NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–15 December 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday that he is deeply concerned over the risk of military confrontation on the Korean Peninsula, “including as a result of miscalculation.” “While all concerned seek to avoid an accidental escalation leading to conflict, the risk is being multiplied[Read More…]
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Arctic Saw 2nd Warmest Year, Smallest Winter Sea Ice Coverage on Record in 2017
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Monica Allen A NOAA-sponsored report shows that the warming trend transforming the Arctic persisted in 2017, resulting in the second warmest air temperatures, above average ocean temperatures, loss of sea ice, and a range of human, ocean and ecosystem effects. Now in its 12th year,[Read More…]
Light Art Sends Can’t Miss Message to Congress: Protect the Arctic Refuge
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Virginia Cramer Protect the Arctic Refuge. The message illuminated Trump International Hotel sending a hard to miss directive to Republican leaders in Washington, D.C. currently rushing through the tax scheme. The plan seeks to offset tax cuts for the wealthy and corporate polluters with revenue[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for Halting Debt Relief Promised to Defrauded Students
Multistate Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Department of Education for Failing to Discharge Student Loans, Engaging in Illegal Debt Collection Against Former Corinthian Students CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and New York, filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Department[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Will Appeal FCC Vote to Eliminate Net Neutrality Rules
AG Madigan, Other State Attorneys General Vow To Fight New Order Allowing Providers To Interfere With Internet Usage Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterday that she, along with other state Attorneys General, will appeal the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) action to eliminate existing net[Read More…]
To The Editor: To All Males, Enough!
To The Editor of ENEWSPF: This letter is in response to the articles covering the sexual harassment allegations made against men in the media and government throughout the United States. To all males living in this country I issue a collective statement: enough already! Who are you to impose your[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Enacts Legislation to Combat Fraudulent Opioid Prescriptions
SB 772 will decrease prevalence of “doctor-shopping” EAST ST. LOUIS—(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser This week, Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law SB 772, which requires prescribers with an Illinois Controlled Substance License to register with and use the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). The PMP allows physicians to[Read More…]
FBI, Milwaukee Police Ask Public’s Help to ID Robbery Suspects (Video)
Milwaukee, WI-(ENEWSPF)- The FBI’s Milwaukee Division and the Milwaukee, WI Police Department Robbery Task Force are asking for the public’s help to identify several men alleged to have been involved in a series of armed robberies in Wisconsin within a three day period last March. The men are believed to live[Read More…]
Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star (Video)
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Felicia Chou and Alison Hawkes Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA’s Kepler[Read More…]
Seattle Area Man Convicted of 17 Federal Felonies
In Scheme to Exploit Young Women and Juveniles in Prostitution, Defendant Posed as Documentary Filmmaker to Entice and Blackmail Women into Commercial Sex Activity Seattle, WA-(ENEWSPF)- A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted November 6 in U.S. District Court in Seattle of 17 federal felonies for his scheme to recruit young[Read More…]
