Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser A coalition of 20 U.S. Attorneys General, including IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed an amicus brief today in support of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit to stop the federal government’s roll-back of an Affordable Care Act (ACA, “Obamacare” ) mandate that employee health insurance plans cover[Read More…]
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‘Plea for Peace’ to Premiere Dec. 1 in University of Chicago’s Mandel Hall
Prof. Augusta Read Thomas’ Work to Commemorate First Nuclear Reaction CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Andrew Bauld The connection between classical composition and a milestone is as old as the art itself. From coronations to religious ceremonies to royal celebrations, such commissions were once commonplace. But commemorating the world’s first nuclear[Read More…]
South Suburban College Swears In New Trustee
SOUTH HOLLAND–(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of South Suburban College (SSC) held on November 16, Vivian Payne was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Trustee Jacqueline Martin. The vote was unanimous and Ms. Payne was sworn in immediately. Payne,[Read More…]
Frequency of HIV Testing and Time from Infection to Diagnosis Improve
Many people still have HIV for years before they know it Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention A new CDC Vital Signs report published today finds that HIV is being diagnosed sooner after infection than was previously reported. According to the[Read More…]
Violence Drives More Rohingyas to Bangladesh; in Myanmar, Pope Appeals for Tolerance
MYANMAR—(ENEWSPF)–28 November 2017 – While their numbers have dropped in recent weeks, hundreds of Rohingya refugees are still crossing the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar every day, the United Nations migration agency said Tuesday. “People are still arriving in the settlements with horrifying accounts of physical and sexual abuse, harassment[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s OK of Corporation’s Plan to Drain California Desert Aquifer
Water-mining project would deplete life-giving springs in the Mojave Trails National Monument Los Angeles, California—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Greg Loarie, Ileene Anderson, and Adam Keats Conservation and health-safety groups today filed suit in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s approval of an enormous groundwater-mining and pipeline project in Southern California.[Read More…]
Ivanka Trump Should Stop Pretending the Tax Bill Will Help Women and Families
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Shilpa Phadke U.S. House Republicans recently jammed through a tax bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that gives massive tax cuts to millionaires and the ultrarich instead of those who need it the most: working families. Ivanka Trump, who has been traveling around the[Read More…]
Fort Bliss Soldier Dies in Iraq
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Cpl. Todd L. McGurn, of Riverside, California, died November 25, 2017, in Baghdad, Iraq. The death was the result of a non-combat related incident according[Read More…]
Records Sought on Trump Administration Decision to Lift Ban on Zimbabwe Elephant Trophy Imports
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Brett Hartl The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a Freedom of Information Act request today seeking public records about an African trip taken by President Trump’s director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just days before the administration reversed an Obama-era ban on important[Read More…]
Recording Academy™ Announces 60th Annual Grammy Awards® Nominees
Santa Monica, California—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Neda Azarfar and Maureen O’Connor The Recording Academy™ welcomes this year’s class of GRAMMY® nominees. Already a 21-time GRAMMY winner, JAY-Z leads with eight nominations, followed by Kendrick Lamar (7), Bruno Mars (6), Childish Gambino (5), Khalid (5), No I.D. (5), and SZA (5). Selected[Read More…]
