CPS, The Field Museum and Oakton are partners in new project CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Roosevelt University has received a significant National Science Foundation grant that will pave the way for scholarships starting in the fall for students interested in teaching math and science in high-need schools. The $1.4 million grant,[Read More…]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Rule to Ban Companies from Using Arbitration Clauses to Deny Groups of People Their Day in Court
Financial Companies Can No Longer Block Consumers From Joining Together to Sue Over Wrongdoing WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced a new rule to ban companies from using mandatory arbitration clauses to deny groups of people their day in court. Many consumer financial products[Read More…]
Large Coalition Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Illegal Postponement of Methane Waste Rule
BLM rule delay defies Congress, harms taxpayers, public health, and environment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. The Trump administration has decided to indefinitely postpone a rule that requires oil and gas companies to minimize waste and fix leaks from oil and gas development on public land—a decision that violates federal law.A[Read More…]
Secretary General Guterres Pledges UN Support to Iraqi Government, People in Mosul; $562M Needed in Aid
Iraqi IDP’s, mainly from Gogjali on the Eastern outskirst of Mosul, arrive at the UNHCR run Hasansham camp. Photo: UNHCR/ Ivor Prickett NEW YORK–ENEWSPF)–10 July 2017 – Following Iraqi Government’s declaration that its forces have liberated the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[Read More…]
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot July 10
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)-July 10, 2017. Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter orbit, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the gas giant’s iconic, 10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm. This will be humanity’s first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature — a storm monitored since 1830[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Amazon Open Company’s Chicago Office
Growing Office in the Loop is Currently Home to More Than 200 Employees CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Amazon to open the company’s new corporate office in Chicago. Located in the Loop, the office is home to more than 200 employees today and is growing. The company[Read More…]
NIH-Funded Team Uses Smartphone Data in Global Study of Physical Activity
Large-scale study reveals targets for obesity prevention, wisdom of walkable communities. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Using a larger dataset than for any previous human movement study, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, have tracked physical activity by population for more than 100 countries. Their[Read More…]
U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes to Defeat ISIS, July 10, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 22 strikes consisting of 59 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
Illinois Handmaids to Deliver Timely HB 40 Message to Governor Rauner on Thursday, July 13
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2017. The Handmaids are coming to the Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph Street in downtown Chicago on Thursday, July 13, at 12 p.m. to tell Governor Rauner he must sign HB40. We want to deliver an important statement to him: We are standing up for reproductive rights for[Read More…]
New Drug Policy Alliance Report: It’s Time for the U.S. to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession
Supporters of Decriminalization Include the United Nations, World Health Organization, International Red Cross, Organization of American States, NAACP, National Latino Congreso, and American Public Health Association; Defying Retrograde Federal Administration, U.S. States & Localities Are Taking Lead Unraveling Drug War and Implementing Health-Based Drug Policies Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2017. An[Read More…]
