Company to Add 360 Jobs in Chicago over the Next Three Years; Creating Jobs in the Technology Economy and Supporting Business Growth in Innovative Industries are Central Tenets of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today opened the Chicago office for Braintree, the[Read More…]
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U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria and Iraq, Oct. 9, 2014
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014 – U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists today, using bomber and attack aircraft to conduct a total of eleven airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, six airstrikes south of Kobani destroyed two ISIL-held buildings, one ISIL tank and one ISIL heavy machine gun and[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Oct. 9, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT/ISIL/SYRIA/TURKEY NATO/TURKEY FBI/COUNTERTERRORISM INDIA/CHINA/JAPAN NORTH KOREA/KOREA/HUMAN RIGHTS WEST AFRICA REGION/EBOLA GAZA TRANSCRIPT: 1:41 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Happy Thursday. MS. PSAKI: Happy Thursday. QUESTION: Happy Thursday. QUESTION: One day left. MS. PSAKI: One day – well, two days,[Read More…]
New Exhibitions Coming Soon to South Suburban College Galleries
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2014. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to announce two new exhibitions coming to galleries on the Main Campus in South Holland. First, an exhibition titled The X-Ray Series will be on display October 21st through a closing reception with[Read More…]
Teens: Sex and Healthy Choices Summit at Governors State University on November 7
University Park, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Underage drinking, tobacco and other drug use/abuse are putting South Cook County teens at greater risk of teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The South Suburban Family Wellness Alliance (SSFWA), in collaboration with The Prevention Partnership, Inc., Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders: Paul Ryan is Dead Wrong to Propose Cuts in Social Security and Disabled Veterans’ Benefits
BURLINGTON, Vt.—(ENEWSPF)–October 9 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this week strongly disagreed with a proposal by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to cut Social Security and disabled veterans’ benefits to pay for more defense spending. Ryan has resurrected a discredited plan to change the formula that the[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Investigating Drug Prices
BURLINGTON, Vt.—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today raised new questions about skyrocketing prices for prescription drugs, including a new treatment for Hepatitis C that costs more than $1,000 per pill, and what he calls “staggering” price hikes for generic drugs. Sanders’ focus on the Hepatitis C[Read More…]
Full Fifth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Law Blocking Abortion Access Across Texas
AUSTIN–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. The full U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declined to reconsider the constitutionality of a portion of a Texas law blocking access to abortion across large parts of the state, despite an emphatic dissent. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, Planned Parenthood[Read More…]
Alleged Russian Cyber-Criminal Now Charged in 40-Count Superseding Indictment
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. A federal grand jury in Seattle returned a second superseding indictment late yesterday charging a Russian national with 11 additional counts and further detailing his alleged scheme to hack into businesses and steal credit card information for later sale over the Internet on “carding” websites. The[Read More…]
Defendant Pleads Guilty for Role in Brutal Sex Trafficking Ring
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Acting Assistant Attorney General Molly Moran for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida announced today that Rafael Alberto Cadena-Sosa pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to one count of conspiracy and one[Read More…]
