab district Yemen, in August 2015. Since April 2015, WFP has reached more than 2 million conflict-affected and severely food insecure people in thirteen of Yemen’s governorates. Photo: WFP/Ammar Bamatraf GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–11 August 2015 – As Yemen plunges deeper into conflict, the country now finds[Read More…]
Space Station Cargo Ship Departure to Air on NASA TV
The Russian Progress 58 cargo craft delivered several tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station on Feb. 17, 2015 and is set to undock and burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere on re-entry Aug. 14, 2015. Credits: NASA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11 2015. NASA Television will broadcast[Read More…]
NASA TV to Host Perseid Meteor Shower Program
Astronomer Fred Bruenjes recorded a series of many 30 second long exposures spanning about six hours on the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of Aug. 12, 2004 using a wide angle lens. Combining those frames which captured meteor flashes, he produced this dramatic view of the Perseids of[Read More…]
As Heroin Crisis Escalates, State of Illinois Falls to 3rd Worst in Providing Treatment
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015. While the heroin-use crisis in Illinois and the nation continues to grow, the state is falling alarmingly far behind the rest of the country in providing treatment for users who need help in overcoming addiction, a new study by Roosevelt University shows. A review of treatment capacity[Read More…]
NIH Analysis Shows Americans Are In Pain
Report examines the prevalence, severity, and duration of pain Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015. A new analysis of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has found that most American adults have experienced some level of pain, from brief to more lasting pain, and from relatively minor to more[Read More…]
Sierra Magazine Announces 2015 Rankings of America’s Greenest Colleges and Universities
Annual “Cool Schools” issue shows new trends in campus sustainability SAN FRANCISCO –-(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015. Today, Sierra magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, released its ninth annual “Cool Schools” ranking of America’s greenest colleges and universities. Each of the schools ranked in the top 20 have displayed a[Read More…]
